Synonyms of profusion

profusion

noun

prə-ˈfyü-zhən 

1

as in loads

a considerable amount

apples grow in profusion in this valley

Synonyms & Similar Words

• loads
• plenty
• ton
• dozen
• slew
• abundance
• wealth
• bunch
• quantity
• pile
• lot
• deal
• chunk
• raft
• myriad
• bundle
• hundred
• stack
• multiplicity
• heap
• plenitude
• gobs
• all kinds (of)
• volume
• good deal
• fistful
• carload
• mountain
• mass
• yard
• reams
• boatload
• sheaf
• truckload
• scads
• bushel
• shipload
• spate
• quite a bit
• basketful
• plentitude
• oodles
• sight
• bucket
• mess
• much
• lashings
• thousands
• pot
• pack
• passel
• peck
• store
• plateful
• potful
• wad
• barrel
• lashins
• multitude
• overabundance
• flood
• superabundance
• plethora
• surplus
• excess
• surfeit
• plague
• rash
• superfluity
• score
• sea
• epidemic
• bonanza
• embarrassment
• deluge
• throng
• bevy
• swarm
• overflow
• redundancy
• overkill
• host
• oversupply
• crowd
• flock
• horde
• million
• overage
• army
• overmuch
• legion
• zillion
• press
• drove
• cram
• herd
• mob
• crush
• gazillion
• jillion
• trillion
• kazillion

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• handful
• taste
• suspicion
• strain
• sprinkling
• shade
• spot
• bit
• mouthful
• streak
• ray
• pittance
• peanuts
• grain
• touch
• hint
• glimmer
• ounce
• fragment
• shadow
• particle
• mite
• trace
• speck
• scruple
• smattering
• pinch
• sprinkle
• molecule
• dot
• modicum
• ace
• atom
• dram
• tad
• whit
• nip
• scrap
• dab
• lick
• mote
• granule
• crumb
• shred
• scintilla
• section
• iota
• little
• dash
• jot
• absence
• lack
• smidgin
• tittle
• smidgen
• piece
• portion
• paucity
• smidgeon
• shortage
• scarcity
• drop
• morsel
• fleck
• driblet
• flyspeck
• smidge
• dearth
• shot
• smatter
• poverty
• nubbin
• deficiency
• famine
• insufficiency
• deficit
• inadequacy
• want
• meagerness
• scantiness
• scarceness
• undersupply
• skimpiness
• scantness

2

as in generosity

the quality or fact of being free or wasteful in the expenditure of money

in giving gifts to his girlfriend, he was generous to the point of profusion

Synonyms & Similar Words

• generosity
• lavishness
• extravagance
• prodigality
• wastefulness
• extravagancy
• liberality
• bountifulness
• conspicuous consumption
• improvidence
• splurge
• indulgence
• squandering
• excess
• overindulgence
• overkill
• immoderacy
• self-indulgence

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• economy
• frugality
• restraint
• moderation
• temperance
• penny-pinching
• austerity

Examples of profusion in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Guests were greeted with glasses of bubbly in the French Drawing Room, elegantly adorned with a profusion of white roses and delphiniums. —Eliseé Browchuk, Vogue, 13 Sep. 2024

As for literature, who could cope with the profusion of riches on July 18th? —Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 25 July 2024

Coal mine safety and overcapacity are two other policy concerns driving coal supply restrictions as Beijing aims to clean up its profusion of smaller, more accident-prone mines. —Michael R. Davidson, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2021

For many locals, the South Bay, with its profusion of Japanese supermarkets and restaurants, has eclipsed Little Tokyo for everyday shopping and eating. —Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2024