profusion
noun
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A profusion is literally a "pouring forth", so a profusion of gifts is a wealth or abundance of gifts. A profusely illustrated book is filled to overflowing with pictures. A bad social error should be followed by profuse apologies, and profound gratitude should be expressed with profuse thanks.
Synonyms
- abundance
- barrel
- basketful
- boatload
- bucket
- bunch
- bundle
- bushel
- carload
- chunk
- deal
- dozen
- fistful
- gobs
- good deal
- heap
- hundred
- lashings [chiefly British]
- lashins
- loads
- lot
- mass
- mess
- mountain
- much
- multiplicity
- myriad
- oodles
- pack
- passel
- peck
- pile
- plateful
- plenitude
- plentitude
- plenty
- pot
- potful
- quantity
- raft
- reams
- scads
- sheaf
- shipload
- sight
- slew
- spate
- stack
- store
- ton
- truckload
- volume
- wad
- wealth
- yard
Examples of profusion in a Sentence
Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 4 Apr. 2024
A little gem lettuce and endive make a good bed for a profusion of farmers' market finds, including snap peas, radishes, and Persian cucumbers.
—Erin Cavoto, Country Living, 10 July 2023
What is this profusion of names but a way to make art of the everyday, revealing how fine the line is between poet and cook?
—Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2024
The setting is South Carolina, and that shows proudly with a profusion of palm fronds, oyster shell accents, and a palette of gold, orange, and green.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 14 Aug. 2023
Small roots will form, but the real payoff is the profusion of new leafy greens, which taste like a cross between parsley and carrots.
—Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2024
Broad expanses of blue sky made room for peaceful solar coexistence with a profusion of clouds, but however many the daytime clouds were, none seemed to suggest the dark surliness of winter gloom.
—Martin Weil, Washington Post, 1 Jan. 2024
Paris design firm Gilles and Boissier jazzed up the 21 rooms with creams, stone, linen, and a profusion of palms separating outside spaces with curtains of greenery.
—Angelina Villa-Clarke, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Nov. 2023
For a start, just about everyone in finance is looking fairly closely at bonds, and especially at the 10-year Treasury, for clues about a profusion of critical issues.
—Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2023
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“Profusion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/profusion. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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