profusion — English Dictionary

Noun

1. abundance; the state of being profuse; a cornucopia

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   His hair, in great profusion, streamed down over his shoulders.

   We set the men at work felling trees, selecting for the purpose jarrah, a hard, weather-resisting timber which grew in profusion near by.

   More examples (3)

   Although houses and factories appeared in great profusion in the 1930s, there still remain odd groups of cottages dating from an earlier and more countrified period.

   Elegant brick and stone buildings, with iron and glass canopies and decorative wooden scalloping and fencing—all evidencing care on the part of the architect to produce a pleasing, well-planned building—were submerged beneath a profusion of ill-conceived additions and camouflaged by vulgar paint schemes; and the original conception was lost.

   Elected leaders face a profusion of mega-pressure points these days – inflation, heat waves, high debt, or the pandemic.

2. lavish or imprudent expenditure; prodigality or extravagance

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

Noun

1. the property of being extremely abundant

   Synonyms

   profusenessrichnesscornucopia

   Broader terms

   abundancecopiousnessteemingness

   Examples

   the profusion of detail

   the idiomatic richness of English