plethora

Meaning of plethora

noun
  1. a large or excessive amount of something.
    a plethora of committees and subcommittees
    Allen won a plethora of medals during his illustrious career
  2. an excess of a bodily fluid, particularly blood.

mid 16th century (in the medical sense): via late Latin from Greek plēthōrē, from plēthein ‘be full’.

Information about plethora

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of plethora is: plethoras.
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Hyphenation of plethora

plethora

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 8 chars.
  • plethora is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

plethora synonyms

Meaning overplus:

overplus, superfluity, embarrassment

Meaning an amount of something that is more than necessary, permitted, or desirable:

excess

Meaning a very large quantity of something:

abundance

Meaning an excessive quantity:

overabundance

Meaning an excessive amount of something:

surfeit

Meaning an abundance or large quantity of something:

profusion

Meaning an amount of something left over when requirements have been met; an excess of production or supply:

surplus

Meaning an excessively abundant supply of something:

glut

Meaning an overflow of a large amount of water beyond its normal limits, especially over what is normally dry land:

flood

Meaning a strong and fast-moving stream of water or other liquid:

torrent

Meaning a severe flood:

deluge

Meaning the state of being more than is necessary or desirable; excess:

nimiety

plethora antonyms

Meaning a scarcity or lack of something:

dearth

Meaning the state of being without or not having enough of something:

lack

Translation of plethora

Anagrams of plethora

Lathrope, traphole

Words that rhyme with plethora

hora, Chora, Melchora, Pechora, Phyllachora, Prochora, mantichora, bihora, sesquihora, Senhora, senhora, bohora, Adenophora, Amphidiscophora, Anthophora, Aplacophora, Axonophora, Balanophora, Basommatophora, Calliphora, Calycophora, Chaetophora, Chlorophora, Choanephora, Chrysamphora, Ciliophora, Cladophora, Coleophora, Commiphora, Coniophora, Cotylophora, Ctenophora, Cystophora, Dasiphora, Dictyophora, Discophora, Glossophora, Gyrophora, Heliamphora, Hydrophora, Lichnophora, Lophophora, Mastigophora, Mastophora, Monoplacophora, Onychophora, Phialophora, Phora, Phytomastigophora, Placophora

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