PLETHORA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does plethora mean? 

• PLETHORA (noun)
  The noun PLETHORA has 1 sense:

1. extreme excess

  Familiarity information: PLETHORA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLETHORA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Extreme excess

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

embarrassment; overplus; plethora; superfluity

Context example:

an embarrassment of riches

Hypernyms ("plethora" is a kind of...):

excess; excessiveness; inordinateness (immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "plethora"):

redundance; redundancy (the attribute of being superfluous and unneeded)

Derivation:

plethoric (excessively abundant)

 Context examples 

In addition, chemokines regulate plethora of biological processes of hematopoietic cells to lead cellular activation, differentiation and survival.

(Chemokine Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

“Them hunters is the wicked boys,” he broke forth again, for he suffered from a constitutional plethora of speech.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

A plethora of friendly, migrating planets have quietly grouped in earth-sign Capricorn, all happily squeezed into your truelove sector.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

All this plethora of sight, and feeling, and thought occurred on the instant.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The tragedy has been so uncommon, so complete and of such personal importance to so many people, that we are suffering from a plethora of surmise, conjecture, and hypothesis.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Unlike their well-folded counterparts, IDPs can adopt a plethora of distinct structures.

(Biomaterial Artificial Protein Helps Heal Tissue, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

At the start of the month, you will have a plethora of planets in Capricorn, your third house—your ruler Pluto, as well as Saturn, Jupiter, and Venus.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

As there are a plethora of planets in Capricorn, a sign ruling structure, setting up a detailed plan will get you over the humps.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

I cannot think of a sign more deserving than you to receive the plethora of goodies Jupiter is about to send you, dear Capricorn.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

You have a plethora of planets (Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, and Pluto) crowded in your twelfth house of privacy and solitude, so you may be working on a project that requires a lot of concentration.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)