Plethora

Noun

 * 1) An abundance, excess
 * 2) followed by of: An excessive amount or number; an abundance.
 * The menu offers a plethora of cuisines from around the world.
 * 1)  An excess of red blood cells or bodily humours.

Synonyms

 * glut, myriad, surfeit, superfluity, slew

Related terms

 * plethoric

Thesaurus
amplitude, avalanche, congestion, deluge, embarras de richesses, engorgement, enough, extravagance, extravagancy, flood, flood tide, full, fullness, glut, high tide, high water, hyperemia, impletion, inundation, landslide, lavishness, many, money to burn, more than enough, much, overabundance, overaccumulation, overbounteousness, overbrimming, overburden, overcharge, overcopiousness, overdose, overflow, overfreight, overfullness, overkill, overlavishness, overload, overluxuriance, overmeasure, overmuch, overmuchness, overnumerousness, overplentifulness, overplenty, overplus, overpopulation, overprofusion, overspill, oversufficiency, oversupply, overweight, plenitude, plenty, prodigality, redundancy, repletion, satiety, saturation, saturation point, spate, spring tide, superabundance, superfluity, superflux, supersaturation, surcharge, surfeit, surplus, surplusage

Etymology
Late plethora (earlier pletura) <  πληθώρη: (plēthōrē)  "fullness", from πλήθω: (plēthō) "I fill".

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 過多, 过多, 過剩, 过剩, 過量, 过量
 * Czech: spousta
 * Dutch: overmaat (of: van)
 * Finnish: yletön määrä
 * French: pléthore (of: de)
 * German: ,


 * Italian: pletora (of: di)
 * Latin:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: overflod
 * Nynorsk: overflod
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish: plétora (of: de)

Anagrams

 * tropheal

Noun

 * 1) (later Latin): plethora

Etymology
From πληθώρη: (plēthōrē)  "fullness", from πλήθω: (plēthō) "I fill".

Synonyms

 * plētūra