plethoras

More than enough

Plethoras is the plural of plethora, meaning an excess or overabundance of something: The market offers plethoras of choices.

The word often appears in singular form even when referring to multiple instances of abundance, making the plural relatively uncommon.

When it does appear, it typically emphasizes distinct categories of excess rather than a single overwhelming quantity.

abundance

excesses

Immoderate amounts or behaviors

profusions · superfluities · surfeits · oversupplies · redundancies · overflows · deluges · floods · avalanches · mountains

variety

diversities

States of being varied

ranges · spectrums · medleys · mixtures · collections · compilations · selections · samplings · smorgasbords · buffets

rhetoric

exaggerations

Overblown claims or statements

flourishes · embellishments · overstating · dramatizations · intensifiers · superlatives · grandiosity · bombast · magnifications · inflations

Opposites
quantity/abundance

plethorasscarcities

States of insufficient supply

shortages · deficiencies · dearths · lacks · paucities

Family

plethora, plethoric

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G