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单词 galore
释义

galore

adjective

ga·​lore gə-ˈlȯr How to pronounce galore (audio)
: in large numbers or amounts : plentiful
used postpositively
bargains galoreThe New York Transit Museum spans a full block underground, with vintage cars galore. Margot Boyer-Dry

Synonyms

  • copious
  • gushing
  • lavish
  • profuse
  • riotous
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Example Sentences

there was food galore at our Thanksgiving meal with restaurants galore, the city is an epicure's delight
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Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Irish go leor, from go, particle forming an adverbial phrase from an adjective (from go "to, till, until," going back to Old Irish co, going back to Celtic *kwo-; akin to Old Church Slavic "to") + leor "sufficient, enough," going back to Old Irish lour, loor, going back to Celtic *lowero- or *lawero- (whence Welsh llawer "much, many"), of uncertain origin

First Known Use

1628, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

galore

adjective

ga·​lore gə-ˈlȯr How to pronounce galore (audio)
: in large amounts
Hint: Galore is used after the word it modifies. The ride has thrills galore.

galore

adjective

1
as in plentiful
pouring forth in great amounts there was food galore at our Thanksgiving meal

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • plentiful
  • abundant
  • ample
  • lavish
  • copious
  • profuse
  • excessive
  • bountiful
  • abounding
  • gushing
  • riotous
  • complete
  • enough
  • sufficient
  • liberal
  • plenteous
  • adequate
  • bounteous
  • fertile
  • extravagant
  • free
  • fecund
  • luxuriant
  • redundant
  • immoderate
  • openhanded
  • unstinting
  • munificent
  • fat
  • unsparing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • trickling
  • scant
  • sparse
  • poor
  • scarce
  • lacking
  • insufficient
  • spare
  • meager
  • scanty
  • inadequate
  • wanting
  • dribbling
  • incomplete
  • minimal
  • deficient
  • mere
  • unsatisfactory
  • meagre
  • stingy
  • niggardly
  • bare
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2
as in plenty
being more than enough without being excessive with restaurants galore, the city is an epicure's delight

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • plenty
  • plentiful
  • ample
  • generous
  • aplenty
  • abundant
  • enough
  • bountiful
  • sufficient
  • all kinds of
  • plenteous
  • bounteous
  • adequate
  • comfortable
  • liberal
  • extra
  • thick on the ground
  • abounding
  • cornucopian
  • rich
  • surplus
  • rife
  • teeming
  • wealthy
  • overflowing
  • replete
  • supernumerary
  • blooming
  • plump
  • lavish
  • copious
  • prolific
  • fertile
  • profuse
  • fruitful
  • fecund
  • prodigal
  • luxuriant
  • fulsome
  • fat

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • minimal
  • scant
  • lacking
  • insufficient
  • spare
  • inadequate
  • wanting
  • bare
  • deficient
  • least
  • meager
  • small
  • minimum
  • meagre
  • skimpy
  • slight
  • stingy
  • light
  • niggardly
  • sterile
  • barren
  • unproductive
  • unfruitful
  • infertile
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