plentiful
adjective
plen·ti·ful ˈplen-ti-fəl 
1
: containing or yielding plenty
a plentiful land
2
: characterized by, constituting, or existing in plenty
plentifully
ˈplen-ti-fə-lē
adverb plentifulness noun
Synonyms
- abundant
- ample
- aplenty
- bounteous
- bountiful
- comfortable
- cornucopian
- galore
- generous
- liberal
- plenteous
- plenty
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Example Sentences
Gasoline won't always be cheap and plentiful. Space is plentiful enough for several homes. Natural gas is a plentiful resource. These vegetables are a plentiful source of vitamins.
Recent Examples on the Web Back then, planes were full, but flights were plentiful. 
Christopher Elliott, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2022 In Ohio and elsewhere, the nostalgia for manufacturing is based on a mid-century moment when work was plentiful, reasonably safe, and high paying; unions could check corporate power; and America made what the world needed and desired. E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2022 When your 60th birthday party attendees include David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen, Bette Midler, Robin Williams and Al Gore, the anecdotes will be plentiful. Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2022 In those departments, the Hawks are plentiful and, at times, petrifying. Mike Mcmahon, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2022 The other opportunities are plentiful, and actors really want to be No. 1 on the call sheet. Mikey O'connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Sep. 2022 Western hats and boots were plentiful among patrons who attended the fifth-annual Nashwood music and food fest in downtown Highwood over the Labor Day weekend. Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2022 Workers are a common theme, from a hard-hat laborer to a newspaper seller, while Black and brown people, as social outsiders, are plentiful. Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2022 Supply-side issues are improving, inflation seems to already be contracting, and jobs are plentiful. Joseph H. Davis For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 2 Sep. 2022 See More
Christopher Elliott, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2022 In Ohio and elsewhere, the nostalgia for manufacturing is based on a mid-century moment when work was plentiful, reasonably safe, and high paying; unions could check corporate power; and America made what the world needed and desired. E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2022 When your 60th birthday party attendees include David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen, Bette Midler, Robin Williams and Al Gore, the anecdotes will be plentiful. Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2022 In those departments, the Hawks are plentiful and, at times, petrifying. Mike Mcmahon, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2022 The other opportunities are plentiful, and actors really want to be No. 1 on the call sheet. Mikey O'connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Sep. 2022 Western hats and boots were plentiful among patrons who attended the fifth-annual Nashwood music and food fest in downtown Highwood over the Labor Day weekend. Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2022 Workers are a common theme, from a hard-hat laborer to a newspaper seller, while Black and brown people, as social outsiders, are plentiful. Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2022 Supply-side issues are improving, inflation seems to already be contracting, and jobs are plentiful. Joseph H. Davis For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 2 Sep. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English plentiful, plentefull, from plente plenty entry 2 + -ful, -full -ful entry 1
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Kids Definition
plentiful
adjective
plen·ti·ful ˈplen-ti-fəl
1
: present in large numbers or amount : abundant
plentiful rain
2
: giving or containing a large number or amount
Vegetables are a plentiful source of vitamins.
plentiful
adjective
as in plenty
being more than enough without being excessive a plentiful amount of strawberries that will be more than enough for a couple of pies Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- plenty
- ample
- generous
- abundant
- enough
- bountiful
- sufficient
- plenteous
- adequate
- aplenty
- bounteous
- comfortable
- galore
- all kinds of
- liberal
- rich
- extra
- surplus
- cornucopian
- wealthy
- thick on the ground
- abounding
- lavish
- teeming
- copious
- prolific
- plump
- rife
- overflowing
- fertile
- replete
- fruitful
- blooming
- profuse
- fecund
- supernumerary
- prodigal
- fulsome
- luxuriant
- fat
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- minimal
- insufficient
- inadequate
- lacking
- scant
- meager
- spare
- deficient
- bare
- small
- least
- meagre
- wanting
- skimpy
- stingy
- light
- minimum
- sterile
- slight
- unproductive
- barren
- niggardly
- unfruitful
- infertile
Synonym Chooser
Some common synonyms of plentiful are abundant, ample, and copious. While all these words mean "more than sufficient without being excessive," plentiful implies a great or rich supply.
peaches are plentiful this summer
Abundant suggests an even greater or richer supply than does plentiful.
streams abundant with fish
Although the words ample and plentiful have much in common, ample implies a generous sufficiency to satisfy a particular requirement.
ample food to last the winter
While the synonyms copious and plentiful are close in meaning, copious stresses largeness of supply rather than fullness or richness.
copious examples of bureaucratic waste
- corrective
- corrective justice
- correctively
- correctiveness
- correctives
- correctlier
- correctliest
- correctly
- correctness
- correctnesses
- corrector
- correctors
- corrects
- Correggio
- Corregidor
- corregidores
- corregidors
- correlatable
- correlate
- correlated
- correlates
- correlating
- correlation
- correlation coefficient
- correlation curve