plenty

1 of 4

pronoun

plen·ty ˈplen-tē How to pronounce plenty (audio)

singular or plural in construction

: an adequate or more than adequate number or amount of something : a number or amount of something that is enough for a particular purpose

had plenty of time to finish the job

plenty of room

I don't need more. I have plenty.

There's plenty to do/see here.

plenty

2 of 4

noun

: an abundance especially of material things that permit a satisfactory life : a condition or time of abundance

a feeling of plenty

a land of plenty

a season of plenty

plenty

3 of 4

adjective

: plentiful in amount, number, or supply

if reasons were as plenty as blackberries

William Shakespeare

: ample

plenty work to be done

Time

plenty

4 of 4

adverb

: more than sufficiently : to a considerable degree

the nights were plenty cold

F. B. Gipson

Example Sentences

Noun They thought of America as the land of plenty. you'll have plenty of time to make your connecting flight Adjective we've picked plenty blueberries, so there'll be some left over after we make the pie Adverb There's plenty more where that came from. The car is plenty large enough to fit six people.

Recent Examples on the Web

Adverb

For most casual use, the Paperwhite is plenty fast.

Christian De Looper, BGR, 30 Nov. 2021 The top speed of the universe, 300 million meters per second, is plenty fast to cut your commute down to a fraction of a second and make trips to the stars take years instead of decades or millennia.

Jorge Cham Daniel Whiteson, Wired, 3 Nov. 2021 The New York Jets can only hope there are plenty more days like this — but maybe without as much drama.

BostonGlobe.com, 3 Oct. 2021 Dallas-Fort Worth finally hit 100 degrees for the first time this year, but there are plenty more hot days ahead.

Nataly Keomoungkhoun, Dallas News, 25 July 2021 But with sightseeing out of the way, Greece's capital has plenty more to offer.

Joe Minihane, CNN, 13 July 2022 But Anschutz’s wind farm also offers a sneak peek at some of the obstacles that could derail the clean energy revolution — and fuel a future of ever-deadlier wildfires, droughts, heat waves and floods, which are already plenty bad enough.

Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2022 At nearly 7 feet in length, this picnic blanket easily seats multiple people in a cross-legged position and is plenty long for one or two people lying down.

Theresa Holland, Peoplemag, 25 Aug. 2022 The resumption of live performance after the long pandemic shutdown brought plenty to cheer about over the past year.

New York Times, 21 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Pronoun

Middle English plente, borrowed from Anglo-French plenté, adaptation as quantifier of plenté "abundance, plenty entry 2"

Noun

Middle English plente "abundance, fullness," borrowed from Anglo-French plenté, pleinté "abundance, bounty" (also continental Old & Middle French), going back to Latin plēnitāt-, plēnitās "fullness to saturation," from plēnus "full" + -itāt-, -itās -ity — more at full entry 1

Adjective

Middle English plente, adaptation as quantifier of plenté "abundance, plenty entry 2"

Adverb

derivative of plenty entry 1

First Known Use

Pronoun

13th century, in the meaning defined above

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Adjective

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Adverb

1775, in the meaning defined above

plenty 1 of 2

noun

as in abundance

an amount or supply more than sufficient to meet one's needs you'll have plenty of time to make your connecting flight

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

abundance
wealth
plethora
plentitude
superabundance
plenitude
cornucopia
feast
embarrassment of riches
surplus
sufficiency
surfeit
excess
competence
adequacy
richness
amplitude
competency
overflow
copiousness
overdose
liberality
overkill
ampleness
oversupply
opulence
fertility
superfluity
fecundity
fruitfulness
lavishness
redundancy
superfluousness
luxuriance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

deficiency
paucity
scarcity
insufficiency
inadequacy
poverty
undersupply
sterility
infertility
barrenness

as in loads

a considerable amount plenty of people showed up

Synonyms & Similar Words

loads
ton
lot
dozen
slew
hundred
bunch
much
wealth
deal
abundance
chunk
pile
quantity
oodles
raft
myriad
scads
boatload
bundle
gobs
stack
plentitude
truckload
basketful
heap
reams
plenitude
good deal
fistful
profusion
thousands
plateful
pack
yard
carload
bucket
multiplicity
peck
lashings
volume
shipload
bushel
sheaf
mountain
store
mess
mass
wad
quite a bit
pot
passel
potful
all kinds (of)
spate
barrel
sight
lashins
plethora
surplus
flood
multitude
score
excess
surfeit
overabundance
million
superabundance
bevy
rash
plague
overmuch
overkill
bonanza
host
overflow
sea
crowd
oversupply
deluge
embarrassment
zillion
cram
superfluity
overage
swarm
throng
redundancy
flock
epidemic
horde
legion
army
press
gazillion
drove
crush
trillion
herd
mob
jillion
kazillion

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

handful
bit
hint
taste
spot
touch
sprinkling
shade
pinch
strain
glimmer
suspicion
grain
modicum
ounce
peanuts
sprinkle
smattering
mouthful
trace
shadow
tad
shred
ace
little
ray
nip
speck
scrap
mite
lick
dram
pittance
streak
scruple
dab
whit
fragment
molecule
jot
particle
iota
smidgen
scintilla
smidgeon
mote
atom
lack
dot
crumb
smidge
section
smidgin
shortage
dash
drop
portion
tittle
paucity
granule
piece
absence
morsel
shot
scarcity
dearth
want
smatter
driblet
fleck
flyspeck
famine
poverty
nubbin
deficiency
insufficiency
deficit
inadequacy
scarceness
undersupply
scantiness
meagerness
skimpiness
scantness

plenty

2 of 2

adjective

as in ample

being more than enough without being excessive we've picked plenty blueberries, so there'll be some left over after we make the pie

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

单词	plenty
释义	plenty 1 of 4 pronoun plen·ty ˈplen-tē singular or plural in construction : an adequate or more than adequate number or amount of something : a number or amount of something that is enough for a particular purpose had plenty of time to finish the job plenty of room I don't need more. I have plenty. There's plenty to do/see here. plenty 2 of 4 noun : an abundance especially of material things that permit a satisfactory life : a condition or time of abundance a feeling of plenty a land of plenty a season of plenty plenty 3 of 4 adjective 1 : plentiful in amount, number, or supply if reasons were as plenty as blackberries William Shakespeare 2 : ample plenty work to be done Time plenty 4 of 4 adverb : more than sufficiently : to a considerable degree the nights were plenty cold F. B. Gipson Phrases in plenty : present or existing in large amounts : in abundance There were eggs in plenty not far off, in the hen house. Robert C. O'Brien … academics can cite evidence in plenty … to justify their skepticism. Peter Green Synonyms Noun abundance cornucopia feast plenitude plentitude plethora superabundance wealth Adjective abundant ample aplenty bounteous bountiful comfortable cornucopian galore generous liberal plenteous plentiful See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Noun They thought of America as the land of plenty. you'll have plenty of time to make your connecting flight Adjective we've picked plenty blueberries, so there'll be some left over after we make the pie Adverb There's plenty more where that came from. The car is plenty large enough to fit six people. Recent Examples on the Web Adverb For most casual use, the Paperwhite is plenty fast. Christian De Looper, BGR, 30 Nov. 2021 The top speed of the universe, 300 million meters per second, is plenty fast to cut your commute down to a fraction of a second and make trips to the stars take years instead of decades or millennia. Jorge Cham Daniel Whiteson, Wired, 3 Nov. 2021 The New York Jets can only hope there are plenty more days like this — but maybe without as much drama. BostonGlobe.com, 3 Oct. 2021 Dallas-Fort Worth finally hit 100 degrees for the first time this year, but there are plenty more hot days ahead. Nataly Keomoungkhoun, Dallas News, 25 July 2021 But with sightseeing out of the way, Greece's capital has plenty more to offer. Joe Minihane, CNN, 13 July 2022 But Anschutz’s wind farm also offers a sneak peek at some of the obstacles that could derail the clean energy revolution — and fuel a future of ever-deadlier wildfires, droughts, heat waves and floods, which are already plenty bad enough. Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2022 At nearly 7 feet in length, this picnic blanket easily seats multiple people in a cross-legged position and is plenty long for one or two people lying down. Theresa Holland, Peoplemag, 25 Aug. 2022 The resumption of live performance after the long pandemic shutdown brought plenty to cheer about over the past year. New York Times, 21 Aug. 2022 See More Word History Etymology Pronoun Middle English plente, borrowed from Anglo-French plenté, adaptation as quantifier of plenté "abundance, plenty entry 2" Noun Middle English plente "abundance, fullness," borrowed from Anglo-French plenté, pleinté "abundance, bounty" (also continental Old & Middle French), going back to Latin plēnitāt-, plēnitās "fullness to saturation," from plēnus "full" + -itāt-, -itās -ity — more at full entry 1 Adjective Middle English plente, adaptation as quantifier of plenté "abundance, plenty entry 2" Adverb derivative of plenty entry 1 First Known Use Pronoun 13th century, in the meaning defined above Noun 14th century, in the meaning defined above Adjective 14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Adverb 1775, in the meaning defined above Phrases Containing plenty enough/plenty to go around enough/plenty to go round horn of plenty many/plenty more fish in the sea in plenty enough/plenty to go around enough/plenty to go round horn of plenty many/plenty more fish in the sea in plenty Kids Definition plenty noun plen·ty ˈplen-tē : a full supply : more than enough plenty 1 of 2 noun 1 as in abundance an amount or supply more than sufficient to meet one's needs you'll have plenty of time to make your connecting flight Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance abundance wealth plethora plentitude superabundance plenitude cornucopia feast embarrassment of riches surplus sufficiency surfeit excess competence adequacy richness amplitude competency overflow copiousness overdose liberality overkill ampleness oversupply opulence fertility superfluity fecundity fruitfulness lavishness redundancy superfluousness luxuriance Antonyms & Near Antonyms deficiency paucity scarcity insufficiency inadequacy poverty undersupply sterility infertility barrenness See More 2 as in loads a considerable amount plenty of people showed up Synonyms & Similar Words loads ton lot dozen slew hundred bunch much wealth deal abundance chunk pile quantity oodles raft myriad scads boatload bundle gobs stack plentitude truckload basketful heap reams plenitude good deal fistful profusion thousands plateful pack yard carload bucket multiplicity peck lashings volume shipload bushel sheaf mountain store mess mass wad quite a bit pot passel potful all kinds (of) spate barrel sight lashins plethora surplus flood multitude score excess surfeit overabundance million superabundance bevy rash plague overmuch overkill bonanza host overflow sea crowd oversupply deluge embarrassment zillion cram superfluity overage swarm throng redundancy flock epidemic horde legion army press gazillion drove crush trillion herd mob jillion kazillion Antonyms & Near Antonyms handful bit hint taste spot touch sprinkling shade pinch strain glimmer suspicion grain modicum ounce peanuts sprinkle smattering mouthful trace shadow tad shred ace little ray nip speck scrap mite lick dram pittance streak scruple dab whit fragment molecule jot particle iota smidgen scintilla smidgeon mote atom lack dot crumb smidge section smidgin shortage dash drop portion tittle paucity granule piece absence morsel shot scarcity dearth want smatter driblet fleck flyspeck famine poverty nubbin deficiency insufficiency deficit inadequacy scarceness undersupply scantiness meagerness skimpiness scantness See More plenty 2 of 2 adjective as in ample being more than enough without being excessive we've picked plenty blueberries, so there'll be some left over after we make the pie Synonyms & Similar Words ample plentiful generous enough abundant sufficient adequate aplenty all kinds of bountiful plenteous extra galore comfortable bounteous liberal surplus rich cornucopian thick on the ground wealthy abounding teeming plump copious overflowing rife replete lavish supernumerary blooming fertile prolific profuse fruitful fecund prodigal fulsome luxuriant fat Antonyms & Near Antonyms minimal spare scant insufficient lacking wanting bare inadequate least meager deficient minimum small slight light meagre stingy skimpy niggardly sterile unproductive barren unfruitful infertile See More
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