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[ plen -ti-fuh l ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈplɛn tɪ fəl / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective existing in great plenty: Coal was plentiful, and therefore cheap, in that region.
yielding abundantly: a plentiful source of inspiration.
Origin of plentiful A late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; see origin at plenty, -ful
SYNONYMS FOR plentiful 2 fruitful, bounteous, productive; luxuriant.
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ANTONYMS FOR plentiful 1 sparse, scanty.
2 barren, fruitless, sterile.
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synonym study for plentiful 1 . Plentiful, ample, abundant, bountiful describe a more than adequate supply of something. Plentiful suggests an over-adequate quantity: a plentiful supply. Ample suggests a more than adequate quality as well: to give ample praise. Abundant implies a greater degree of plenty, and bountiful a still more ample quality as well: an abundant, even a bountiful, harvest.
OTHER WORDS FROM plentiful plen·ti·ful·ly, adverb plen·ti·ful·ness, noun o·ver·plen·ti·ful, adjective o·ver·plen·ti·ful·ly, adverb
o·ver·plen·ti·ful·ness, noun qua·si-plen·ti·ful, adjective qua·si-plen·ti·ful·ly, adverb un·plen·ti·ful, adjective un·plen·ti·ful·ly, adverb
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WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH plentiful plentiful , plenitudeWords nearby plentiful plenish, plenitude, plenitudinous, pleno jure, plenteous, plentiful , plenty, plenum, plenum system, plenum ventilation, pleo-
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Langford sprang to his friends aid, using his fists with plentiful freedom in his haste to get to him.
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They are obtained from fragments of the gigantic salt vessels so plentiful in that locality.
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Inns were not so plentiful at this time as they afterward became.
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This was his way of offering thanks either to us or the "gods," for the plentiful supply of tobacco.
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The game was bigger and more dangerous in New England, but never had he found it so plentiful .
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British Dictionary definitions for plentiful adjective ample; abundant
having or yielding an abundance a plentiful year
Derived forms of plentiful plentifully , adverb plentifulness , noun Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Words related to plentiful generous, productive, fertile, prolific, ample, sufficient, bountiful, unlimited, abounding, appreciable, chock-full, competent, complete, copious, enough, excessive, extravagant, exuberant, flowing, flush