plentiful

plentiful
adj
1. abundant, plenteous, plenitudi-nous, Inf. plenty, fat, bountiful, bounteous, copious; ample, enough and to spare, enough and then some, more than enough, more than adequate; big, large, great, huge, bumper; immeasurable, unmeasured, unstinted, inexhaustible, bottomless, infinite, innumerable; much, many, numerous, multifarious, Inf. dime a dozen; in quantity or quantities, in plenty, Inf. aplenty, Inf. galore.
2. profuse, abounding, exuberant, superabundant; bursting, overflowing, overspilling, spilling over, running over; rampant, bristling, thick, thick with, teeming, teeming with, swarming, swarming with, crawling, crawling with, alive with, Sl. lousy with.
3. rife, replete, well-supplied, well-provided, well-stocked, well-furnished; full, filled, abrim, chock-a-block, Brit. Inf. chocker, Inf. chock-full, jammed, packed, Inf. jam-packed, Archaic. fraught.
4. rich, lavish, luxuriant, luxurious, rank, thriving; fruitful, fertile, fecund, yielding, productive, prolific, proliferous.

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  • Plentiful — Plen ti*ful, a. 1. Containing plenty; copious; abundant; ample; as, a plentiful harvest; a plentiful supply of water. [1913 Webster] 2. Yielding abundance; prolific; fruitful. [1913 Webster] If it be a long winter, it is commonly a more plentiful …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • plentiful — plentiful, plenteous, ample, abundant, copious denote in common more than adequate or sufficient yet not in excess. Something is plentiful or plenteous of which there is great or rich supply; plenteous is the more bookish term {it is also a zone… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • plentiful — [plen′ti fəl] adj. 1. having or yielding plenty 2. sufficient or more than enough; abundant plentifully adv. plentifulness n. SYN. PLENTIFUL implies a large or full supply [a plentiful supply of food ]; ABUNDANT implies a very plentiful or very… …   English World dictionary

  • plentiful — index considerable, copious, liberal (generous), ordinary, profuse, replete, rife, substantial …   Law dictionary

  • plentiful — late 15c., from PLENTY (Cf. plenty) + FUL (Cf. ful) …   Etymology dictionary

  • plentiful — / plenty [adj] abundant, productive abounding, ample, bounteous, bountiful, bumper*, chock full*, complete, copious, enough, excessive, extravagant, exuberant, fertile, flowing, flush*, fruitful, full, fulsome, generous, improvident, infinite,… …   New thesaurus

  • plentiful — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ existing in or yielding great quantities; abundant. DERIVATIVES plentifully adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • plentiful — adjective Date: 15th century 1. containing or yielding plenty < a plentiful land > 2. characterized by, constituting, or existing in plenty • plentifully adverb • plentifulness noun Synonyms: plentiful, ample, abundant …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • plentiful — plentifully, adv. plentifulness, n. /plen ti feuhl/, adj. 1. existing in great plenty: Coal was plentiful, and therefore cheap, in that region. 2. yielding abundantly: a plentiful source of inspiration. [1425 75; late ME; see PLENTY, FUL] Syn. 1 …   Universalium

  • plentiful — plen|ti|ful [ plentıfl ] adjective present or available in large quantities: a plentiful supply of strawberries Hotel rooms were plentiful and cheap. in plentiful supply (=easy to obtain or buy): Gasoline seems to be in plentiful supply. ╾… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • plentiful — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Having or yielding plenty] Syn. prolific, fruitful, profuse, lavish, bountiful, bounteous, plenteous, unstinted, unstinting, liberal, prodigal, unsparing, inexhaustible, bottomless, replete, generous, abundant,… …   English dictionary for students

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