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plentiful Definition

plen·ti·ful (plen′ti fəl)

adjective

  1. having or yielding plenty
  2. sufficient or more than enough; abundant

plentiful Related Forms
plen′·ti·fully adverb plen′·ti·ful·ness noun
plentiful Synonyms

plentiful

modif.

  1. Having or yielding plenty

    prolific, fruitful, profuse, lavish, bountiful, bounteous, plenteous, unstinted, unstinting, liberal, prodigal, unsparing, inexhaustible, bottomless, replete, generous, abundant, productive, liberal, extravagant, overliberal, overflowing, flowing, chock-full, teeming, well-provided, well-stocked, full, flush, lush with, pouring, swarming, swimming, abounding, opulent, rich.

    Antonyms stingy*, niggardly*, skimpy. *

  2. Existing in plenty

    abundant, copious, profuse, ample, sufficient, lavish, luxuriant, lush, exuberant, plenteous, bountiful, bumper, numerous, unlimited, abounding, prevalent, superabundant, excessive, superfluous, a dime a dozen*; see also sense 1.

    Antonyms poor*, scant*, scanty.

plentiful implies a large or full supply a plentiful supply of food; abundant implies a very plentiful or very large supply a forest abundant in game; copious, now used chiefly with reference to quantity produced, used, etc., implies a rich or flowing abundance a copious harvest, a copious discharge; profuse implies a giving or pouring forth abundantly or lavishly, often to excess profuse in his apologies; ample applies to that which is large enough to meet all demands our savings are ample to see us through this crisis

plentiful Usage Examples

Preposition: at

  • time: Flowers are very plentiful at that time, " only things that grow " being the traditional rule for well dressing.

Preposition: as

  • blackberry: Reasons are as plentiful as blackberries; and, like fisticuffs, they serve impartially with all sides.

Modifies a noun

  • supply: Habitats with a plentiful supply of field voles appeared to support greater breeding success in barn owls.
  • harvest: Mary is the rich soil in which the seed is sown to bring forth a plentiful harvest.
  • sunshine: Climate Plentiful sunshine with low rainfall averaging about 24 inches per annum.
  • parking: The hotel offers plentiful car parking @ 2 per stay.
  • wildlife: It's also a region renowned for plentiful wildlife.
  • rain: The closure of these and the cleansing effect of decades of plentiful rain reversed the river's fortunes.

Modifying Another Word

  • relatively: They may go hungry even when food is relatively plentiful in the area where they live.
  • fairly: Water There is a fairly plentiful supply of gravitation water.
  • so: Perhaps I was blessed to be sent so early to so plentiful a land as Uganda.
  • once: The once plentiful energy was consumed and drained by the tireless fighting.
  • particularly: So we do not believe these creatures are particularly plentiful.
  • quite: They were quite plentiful throughout the twenties with the same few sets usually competing at local level.

Used with adjective complement

  • become: Food becomes more plentiful, the increase in temperature stirs up the spirits.
  • seem: No matter, he had enough to eat for the moment, and game seemed plentiful.
  • remain: Life of many kinds remains plentiful under ice-covered ponds and streams.

Preposition: in

  • area: Care had to be taken not to disturb Chinese graves which were plentiful in the area.
  • part: Still, oil is plentiful in this part of the world, and the allure of quick cash may be too hard to resist.
  • town: Often they worked in cramped conditions in some of the tiny workshops, which were plentiful in the town.