plentiful synonyms
plentiful
modif.
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. 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.
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
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