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

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