plenty

¹plen·ty

noun \ˈplen-tē\

Definition of PLENTY

1

a : a full or more than adequate amount or supply <had plenty of time to finish the job> b : a large number or amount <in plenty of trouble>

2

: the quality or state of being copious : plentifulness

Examples of PLENTY

1. They thought of America as the land of plenty.
2. <you'll have plenty of time to make your connecting flight>

Origin of PLENTY

Middle English plente, from Anglo-French plenté, from Late Latin plenitat-, plenitas, from Latin, fullness, from plenus full — more at full

First Known Use: 13th century

Related to PLENTY

Synonyms: abundance, cornucopia, feast, plenitude, plentitude, plethora, superabundance, wealth, embarrassment of riches

Antonyms: deficiency, inadequacy, insufficiency, undersupply

Related Words: adequacy, competence, competency, sufficiency; ampleness, amplitude, liberality; excess, overdose, overflow, overkill, oversupply, redundancy, superfluity, superfluousness, surfeit, surplus; copiousness, fecundity, fertility, fruitfulness, opulence, richness; lavishness, luxuriance

Near Antonyms: paucity, poverty, scarcity; barrenness, infertility, sterility

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Rhymes with PLENTY

sente, tenty, twenty