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adjective plen·ti·ful \ ˈplen-ti-fəl \

Definition of plentiful

1 :containing or yielding plenty

a plentiful land

2 :characterized by, constituting, or existing in plenty

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Gasoline won't always be cheap and plentiful.
Space is plentiful enough for several homes.
Natural gas is a plentiful resource.
These vegetables are a plentiful source of vitamins.

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The District two years ago announced plans to offer financial incentives to businesses that opted to receive deliveries overnight, when traffic is lighter and curb space is more plentiful.

— Washington Post, "Big trucks whizzing through D.C. neighborhoods signal city’s fortune but residents’ nightmare," 26 Aug. 2017
NFL fans in L.A. are more plentiful and more divided than those in San Diego ever were.

— kevin acee, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Chargers-Rams bout not what L.A. fight about," 26 Aug. 2017
When Evaristo opened his restaurant along Acapulco's seaside strip 15 years ago, drugs were plentiful, and that was just fine with him.

— joshua partlow, chicagotribune.com, "Acapulco, once Mexico's glamorous resort city, is now its murder capital," 25 Aug. 2017
Ragù de Cinghiale (wild boar) is popular in the hills to the south of Siena where wild game is plentiful.

— nancy miller, The Courier-Journal, "Recipes from At The Italian Table make you 'sit up and pay attention'," 22 Aug. 2017
The 2017 edition of the Western & Southern, already one of the biggest events on the worldwide tennis calendar, will be bolstered this year by plentiful on-court storylines and off-court improvements to the venue's infrastructure.

— patrick brennan, Cincinnati.com, "Infrastructure, storylines should make for enjoyable 2017 W&S Open," 12 Aug. 2017
Dead-ends are common and precipitous drops are plentiful; tight ledges loom over ninety-foot-deep drops that cavers have given names like the Pit of Doom, the Big Nothing, or the Chasm of Death.

— patrick blanchfield, Esquire, "Shot in the Dark," 1 Aug. 2017
Even around the arid Kalahari food is plentiful (at least when the tribes are not forced to share the land with farmers and ranchers)—so much so that the typical adult need work less than 20 hours per week.

— The Economist, "Living off the land," 20 July 2017
Donations of clothing, household goods, and other items were plentiful.

— roy s. johnson, AL.com, "Thrift market training autistic adolescents for workplace faces closure," 6 July 2017

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First Known Use of plentiful

15th century

plentiful Synonyms

Synonyms

abundant, ample, aplenty, bounteous, bountiful, comfortable, cornucopian, galore, generous, liberal, plenteous, plenty, all kinds of, thick on the ground

Antonyms

bare, minimal, scant, spare

Related Words

extra, supernumerary, surplus; abounding, blooming, overflowing, plump, replete, rich, rife, teeming, wealthy; adequate, enough, sufficient; fat, fecund, fertile, fruitful, luxuriant, prodigal, prolific; copious, fulsome, lavish, profuse

Near Antonyms

deficient, inadequate, insufficient, lacking, wanting; meager (or meagre), niggardly, stingy; skimpy; least, minimum; light, slight, small; barren, infertile, sterile, unfruitful, unproductive

Synonym Discussion of plentiful

plentiful, ample, abundant, copious mean more than sufficient without being excessive. plentiful implies a great or rich supply.

- peaches are plentiful this summer

ample implies a generous sufficiency to satisfy a particular requirement.

- ample food to last the winter

abundant suggests an even greater or richer supply than does plentiful.

- streams abundant with fish

copious stresses largeness of supply rather than fullness or richness.

- copious examples of bureaucratic waste

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Definition of plentiful for English Language Learners

: present in large amounts
: containing or giving large amounts of something

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adjective plen·ti·ful \ ˈplen-ti-fəl \

Definition of plentiful for Students

1 :present in large numbers or amount :abundant

plentiful rain

2 :giving or containing a large number or amount

Vegetables are a plentiful source of vitamins.

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