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- [plen-tee]
- /ˈplɛn ti/
- /ˈplenti/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [plen-tee]
- /ˈplɛn ti/
Definitions of plenty word
- noun plural plenty a full or abundant supply or amount: There is plenty of time. 1
- noun plural plenty the state or quality of being plentiful; abundance: resources in plenty. 1
- noun plural plenty an abundance, as of goods or luxuries, or a time of such abundance: the plenty of a rich harvest; the plenty that comes with peace. 1
- adjective plenty existing in ample quantity or number; plentiful; abundant: Food is never too plenty in the area. 1
- adjective plenty more than sufficient; ample: That helping is plenty for me. 1
- adverb plenty Informal. fully; quite: plenty good enough. 1
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Origin of plenty
First appearance:
before 1175 One of the 8% oldest English words
1175-1225; Middle English plente < Old French; replacing Middle English plenteth < Old French plented, plentet < Latin plēnitāt- (stem of plēnitās) fullness. See plenum, -ity
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Parts of speech for Plenty
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
plenty popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for plenty
noun plenty
- abundance — An abundance of something is a large quantity of it.
- adequacy — Adequacy is the quality of being good enough or great enough in amount to be acceptable.
- adequateness — the quality of being adequate
- affluence — Affluence is the state of having a lot of money or a high standard of living.
- all kinds of — You can use all kinds of to emphasize that there are a great number and variety of particular things or people.
adj plenty
- alive with — teeming with; full of (living or moving things)
- all out — not at one's home or place of employment; absent: I stopped by to visit you last night, but you were out.
- all the way — You use all the way to emphasize how long a distance is.
- all-embracing — Something that is all-embracing includes or affects everyone or everything.
- ample — If there is an ample amount of something, there is enough of it and usually some extra.
adv plenty
- but good — (Idiomatic) To a high degree; very thoroughly; in a most definite manner.
- curiously — eager to learn or know; inquisitive.
- drastically — acting with force or violence; violent.
- highly — in or to a high degree; extremely: highly amusing; highly seasoned food.
- hugely — extraordinarily large in bulk, quantity, or extent: a huge ship; a huge portion of ice cream.
adjective plenty
- adequate — If something is adequate, there is enough of it or it is good enough to be used or accepted.
- enough — As much or as many as required.
- heaps — a group of things placed, thrown, or lying one on another; pile: a heap of stones.
- masses — the celebration of the Eucharist. Compare High Mass, Low Mass.
- oodles — a large quantity: oodles of love; oodles of money.
adverb plenty
- exorbitantly — In an exorbitant manner, excessively.
- extremely — To a very great degree ; very.
- immoderately — In an immoderate manner.
- loads — anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo: The truck carried a load of watermelons.
Antonyms for plenty
noun plenty
- abjection — an abject state or condition
- absence — Someone's absence from a place is the fact that they are not there.
- aridities — being without moisture; extremely dry; parched: arid land; an arid climate.
- aridity — being without moisture; extremely dry; parched: arid land; an arid climate.
- awol — If someone in the Armed Forces goes AWOL, they leave their post without the permission of a superior officer. AWOL is an abbreviation for 'absent without leave'.
adj plenty
- all gone — finished, used up
- all in — If you say that you are all in, you mean that you are extremely tired.
- beanstalk — the stem of a bean plant
- broomstick — A broomstick is an old-fashioned broom which has a bunch of small sticks at the end.
adjective plenty
adverb plenty
- insufficiently — not sufficient; lacking in what is necessary or required: an insufficient answer.
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