NOUN | attribute | plenty, plentifulness, plenteousness, plenitude, plentitude | a full supply |
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quantity | plenty, batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad | (often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent | |
ADVERB | all | plenty, enough | as much as necessary |
Sounds | pleh'niy; pleh'ntiy | |
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Rhymes | abalone ... Zuni: 221 rhymes with niy... | |
ability ... zloty: 638 rhymes with tiy... |
Meaning | A full supply. | |
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Example | "there was plenty of food for everyone" | |
Synonyms | plentifulness, plenteousness, plenitude, plentitude | |
Broader | abundance, copiousness, teemingness | The property of a more than adequate quantity or supply |
Spanish | lleno, plenitud, totalidad | |
Catalan | amplitud, plenitud | |
Adjectives | plenteous | affording an abundant supply |
Meaning | (often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent. | |
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Example | "it must have cost plenty" | |
Synonyms | batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad | |
Narrower | flood, inundation, deluge, torrent | An overwhelming number or amount |
haymow | A mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation | |
Broader | large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount | An indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude |
Spanish | avalancha, barbaridad, bestialidad, burrada, cantidad, cúmulo, enormidad, fajo, lote, mogollón, montaña, montón, multitud, passel, pila | |
Catalan | apilament, apilotament, castell, cúmul, estiba, feix, lot, manyoc, muntanya, munt, passel, pila, pilot, quantitat, tou | |
Adjectives | plenteous | affording an abundant supply |
Meaning | As much as necessary; ('plenty' is nonstandard) "Have I eaten enough?". | |
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Example | "I've had plenty, thanks" | |
Synonym | enough | |
Catalan | bastant, prou, suficientment |
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