| 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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