plentiful
Use Plentiful in a sentence
tɪ adjective
1.
existing in great plenty: Coal was plentiful, and therefore cheap, in that region.
2.
yielding abundantly: a plentiful source of inspiration.
Related forms
plen·ti·ful·ly, adverb
plen·ti·ful·ness, noun
o·ver·plen·ti·ful, adjective
o·ver·plen·ti·ful·ly, adverb
o·ver·plen·ti·ful·ness, noun
qua·si-plen·ti·ful, adjective
qua·si-plen·ti·ful·ly, adverb
un·plen·ti·ful, adjective
un·plen·ti·ful·ly, adverb
Synonyms
1. Plentiful, ample, abundant, bountiful describe a more than adequate supply of something. Plentiful suggests an over-adequate quantity: a plentiful supply. Ample suggests a more than adequate quality as well: to give ample praise. Abundant implies a greater degree of plenty, and bountiful a still more ample quality as well: an abundant, even a bountiful, harvest. 2. fruitful, bounteous, productive; luxuriant.
1. Plentiful, ample, abundant, bountiful describe a more than adequate supply of something. Plentiful suggests an over-adequate quantity: a plentiful supply. Ample suggests a more than adequate quality as well: to give ample praise. Abundant implies a greater degree of plenty, and bountiful a still more ample quality as well: an abundant, even a bountiful, harvest. 2. fruitful, bounteous, productive; luxuriant.
Antonyms
1. sparse, scanty. 2. barren, fruitless, sterile.
1. sparse, scanty. 2. barren, fruitless, sterile.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | ample; abundant |
| 2. | having or yielding an abundance: a plentiful year |
| 'plentifully | |
| —adv | |
| 'plentifulness | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
Jobs for legislators, senior officials and managers are plentiful too.
The seed has been scattered far and wide, and the harvest is plentiful.
Money is cheap, deposits plentiful and borrowers desperate, so new lending promises handsome margins.
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