plenty (ˈplɛntɪ
)
Definitions
noun
- (often foll by of) a great number, amount, or quantity; lots ⇒
plenty of time
there are plenty of cars on display here
- generous or ample supplies of wealth, produce, or resources ⇒
the age of plenty
- See in plenty
determiner
- very many; ample ⇒
plenty of people believe in ghosts
- ((as pronoun) ⇒
there's plenty more
that's plenty, thanks
- very many; ample ⇒
adverb
- not standard mainly US (intensifier) ⇒
he was plenty mad
- informal more than adequately; abundantly ⇒
the water's plenty hot enough
Word Origin
C13: from Old French plenté, from Late Latin plēnitās fullness, from Latin plēnus fullSynonyms
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abundance,
wealth,
luxury,
prosperity,
fertility,
profusion,
affluence,
opulence,
plenitude,
fruitfulness,
copiousness,
plenteousness,
plentifulness,
=
lots of,
enough,
a great deal of,
masses of,
quantities of piles of mountains of
a good deal of,
stacks of,
heaps of,
a mass of a volume of an abundance of
a plethora of,
a quantity of a fund of
oodles of,
a store of a mine of a sufficiency of
Quotations
"Plenty has made me poor"
Translations
- British English:
plenty
If there is plenty of something, there is a lot of it.Don't worry. There's still plenty of time.ˈplɛntɪ NOUN Don't worry. There's still plenty of time.
- Spanish:
abundancia
nf
- French:
abondance
nf
- German:
Menge
nf
- Chinese: 丰富 n
- Arabic: كَثِير n
- Portuguese: abundância nf
- Russian: множество nnt
- Croatian: obilje nnt
- Czech: spousta nf
- Danish: overflod nutr
- Dutch: overvloed nm
- Finnish: runsaus n
- Greek: αφθονία nf
- Italian: abbondanza nf
- Japanese: たっぷり n
- Korean: 충분 n
- Norwegian: overflod nm
- Polish: obfitość nf
- Brazilian Portuguese: abundância nf
- European Spanish:
abundancia
nf
- Swedish: överflöd nnt
- Thai: จำนวนมากมาย n
- Turkish: çok n
- Vietnamese: nhiều adj
Usage examples
Hablet had plenty of other daughters who were much more amenable than the dreaded Adrina.
, TREASON KEEP (2001)Elsewhere this week there are plenty of exhibitions to keep your hunger for culture satisfied.
Country Life (2004)By half-time they trailed by two points, but had plenty of chances to put up a substantial score before the break.
Irish Times (2002)There's a well laid out and not too'commercial' front cabin, with plenty of space.
Glasgow Herald (2001)Many herbs are most commonly used to flavour food, and again there are plenty of excellent books on the subject.
, A WITCH ALONE (2002)