Dictionary

plentiful en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /ˈplɛntɪfl̩/

Etymology

From Middle English plentiful, plentyfull, plentefull, equivalent to plenty + -ful.

Meanings

1. Existing in large number or ample amount.
   • a plentiful supply of water
   • She accumulated a plentiful collection of books.
   • a plentiful harvest
   • Most of the three- and four-story white-washed buildings that we passed were built of pink coraline, which is both plentiful and fractile, and date back centuries to when Omanis and Indians based on Zanzibar dominated the African East Coast trade. 1997 March 30, Paula Budlong Cronin, “Unexpected Zanzibar”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 06 Sep 2020:
2. Yielding abundance; fruitful.
   • If it be a long winter, it is commonly a more plentiful year. 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
   • Some years, the tree is a plentiful source of apples.
3. (obsolete) Lavish; profuse; prodigal.
   • He that is plentiful in expenses will hardly be preserved from decay. 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Expense”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:

Forms

Antonyms

stingy · unproductive · sterile · light · infertile · uncommon · meager · deficient · wanting · scarce · minimal · slight · scant · barren · insufficient · unfruitful · bare · rare · skimpy · small · lacking · niggardly

Deriveds

overplentiful · plentifulness · plentifully · unplentiful

Relateds

plenty · plenteous

Synonyms

enough · fecund · luxuriant · abounding · profuse · thick · rife · overflowing · numerous · wealthy · plentiful · generous · manysome · brimming · bountiful · liberal · adequate · teeming · lavish · abundant · copious · sufficient · fruitful · rich · replete · ample · bottomless · galore · plenteous · comfortable · fertile · fat · prolific

Translations (56)

ga líonmhar (existing in large number) · nn rikeleg (existing in large number) · gd pailt (existing in large number) · de massenhaft (existing in large number) · ga fairsing (existing in large number) · tr bol (existing in large number) · cmn 豐富 /丰富 (existing in large number) · fr ample (existing in large number) · es sobejano (existing in large number) · fr abondant (existing in large number) · vo bundanik (yelding abundance) · fr copieux (existing in large number) · ru изоби́лующий (existing in large number) · bcl dakol (existing in large number) · fi suuri (existing in large number) · ru изоби́льный (existing in large number) · pt abundante (yelding abundance) · pt farto (yelding abundance) · ka ჭარბი (existing in large number) · bcl gulpi (yelding abundance) · ht anpil (existing in large number) · es pingüe (existing in large number) · es sobrado (existing in large number) · ga fairsing (yelding abundance) · it abbondante (yelding abundance) · mk о́билен (existing in large number) · hi प्रचुर (existing in large number) · pdt riew (existing in large number) · vo bundanik (existing in large number) · ka თავსაყრელი (existing in large number) · es cuantioso (existing in large number) · grc δαψιλής (existing in large number) · fi runsaslukuinen (existing in large number) · es pingüe (yelding abundance) · nb rikelig (existing in large number) · es sobejo (existing in large number) · ka უხვი (existing in large number) · de reichlich (existing in large number) · bn বহুল (existing in large number) · bg изобилен (yelding abundance) · cmn 豐碩 /丰硕 (existing in large number) · mi pōike (yelding abundance) · it abbondante (existing in large number) · la largus (existing in large number) · ru изоби́лующий (yelding abundance) · sv riklig (existing in large number) · fi runsas (yelding abundance) · got 𐌲𐌰𐌽𐍉𐌷𐍃 (existing in large number) · ru оби́льный (existing in large number) · io abundanta (yelding abundance) · pt grande (existing in large number) · mk изо́билен (existing in large number) · bg обилен (existing in large number) · cmn 豐富 /丰富 (yelding abundance) · hi प्रचुर (yelding abundance) · it moltissimo (existing in large number)