Plenty
adj, adv, det, name, noun, pron, slang ·Very common ·Middle school level
Definitions
- 1 A more-than-adequate amount; plenitude. countable, uncountable
"We are lucky to live in a land of peace and plenty."
- 2 a full supply wordnet
- 3 (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent wordnet
- 1 Plentiful. Canada, US, colloquial, nonstandard, obsolete
"if reasons were as plenty as blackberries"
- 1 More than sufficiently. Canada, US, not-comparable
"This office is plenty big enough for our needs."
- 2 Used as an intensifier, very. Canada, US, colloquial, not-comparable
"She was plenty mad at him."
- 1 as much as necessary wordnet
- 1 More than enough.
"Acquire one of these and you'll have plenty of car for your money."
- 1 much, enough Canada, US, colloquial, nonstandard
"There'll be plenty time later for that"
- 2 many Canada, US, colloquial, nonstandard
"Get a manicure. Plenty men do it."
- 1 A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
- 2 A town in the Derwent Valley council area, south eastern Tasmania, Australia.
- 3 A suburb of Melbourne in the Shire of Nillumbik, Victoria, Australia
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"I have plenty of money with me."
Etymology
From Middle English plentie, plentee, plente, from Anglo-Norman plenté, from Old French plenté, from Latin plenitatem, accusative of plenitas (“fullness”), from plenus (“complete, full”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”), from which English full also comes, via Proto-Germanic. Related to the Latin derivatives complete, deplete, replete.
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