I don't speak French well enough!
Source: tatoeba (1463)
Enough
/ɪˈnʌf/
Synonyms for "enough" (115 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (23)
abundanceabundantlyacceptablyadequacyadequateadequate supplyadequatelyadequatenessadmissiblyagreeablyampleamplenessamplyavalanchebare minimumbare sufficiencybarely sufficient
Determiner(5 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (35)
Determiner(1 words)
enough already
Noun(1 words)
Related words (57)
minimallyminimummoderatelymore than enoughoverabundanceoverdoseoverpopulationoversupplypassablyplentifulplentyplenty good enoughplethoraprodigalityproportionateproportionatelyratherreasonablyredundancyright amount
Show 22 more words
Noun(3 words)
Determiner(9 words)
no moreno more excusesstop itsufficiencysufficientsufficientlythat is enoughthat will dothat will suffice
Adjective(1 words)
Adverb(1 words)
Verb(1 words)
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: abundance, abundantly, acceptably, adequacy, adequacy.
- Sentence evidence is available for enough, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from moby, opengloss, wordnet, derived_reverse, and related lexical sources.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "enough".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "enough"
Keep "enough" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "enough" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "enough", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "enough" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
9 entriesdegree adverbdegree modifierdeterminerexclamationinterjectionmodifierpronounquantifierrelative quantity
More specific
15 entriesCollocations
10 entriesenough dataenough evidenceenough fundsenough informationenough is enoughenough materialenough moneyenough powerenough resourcesenough time
Derivations
1 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
125 translations across 78 languages.
Aghwan
1 entries- 𐕗𐕒𐕡 det (sufficient)
Albanian
1 entries- mjaft det (sufficient)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ἀρκετός det (sufficient)
- ἱκανός det (sufficient)
Arabic
3 entries- كفاية det (sufficient)
- كفاية det (sufficient)
- كَافٍ det (sufficient)
Armenian
2 entries- բավական det (sufficient)
- բավականաչափ det (sufficient)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- yetərli det (sufficient)
Basque
2 entries- aski det (sufficient)
- nahiko det (sufficient)
Belarusian
2 entries- даво́лі det (sufficient)
- дастатко́ва det (sufficient)
Bengali
1 entries- যথেষ্ট det (sufficient)
Bulgarian
2 entries- дово́лно det (sufficient)
- достатъчно det (sufficient)
Burmese
2 entries- တော် det (sufficient)
- လောက် det (sufficient)
Catalan
2 entries- prou det (sufficient)
- suficient det (sufficient)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 充足 det (sufficient)
- 夠 /够 det (sufficient)
- 足 det (sufficient)
- 足夠 /足够 det (sufficient)
Czech
1 entries- dost det (sufficient)
Danish
1 entries- nok det (sufficient)
Dutch
2 entries- genoeg det (sufficient)
- voldoende det (sufficient)
Esperanto
1 entries- sufiĉa det (sufficient)
Estonian
1 entries- piisavalt det (sufficient)
Ewe
1 entries- nyo det (sufficient)
Finnish
4 entries- kylliksi det (sufficient)
- kyllin det (sufficient)
- riittävästi det (sufficient)
- tarpeeksi det (sufficient)
French
1 entries- assez det (sufficient)
Galician
2 entries- abondo det (sufficient)
- bastante det (sufficient)
Georgian
2 entries- საკმაო det (sufficient)
- საკმარისი det (sufficient)
German
1 entries- genug det (sufficient)
Greek
1 entries- αρκετός det (sufficient)
Gujarati
1 entries- પૂરતું det (sufficient)
Hebrew
2 entries- די det (sufficient)
- מספיק det (sufficient)
Hindi
2 entries- काफ़ी det (sufficient)
- पर्याप्त det (sufficient)
Hungarian
2 entries- elegendő det (sufficient)
- elég det (sufficient)
Icelandic
1 entries- nógur det (sufficient)
Ingrian
2 entries- kylläst det (sufficient)
- ohto det (sufficient)
Irish
1 entries- dóthain det (sufficient)
Italian
1 entries- abbastanza det (sufficient)
Japanese
3 entries- 充分 det (sufficient)
- 十分 det (sufficient)
- 足りる det (sufficient)
Khmer
1 entries- គ្រប់គ្រាន់ det (sufficient)
Korean
1 entries- 충분히 det (sufficient)
Lao
2 entries- ພຽງພໍ det (sufficient)
- ພໍ det (sufficient)
Latin
1 entries- satis det (sufficient)
Latvian
2 entries- diezgan det (sufficient)
- gana det (sufficient)
Lithuanian
1 entries- pakankamai det (sufficient)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- dosć det (sufficient)
Macedonian
2 entries- до́волно det (sufficient)
- до́ста det (sufficient)
Maltese
1 entries- biżżejjed det (sufficient)
Mongolian
1 entries- хангалттай det (sufficient)
Māori
2 entries- nanea det (sufficient)
- rawaka det (sufficient)
Nepali
1 entries- पर्याप्त det (sufficient)
Norman
1 entries- assaïz det (sufficient)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- besanî det (sufficient)
Norwegian
3 entries- fyllestgjørende det (sufficient)
- nok det (sufficient)
- tilstrekkelig det (sufficient)
Occitan
2 entries- pro det (sufficient)
- sufisent det (sufficient)
Old Church Slavonic
1 entries- довольнъ det (sufficient)
Persian
1 entries- کافی det (sufficient)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- nuach det (sufficient)
Polish
2 entries- dość det (sufficient)
- wystarczająco det (sufficient)
Portuguese
2 entries- bastante det (sufficient)
- suficiente det (sufficient)
Romagnol
1 entries- abastânza det (sufficient)
Romanian
1 entries- destul det (sufficient)
Russian
2 entries- дово́льно det (sufficient)
- доста́точно det (sufficient)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- dovoljno det (sufficient)
- довољно det (sufficient)
Slovak
1 entries- dosť det (sufficient)
Slovene
1 entries- dovȍlj det (sufficient)
Spanish
2 entries- bastante det (sufficient)
- suficiente det (sufficient)
Swahili
1 entries- basi det (sufficient)
Swedish
2 entries- nog det (sufficient)
- tillräckligt det (sufficient)
Tagalog
1 entries- tama det (sufficient)
Tajik
1 entries- кофӣ det (sufficient)
Thai
3 entries- พอ det (sufficient)
- พอเพียง det (sufficient)
- เพียงพอ det (sufficient)
Tibetan
4 entries- འགྲིག det (sufficient)
- འགྲིག་ངེས་ཀྱི det (sufficient)
- འདང det (sufficient)
- ལངས det (sufficient)
Tok Pisin
1 entries- inap det (sufficient)
Turkish
2 entries- yeterince det (sufficient)
- yeterli det (sufficient)
Ukrainian
3 entries- до́сить det (sufficient)
- дово́лі det (sufficient)
- доста́тньо det (sufficient)
Urdu
1 entries- کافی det (sufficient)
Uzbek
1 entries- yetarli det (sufficient)
Vietnamese
1 entries- đủ det (sufficient)
West-Frisian
1 entries- genôch det (sufficient)
Yiddish
1 entries- גענוג det (sufficient)
Zazaki
2 entries- bes (diq) det (sufficient)
- qim det (sufficient)
Zhuang
1 entries- cuk det (sufficient)
Sample sentences
32 total sentences available.
You're not fast enough.
Source: tatoeba (1476)
Any universe simple enough to be understood is too simple to produce a mind able to understand it.
Source: tatoeba (1747)
Half an eye is very useful actually, because an animal can see half of another animal, which wants to eat it, and can get out of the way, and it will eat the animal, which has only one-half eye or only 49% of an eye, because this to it will not be enough, and the animal, which was eaten up, will have no children, because it is dead.
Source: tatoeba (1843)
Showing 4 of 32 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "enough"?
Closest matches include abundance, abundantly, acceptably, adequacy, adequacy.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "enough"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.