ample

Ample means enough—sufficient or adequate. It can also mean more than enough—plentiful or abundant.

It is often used in the context of things like time, room, space, supplies, or resources (such as food and money) to indicate that there is enough or more than enough of what is needed.

Sometimes, ample means large in size, extent, or amount, as in It was an ample tract of land. 

Ample can be used in front of a noun, as in We have ample funds to cover the purchase, or elsewhere in the sentence, as in The payment was ample. 

The adverb form of ample is amply, meaning sufficiently or abundantly, as in He gave amply to charity. 

Example: There was no one else there, so there was ample space to spread out.

The first records of the word ample come from the 1400s. It comes from the Latin amplus, meaning “large,” “wide,” or “spacious.” The words amplitude and amplify are based on the same root.

Amplitude can refer to the state of being ample, but it’s typically used in a more specific way in technical and scientific measurements. More commonly, the noun ampleness refers to the state of having enough or more than enough. Ample has many common synonyms, and it also has many antonyms (opposites) that mean “not enough,” including insufficient, inadequate, scant, scanty, and meager.

What are some other forms related to ample?

• ampleness (noun)
• amply (adverb)

What are some synonyms for ample?

• enough
• sufficient
• adequate
• plentiful
• abundant
• copious
• bountiful
• substantial

What are some words that share a root or word element with ample? 

• amplitude
• amplify

What are some words that often get used in discussing ample?

• time
• room
• space
• reward
• resources
• money
• evidence
• proof
• opportunity
• provide
• offer

Ample can be used to describe both tangible things, such as food and water, and intangible ones, such as space and time.

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Years in future when they try to understand an entire nation's collapse of conscience, I hope there's ample documentation now of the role a morally corrupt media and celebrities played in it.

— Rituparna Chatterjee (@MasalaBai) November 30, 2020

Which of the following words is NOT a synonym of ample? 

A. scanty
B. plentiful
C. bountiful
D. abundant