plentiful
existing in great plenty: Coal was plentiful, and therefore cheap, in that region.
yielding abundantly: a plentiful source of inspiration.
Origin of plentiful
1synonym study For plentiful
Other words for plentiful
Opposites for plentiful
Other words from plentiful
- plen·ti·ful·ly, adverb
- plen·ti·ful·ness, noun
- o·ver·plen·ti·ful, adjective
- o·ver·plen·ti·ful·ly, adverb
- o·ver·plen·ti·ful·ness, noun
- qua·si-plen·ti·ful, adjective
- qua·si-plen·ti·ful·ly, adverb
- un·plen·ti·ful, adjective
- un·plen·ti·ful·ly, adverb
Words that may be confused with plentiful
- plentiful , plenitude
Words Nearby plentiful
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How to use plentiful in a sentence
The whole thing sounds like a lot of fuss over puffed-up marketing, a commodity in plentiful supply in bike advertising.
A feared predatorThe red wolf population, once plentiful throughout the Southeastern United States, declined rapidly through the early 1900s.
Wild red wolves hanging on but more cooperation needed to save the species | Ann Cameron Siegal | January 26, 2021 | Washington PostCash will be so plentiful that the company will even buy back some of its shares, a common price-supporting practice that Netflix hasn’t done since 2011.
Personally, reading “The Duke and I” puts me into the fantasy of a Regency where dukes are young and plentiful, numbering more than the 28 that actually existed.
How ‘Bridgerton’ flipped the script on ‘The Duke and I’ | Vanessa Riley | January 12, 2021 | Washington PostRain is abundant, food is plentiful and there are no carnivores large enough to pose a threat.
Invasion of the hippos: Colombia is running out of time to tackle Pablo Escobar’s wildest legacy | Sarah Kaplan | January 11, 2021 | Washington Post
Riffing off the slogan “Now Everyone Can Fly,” the carrier offered no-frills flights that were both cheap and plentiful.
The Presumed Crash of AirAsia Flight QZ8501 Is Nothing Like MH370 | Lennox Samuels | December 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut this is the Middle East, after all, where budgets are small, and wars are plentiful.
Trans in the Holy Land: ‘Marzipan Flowers,’ Tal Kallai, and the Shattering of Israel’s LGBT Taboos | Itay Hod | November 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHowever, those galaxies are also more distant, marking a time in the cosmic history when black hole food was more plentiful.
While plentiful and cheap today, aluminum was once an extremely valuable metal.
During the plentiful dry season, women consumed more calories and more energy-rich lipids.
I pulled up and glanced about, but the clumps of scrubby timber were just plentiful enough to cut off a clear view of the flat.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairWe picketed the horses in the open bottom where grass was more plentiful than in the brush, and settled ourselves to sleep.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairBut with small engines, or where coal is plentiful, the engine would be best without it.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2) | Francis TrevithickIn South Africa gold and diamonds are plentiful; and Newfoundland has wonderful deposits of iron ore.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowMists or hoar frosts on the tenth of March betokens (sic) a plentiful year, but not without some diseases.
British Dictionary definitions for plentiful
/ (ˈplɛntɪfʊl) /
ample; abundant
having or yielding an abundance: a plentiful year
Derived forms of plentiful
- plentifully, adverb
- plentifulness, noun
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