plenty
a full or abundant supply or amount: There is plenty of time.
the state or quality of being plentiful; abundance: resources in plenty.
an abundance, as of goods or luxuries, or a time of such abundance: the plenty of a rich harvest; the plenty that comes with peace.
existing in ample quantity or number; plentiful; abundant: Food is never too plenty in the area.
more than sufficient; ample: That helping is plenty for me.
Informal. fully; quite: plenty good enough.
Origin of plenty
1synonym study For plenty
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Other words from plenty
- o·ver·plen·ty, noun
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How to use plenty in a sentence
It may be that iciness is the main threat, but plenty of time for things to change.
D.C.-area forecast: Raw today. Iciness threat grows Saturday into early Sunday. | A. Camden Walker | February 12, 2021 | Washington PostConsider rechargeable hand warmersIf you’re ready to get a little more high-tech, there are plenty of rechargeable hand warmers out there.
Best hand warmers: Block the chill during your favorite winter activities | PopSci Commerce Team | February 10, 2021 | Popular-ScienceStill, that left plenty of room for smaller tech companies to crack us up.
From day trips to private rentals, there are plenty of options to take in the park’s shoreline from a sailboat.
The Ultimate Acadia National Park Travel Guide | Virginia M. Wright | February 8, 2021 | Outside OnlineBy keeping it in a refrigerator, you’ll buy yourself plenty of time before the mold starts to grow.
Make your own maple syrup without harming the trees | By Tim MacWelch/Outdoor Life | February 7, 2021 | Popular-Science
plenty of Jewish kids today grow up with a Christmas tree next to their menorah.
These days, plenty of women are turning to online sites for no-frills male companionship.
Career-Minded Women Turn to Male Escorts For No-Strings Fun and (Maybe) Sex | Aurora Snow | January 3, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTWell, there are plenty of nerdy zingers hidden in those thousands of pages.
American Democracy Under Threat for 250 Years | Jedediah Purdy | December 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIf 2014 was any indication, the coming TV schedule is sure to be filled with plenty of water-cooler shows.
In the event, the enemy did plenty—far more than SHAEF, or for that matter the German high command, imagined possible.
But men we had known and trails we had followed furnished us plenty of grist for the conversational mill.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairWith twelve hundred foes around us, we had plenty to occupy all our thoughts and attention.
He likes to have plenty of time to express all his ideas and tell you a good many anecdotes in between!
Music-Study in Germany | Amy FayOh yes, you will find plenty of them in the course of a few days, if you hold on the course you are going.
Hunting the Lions | R.M. BallantyneShips did little exploring in the Belt now—plenty of untouched rocks there but nothing really unknown.
Fee of the Frontier | Horace Brown Fyfe
British Dictionary definitions for plenty (1 of 2)
/ (ˈplɛntɪ) /
(often foll by of) a great number, amount, or quantity; lots: plenty of time; there are plenty of cars on display here
generous or ample supplies of wealth, produce, or resources: the age of plenty
in plenty existing in abundance: food in plenty
very many; ample: plenty of people believe in ghosts
(as pronoun): there's plenty more; that's plenty, thanks
not standard, mainly US (intensifier): he was plenty mad
informal more than adequately; abundantly: the water's plenty hot enough
Origin of plenty
1British Dictionary definitions for Plenty (2 of 2)
/ (ˈplɛntɪ) /
Bay of Plenty a large bay of the Pacific on the NE coast of the North Island, New Zealand
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Other Idioms and Phrases with plenty
see under not the only fish in the sea.
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