plenty
[ plen-tee ]
/ ˈplɛn ti /
noun, plural plen·ties.
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.
adjective
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.
adverb
Informal.
fully; quite: plenty good enough.
Origin of plenty
SYNONYMS FOR plenty
2
plenteousness,
copiousness,
luxuriance,
affluence.
Plenty,
abundance,
profusion refer to a large quantity or supply.
Plenty suggests a supply that is fully adequate to any demands:
plenty of money.
Abundance implies a great plenty, an ample and generous oversupply:
an abundance of rain.
Profusion applies to such a lavish and excessive abundance as often suggests extravagance or prodigality:
luxuries in great profusion.
usage note for plenty
The construction
plenty of is standard in all varieties of speech and writing:
plenty of room in the shed. The use of
plenty preceding a noun, without an intervening
of, first appeared in the late 19th century:
plenty room in the shed. It occurs today chiefly in informal speech. As an adverb, a use first recorded in the mid-19th century,
plenty is also informal and is found chiefly in speech or written representations of speech.
OTHER WORDS FROM plenty
o·ver·plen·ty, nounWords nearby plenty
plenitude,
plenitudinous,
pleno jure,
plenteous,
plentiful,
plenty,
plenum,
plenum system,
plenum ventilation,
pleo-,
pleochroic
Example sentences from the Web for plenty
British Dictionary definitions for plenty (1 of 2)
plenty
/ (ˈplɛntɪ) /
noun plural -ties
(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
determiner
- very many; ampleplenty of people believe in ghosts
- (as pronoun)there's plenty more; that's plenty, thanks
adverb
not standard, mainly US
(intensifier)
he was plenty mad
informal
more than adequately; abundantly
the water's plenty hot enough
Word Origin for plenty
C13: from Old French
plenté, from Late Latin
plēnitās fullness, from Latin
plēnus full
British Dictionary definitions for plenty (2 of 2)
Plenty
/ (ˈplɛntɪ) /
noun
Bay of Plenty
a large bay of the Pacific on the NE coast of the North Island, New Zealand
Idioms and Phrases with plenty
plenty
see under not the only fish in the sea.