plentiful
adj/ˈplɛntɪfl̩/
Etymology From Middle English plentiful, plentyfull, plentefull, equivalent to plenty + -ful.
1
Existing in large number or ample amount.
- a plentiful harvest
- a plentiful supply of water
2 more examples
- She accumulated a plentiful collection of books.
- Most of the three- and four-story white-washed buildings that we passed were built of pink coraline, which is both plentiful and fractile, and date back centuries to when Omanis and Indians based on Zanzibar dominated the African East Coast trade.1997 March 30, Paula Budlong Cronin, “Unexpected Zanzibar”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 06 Sep 2020:
2
Yielding abundance; fruitful.
- Some years, the tree is a plentiful source of apples.
- If it be a long winter, it is commonly a more plentiful year.1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
3
Obsolete Lavish; profuse; prodigal.
- He that is plentiful in expenses will hardly be preserved from decay.1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Expense”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:
- Synonyms
31 terms
abounding, abundant, adequate, ample, bountiful, brimming, comfortable, copious, enough, fecund, fertile, fruitful, galore, generous, lavish, liberal, luxuriant, manysome, numerous, overflowing, plenteous, plentiful, profuse, prolific, replete, rich, rife, sufficient, teeming, thick, wealthy- Antonyms
- bare, barren, deficient, infertile, insufficient, lacking, light, meager, minimal, niggardly, rare, scant, scarce, skimpy, slight, small, sterile, stingy, uncommon, unfruitful, unproductive, wanting
- Derived terms
- overplentiful, plentifully, plentifulness, unplentiful