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ample, copious, plenteous, plentiful, rich

(adjective) affording an abundant supply; “had ample food for the party”; “copious provisions”; “food is plentiful”; “a plenteous grape harvest”; “a rich supply”

ample

(adjective) more than enough in size or scope or capacity; “had ample food for the party”; “an ample supply”

ample, sizable, sizeable

(adjective) fairly large in size; “a sizable fortune”; “an ample waistline”; “of ample proportions”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adjective

ample (comparative ampler, superlative amplest)

Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; for example spacious, roomy or widely extended.

Fully sufficient; abundant; plenty

Not contracted or brief; not concise; extended; diffusive

Synonyms

• full, spacious, extensive, wide, capacious, abundant, plentiful, plenteous, copious, bountiful; rich, liberal, munificent

• See also ample

• (large): See also large

• (fully sufficient): See also abundant

Anagrams

• Maple, Palme, maple, pelma

Source: Wiktionary

Am"ple, a. Etym: [F. ample, L. amplus, prob. for ambiplus full on both sides, the last syllable akin to L. plenus full. See Full, and cf. Double.]

Definition: Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; spacious; roomy; widely extended. All the people in that ample house Did to that image bow their humble knees. Spenser.

2. Fully sufficient; abundant; liberal; copious; as, an ample fortune; ample justice.

3. Not contracted of brief; not concise; extended; diffusive; as, an ample narrative. Johnson.

Syn.

– Full; spacious; extensive; wide; capacious; abundant; plentiful; plenteous; copious; bountiful; rich; liberal; munificent.

– Ample, Copious, Abundant, Plenteous. These words agree in representing a thing as large, but under different relations, according to the image which is used. Ample implies largeness, producing a sufficiency or fullness of supply for every want; as, ample stores or resources, ample provision. Copious carries with it the idea of flow, or of collection at a single point; as, a copious supply of materials. "Copious matter of my song." Milton. Abundant and plenteous refer to largeness of quantity; as, abundant stores; plenteous harvests.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition