enough, plenty
(adverb) as much as necessary; âHave I eaten enough?â; (âplentyâ is nonstandard) âIâve had plenty, thanksâ
plenty, plentifulness, plenteousness, plenitude, plentitude
(noun) a full supply; âthere was plenty of food for everyoneâ
batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad
(noun) (often followed by âofâ) a large number or amount or extent; âa batch of lettersâ; âa deal of troubleâ; âa lot of moneyâ; âhe made a mint on the stock marketâ; âsee the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photosâ; âit must have cost plentyâ; âa slew of journalistsâ; âa wad of moneyâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Plenty
A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
A town in Tasmania, Australia.
A town in Victoria, Australia.
• pentyl
plenty (countable and uncountable, plural plenties)
A more-than-adequate amount.
While some dictionaries analyse this word as a noun, others analyse it as a pronoun, or as both a noun and a pronoun.
• abundance
• profusion
plenty
More than enough.
See the notes about the noun.
plenty (not comparable)
More than sufficiently.
(colloquial) Used as an intensifier, very.
plenty
(nonstandard) much, enough
(nonstandard) many
plenty (comparative more plenty, superlative most plenty)
(obsolete) plentiful
• pentyl
Source: Wiktionary
Plen"ty, n.; pl. Plenties, in Shak. Etym: [OE. plentee, plente, OF. plenté, fr. L. plenitas, fr. plenus full. See Full, a., and cf. Complete.]
Definition: Full or adequate supply; enough and to spare; sufficiency; specifically, abundant productiveness of the earth; ample supply for human wants; abundance; copiousness. "Plenty of corn and wine." Gen. xxvii. 28. "Promises Britain peace and plenty." Shak. Houses of office stuffed with plentee. Chaucer. The teeming clouds Descend in gladsome plenty o'er the world. Thomson.
Syn.
– Abundance; exuberance. See Abundance.
Plen"ty, a.
Definition: Plentiful; abundant. [Obs. or Colloq.] If reasons were as plenty as blackberries. Shak. (Folio ed.) Those countries where shrubs are plenty. Goldsmith.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 January 2025
(noun) the study of the whorls and loops and arches in the fingertips and on the palms of the hand and the soles of the feet; âsome criminologists specialize in dermatoglyphicsâ
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
