'Plentiful' definitions:
Definition of 'plentiful'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Existing in great number or quantity; "rhinoceroses were once plentiful here"
adjective
Affording an abundant supply; "had ample food for the party"; "copious provisions"; "food is plentiful"; "a plenteous grape harvest"; "a rich supply" [syn: ample, copious, plenteous, plentiful, rich]
adjective
Producing in abundance; "the bountiful earth"; "a plentiful year"; "fruitful soil" [syn: bountiful, plentiful]
Definition of 'Plentiful'
From: GCIDE
- Plentiful \Plen"ti*ful\, a.
- 1. Containing plenty; copious; abundant; ample; as, a plentiful harvest; a plentiful supply of water. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Yielding abundance; prolific; fruitful. [1913 Webster]
- If it be a long winter, it is commonly a more plentiful year. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Lavish; profuse; prodigal. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- He that is plentiful in expenses will hardly be preserved from --Bacon. [1913 Webster] -- {Plen"ti*ful*ly}, adv. -- {Plen"ti*ful*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'plentiful'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abounding,
- abundant,
- affluent,
- all-sufficing,
- ample,
- aplenty,
- blooming,
- bottomless,
- bounteous,
- bountiful,
- bumper,
- bursting,
- bursting out,
- copious,
- countless,
- creative,
- diffuse,
- effuse,
- enough,
- epidemic,
- excessive,
- exhaustless,
- extravagant,
- exuberant,
- fat,
- fecund,
- fertile,
- flourishing,
- flush,
- fructiferous,
- fruitful,
- full,
- fulsome,
- galore,
- generous,
- in plenty,
- in quantity,
- inexhaustible,
- lavish,
- liberal,
- lush,
- luxuriant,
- many,
- maximal,
- much,
- multitudinous,
- numerous,
- opulent,
- overabundant,
- overbounteous,
- overcopious,
- overexuberant,
- overflowing,
- overgenerous,
- overlavish,
- overliberal,
- overluxuriant,
- overmuch,
- overnumerous,
- overplenteous,
- overplentiful,
- overplenty,
- overpopulated,
- overpopulous,
- overprolific,
- plenitudinous,
- plenteous,
- plenty,
- plethoric,
- pregnant,
- prevailing,
- prevalent,
- prodigal,
- productive,
- profuse,
- profusive,
- proliferous,
- prolific,
- pullulating,
- rampant,
- replete,
- rich,
- rife,
- riotous,
- running over,
- seminal,
- sufficient,
- superabundant,
- swarming,
- swimming,
- teeming,
- thriving,
- uberous,
- unstinted,
- wealthy,
- well-found,
- well-furnished,
- well-provided,
- well-stocked,
- wholesale