Synonyms for PLENTIFUL
ˈplɛn tɪ fəlplen·ti·ful

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1. plentiful

   Enough is relative, denoting a supply equal to a given demand. A temperature of 70° Fahrenheit is enough for a living-room; of 212° enough to boil water; neither is enough to melt iron. Sufficient, from the Latin, is an equivalent of the Saxon enough, with no perceptible difference of meaning, but only of usage, enough being the more blunt, homely, and forcible word, while sufficient is in many cases the more elegant or polite. Sufficient usually precedes its noun; enough usually and preferably follows. That is ample which gives a safe, but not a large, margin beyond a given demand; that is abundant, affluent, bountiful, liberal, plentiful, which is largely in excess of manifest need. Plentiful is used of supplies, as of food, water, etc.; as, "a plentiful rain," Ps. lxviii, 9. We may also say a copious rain; but copious can be applied to thought, language, etc., where plentiful can not well be used. Affluent and liberal both apply to riches, resources; liberal, with especial reference to giving or expending. (Compare synonyms for ADEQUATE.) Affluent, referring especially to riches, may be used of thought, feeling, etc. Neither affluent, copious, nor plentiful can be used of time or space; a field is sometimes called plentiful, not with reference to its extent, but to its productiveness. Complete expresses not excess or overplus, and yet not mere sufficiency, but harmony, proportion, fitness to a design, or ideal. Ample and abundant may be applied to any subject. We have time enough, means that we can reach our destination without haste, but also without delay; if we have ample time, we may move leisurely, and note what is by the way; if we have abundant time, we may pause to converse with a friend, to view the scenery, or to rest when weary. Lavish and profuse imply a decided excess, oftenest in the ill sense. We rejoice in abundant resources, and honor generous hospitality; lavish or profuse expenditure suggests extravagance and wastefulness. Luxuriant is used especially of that which is abundant in growth; as, a luxuriant crop.

   Synonyms:
   abounding, abundant, adequate, affluent, ample, bounteous, bountiful, complete, copious, enough, exuberant, full, generous, large, lavish, liberal, luxuriant, overflowing, plenteous, profuse, replete, rich, sufficient, teeming

   Antonyms:
   deficient, drained, exhausted, impoverished, inadequate, insufficient, mean, miserly, narrow, niggardly, poor, scant, scanty, scarce, scrimped, short, small, sparing, stingy, straitened

   Preposition:
   Plentiful in resources.

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. plentifuladjective

   existing in great number or quantity

   "rhinoceroses were once plentiful here"

   Synonyms:
   copious, plenteous, ample, rich, bountiful

   Antonyms:
   unfruitful, scarce

2. ample, copious, plenteous, plentiful, richadjective

   affording an abundant supply

   "had ample food for the party"; "copious provisions"; "food is plentiful"; "a plenteous grape harvest"; "a rich supply"

   Synonyms:
   plentiful, racy, rich, deep, full-bodied, robust, fat, bountiful, fertile, copious, productive, plenteous, sizeable, ample, voluminous, sizable

   Antonyms:
   scarce, unfruitful

3. bountiful, plentifuladjective

   producing in abundance

   "the bountiful earth"; "a plentiful year"; "fruitful soil"

   Synonyms:
   plentiful, bounteous, giving, rich, openhanded, bighearted, bountiful, plenteous, copious, liberal, handsome, ample, freehanded, big

   Antonyms:
   scarce, unfruitful

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1. plentifuladjective

   Synonyms:
   abundant, ample, copious, full, plenteous, productive, fruitful, exuberant, luxuriant, profuse, PLENTY, in profusion

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1. plentifuladjective

   Synonyms:
   abundant, bounteous, ample, galore, copious, full, sufficient, lavish, replete, unstinted, prolific

   Antonyms:
   scarce, deficient, inadequate, insufficient, scant, niggardly

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1. List of paraphrases for "plentiful":

   abundant, abundance, ample

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1. Neil Gemmell:

   Eels are very plentiful in the loch system - every single sampling site that we went to pretty much had eels and the sheer volume of it was a bit of a surprise, we can't exclude the possibility that there's a giant eel in Loch Ness but we don't know whether these samples we've collected are from a giant beast or just an ordinary one - so there's still this element of 'we just don't know.'.

2. Thomas Simons:

   The trends in the labor market are intact, demand for labor remains strong, job openings are plentiful, and deviations from trend in the claims data are nothing to get too worried about. Claims will continue to grind lower, but it won't happen in a straight line every week.

3. Lech Walesa:

   I must tell you that the supply of words on the world market is plentiful, but the demand is falling.

4. Ashish Jha:

   I hope we fix it in January and February, but we're going to have to have a real effort to make sure there's plentiful, cheap, ubiquitous testing everywhere in the country, that's where we should be in this pandemic right now.

5. Federal Reserve:

   More plentiful jobs and rising wages are drawing more people into the work force, business-sector productivity growth, which had been disappointing during the expansion, moved up. ... Rising productivity allows wages to increase without adding to inflation pressures.