plenty

Noun · Adverb

Synonyms: plentifulness plenteousness plenitude plentitude batch deal flock good deal great deal hatful heap lot

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

a full supply“there was plenty of food for everyone”Synonyms: plentifulness plenteousness plenitude plentitude
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent“a batch of letters”“a deal of trouble”“a lot of money”“he made a mint on the stock market”“see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos”“it must have cost plenty”“a slew of journalists”“a wad of money”Synonyms: batch deal flock good deal great deal hatful heap lot mass mess mickle mint mountain muckle passel peck pile pot quite a little raft sight slew spate stack tidy sum wad

Adverb (1)

as much as necessary; (`plenty' is nonstandard) "I've had plenty, thanks"“Have I eaten enough?”Synonyms: enough

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Plenty \Plen"ty\, a. Plentiful; abundant. [Obs. or Colloq.] [1913 Webster]

If reasons were as plenty as blackberries. --Shak. (Folio ed.) [1913 Webster]

Those countries where shrubs are plenty. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]

Plenty \Plen"ty\, n.; pl. Plenties, in --Shak. [OE. plentee, plente, OF. plent['e], fr. L. plenitas, fr. plenus full. See Full, a., and cf. Complete.] 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. [1913 Webster]

Houses of office stuffed with plentee. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

The teeming clouds Descend in gladsome plenty o'er the world. --Thomson. [1913 Webster]

Syn: Abundance; exuberance. See Abundance. [1913 Webster]