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plentiful

/ˈplɛntəfəl/
/ˈplɛntɪfəl/
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If something is plentiful, there is a lot of it. Also, plentiful things yield large amounts of something, like an abundant farm. Apples are plentiful in a plentiful year on an apple farm.

Plentiful is an adjective to describe “many” or “a lot.” It’s plenty for “very much” and -ful for “full of” so plentiful is full of very much! It’s a word for “large amounts.” If you have plenty of potato chips, you have a plentiful supply of chips. Also, something that has or produces great amounts can be called plentiful. A tree that spawns many apples is plentiful.

Definitions of plentiful
  1. adjective
    existing in great number or quantity
    “rhinoceroses were once plentiful here”
    synonyms:
    abundant, aplenty
    present in great quantity
  2. adjective
    producing in abundance
    “a plentiful year”
    synonyms: bountiful
    fruitful
    productive or conducive to producing in abundance
  3. adjective
    affording an abundant supply
    “food is plentiful
    synonyms: ample, copious, plenteous, rich
    abundant, aplenty
    present in great quantity
Pronunciation
US
/ˈplɛntəfəl/
UK
/ˈplɛntɪfəl/
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