plenteous

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: plen=te=ous

CIDE DICTIONARY

plenteous, a. [From Plenty.].

•  Containing plenty; abundant; copious; plentiful; sufficient for every purpose; as, a plenteous supply.  Milton.  [1913 Webster]
•  Yielding abundance; productive; fruitful.  Gen. xli. 34.  [1913 Webster]
•  Having plenty; abounding; rich.  [1913 Webster]

  "The Lord shall make thee plenteous in goods."  [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- Plentiful; copious; full. See Ample.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

plenteous, adj. poet. plentiful.

Derivative

plenteously adv. plenteousness n.

Etymology

ME f. OF plentivous f. plentif -ive f. plent{eacute} PLENTY: cf. bounteous

THESAURUS

plenteous

abundant, ample, bounteous, bountiful, copious, fruitful, full, galore, generous, hearty, lavish, liberal, luxurious, opulent, plenty, prodigal, profuse, profusive, prolific, rampant, rife

ROGET THESAURUS

plenteous

Sufficiency

VB be sufficient, suffice, do, just do, satisfy, pass muster, have enough, eat, one's fill, drink one's fill, have one's fill, roll in, swim in, wallow in, wanton, abound, exuberate, teem, flow, stream, rain, shower down, pour, pour in, swarm, bristle with, superabound, render sufficient, replenish, Adj, sufficient, enough, adequate, up to the mark, commensurate, competent, satisfactory, valid, tangible, measured, moderate, full, ample, plenty, plentiful, plenteous, plenty as blackberries, copious, abundant, abounding, replete, enough and to spare, flush, choke-full, chock-full, well-stocked, well- provided, liberal, unstinted, unstinting, stintless, without stint, unsparing, unmeasured, lavish, wholesale, rich, luxuriant, affluent, wantless, big with, unexhausted, unwasted, exhaustless, inexhaustible, Adv, sufficiently, amply.

N sufficiency, adequacy, enough, withal, satisfaction, competence, no less, quantum sufficit, Q, S, mediocrity, fill, fullness, plenitude, plenty, abundance, copiousness, amplitude, galore, lots, profusion, full measure, good measure pressed down and running, over, luxuriance, affluence, fat of the land, a land flowing with milk and honey, cornucopia, horn of plenty, horn of Amalthaea, mine, outpouring, flood, tide, repletion, satiety, sufficient, enough, adequate, up to the mark, commensurate, competent, satisfactory, valid, tangible, measured, moderate, full, ample, plenty, plentiful, plenteous, plenty as blackberries, copious, abundant, abounding, replete, enough and to spare, flush, choke-full, chock-full, well-stocked, well- provided, liberal, unstinted, unstinting, stintless, without stint, unsparing, unmeasured, lavish, wholesale, rich, luxuriant, affluent, wantless, big with, unexhausted, unwasted, exhaustless, inexhaustible, sufficiently, amply Adj, full, in abundance, with no sparing hand, to one's heart's content, ad libitum, without stint, cut and come again, das Beste ist gut genug.