1
[ adjective ] existing in great number or quantity

Examples

"rhinoceroses were once plentiful here"

Used in print

(James Boylan, "Mutinity"...)

Juet had made plentiful enemies , several men stepped_forward .

(Arlin Turner, "William Faulkner, Southern Novelist"...)

Evidence is plentiful that early and later also he has been indebted to the Gothic_romancers , who deal in extravagant horror , to the symbolists writing at the end of the preceding century , and in_particular to the stream-of-consciousness novelists , Henry_James and James_Joyce among them .

Related terms

abundant

2
[ adjective ] affording an abundant supply

Examples

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

Used in print

(Organic Gardening and Farming,...)

That encourages rooting , and the better developed the roots , the larger and more plentiful the flowers .

Related terms

abundant

3
[ adjective ] producing in abundance

Synonyms

bountiful

Examples

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

Related terms

fruitful

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