PLENTY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does plenty mean? 

• PLENTY (noun)
  The noun PLENTY has 2 senses:

1. a full supply

2. (often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent

  Familiarity information: PLENTY used as a noun is rare.

• PLENTY (adverb)
  The adverb PLENTY has 1 sense:

1. as much as necessary

  Familiarity information: PLENTY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLENTY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A full supply

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

plenitude; plenteousness; plentifulness; plentitude; plenty

Context example:

there was plenty of food for everyone

Hypernyms ("plenty" is a kind of...):

abundance; copiousness; teemingness (the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply)

Derivation:

plenteous (affording an abundant supply)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

batch; deal; flock; good deal; great deal; hatful; heap; lot; mass; mess; mickle; mint; mountain; muckle; passel; peck; pile; plenty; pot; quite a little; raft; sight; slew; spate; stack; tidy sum; wad

Context example:

a wad of money

Hypernyms ("plenty" is a kind of...):

large indefinite amount; large indefinite quantity (an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "plenty"):

deluge; flood; inundation; torrent (an overwhelming number or amount)

haymow (a mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation)

Derivation:

plenteous (affording an abundant supply)

• PLENTY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

As much as necessary

Synonyms:

enough; plenty

Context example:

I've had plenty, thanks

 Context examples 

I have plenty of silk in the Palace, so it will be no trouble to make the balloon.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

If you're a parent, you get plenty of suggestions on how to raise your child.

(Parenting, NIH: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)

A young, pushing man with plenty of snap about him.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

With a mild case, you may just need rest, plenty of fluids, and a pain reliever.

(Encephalitis, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

At least we have plenty of material, if we can only use it.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Travel will give you what you need most­­—excitement and plenty of stimulation from being in different settings.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Make it last as long as you can, for it isn't very plenty, you know.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

I don't care to become as they; but I'll earn a good living, and have plenty of time to myself, which I wouldn't have in any position.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

There’s plenty of thread, no doubt, but I can’t get the end of it into my hand.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I felt so thankful that Lord Godalming is rich, and that both he and Mr. Morris, who also has plenty of money, are willing to spend it so freely.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)