Standard Lemma guide

plenty

adj · adv · det · name · noun · pron · 13 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈplɛnti/
  • General-American: /ˈplɛnti/
  • General-American: [ˈplɛɾ̃i]
  • General-American: [ˈplɛni]
  • [ˈplɪɾ̃i] pin–pen merger, nt-flapping
  • [ˈplɪni] pin–pen merger, nt-flapping
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɛnti
  • homophone: Pliny (pin–pen merger, nt-flapping)
  • CMU ARPABET: P L EH1 N T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: P L EH1 N IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Plentiful.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada, US, colloquial, nonstandard, obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adv

Meaning 2

More than sufficiently.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada, US, not-comparable

Examples

  • This office is plenty big enough for our needs.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adv

Meaning 3

Used as an intensifier, very.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada, US, colloquial, not-comparable

Examples

  • She was plenty mad at him.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

det

Meaning 4

much, enough

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada, US, colloquial, nonstandard

Examples

  • There'll be plenty time later for that

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

det

Meaning 5

many

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada, US, colloquial, nonstandard

Examples

  • Get a manicure. Plenty men do it.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

name

Meaning 6

A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

name

Meaning 7

A town in the Derwent Valley council area, south eastern Tasmania, Australia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

name

Meaning 8

A suburb of Melbourne in the Shire of Nillumbik, Victoria, Australia

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

A more-than-adequate amount; plenitude; a great deal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • We are lucky to live in a land of peace and plenty.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

pron

Meaning 10

More than enough.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Acquire one of these and you'll have plenty of car for your money.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

adverb

Meaning 11

as much as necessary; (`plenty' is nonstandard)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Have I eaten enough?
  • I've had plenty, thanks

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: enough

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

a full supply

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • there was plenty of food for everyone

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: plentifulness, plenteousness, plenitude, plentitude

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: abundance, copiousness, teemingness

13

noun

Meaning 13

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • 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

Meaning relationships

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

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount

Narrower terms: flood, inundation, deluge, torrent, haymow

History

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman plent(é) + -y, from Middle English plentie, plentee, plente, from Anglo-Norman plenté, from Old French plenté, from Latin plēnitātem, accusative of plēnitās (“fullness”), from plenus (“complete, full”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h1nós (“full”), from which English full also comes, via Proto-Germanic. Related to the Latin derivatives replenish, plenary, complete, deplete, replete.

Across languages

Translations

76 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: plot — more than sufficiently or very
  • Albanian: mjatueshëm — more than sufficiently or very
  • Azerbaijani: bol — more than sufficiently or very
  • Azerbaijani: kalan — more than sufficiently or very
  • Belarusian: мно́га (mnóha) — more than sufficiently or very
  • Bulgarian: много (mnogo) — more than sufficiently or very
  • Bulgarian: достатъчно (dostatǎčno) — more than sufficiently or very
  • Finnish: riittävästi — more than sufficiently or very
  • Galician: abondo — more than sufficiently or very
  • Greek: αρκετά (arketá) — more than sufficiently or very
  • Haitian Creole: anpil — more than sufficiently or very
  • Italian: abbondantemente — more than sufficiently or very
  • Macedonian: до́ста (dósta) — more than sufficiently or very
  • Macedonian: мно́гу (mnógu) — more than sufficiently or very
  • Russian: мно́го (mnógo) — more than sufficiently or very
  • Russian: доста́точно (dostátočno) — more than sufficiently or very
  • Russian: предоста́точно (predostátočno) — more than sufficiently or very
  • Spanish: bastante — more than sufficiently or very
  • Spanish: asaz — more than sufficiently or very
  • Swedish: rikligt — more than sufficiently or very
  • Ukrainian: бага́то (baháto) — more than sufficiently or very
  • Ukrainian: доста́тньо (dostátnʹo) — more than sufficiently or very
  • Zazaki: bıtıryayış — more than sufficiently or very
  • Albanian: plot — a more-than-adequate amount
  • Arabic: كَثِير (kaṯīr) — a more-than-adequate amount
  • Azerbaijani: bolluq — a more-than-adequate amount
  • Belarusian: шмат (šmat) — a more-than-adequate amount
  • Central Bikol: dakol — a more-than-adequate amount
  • Bulgarian: изоби́лие (izobílie) — a more-than-adequate amount
  • Cebuano: daghan — a more-than-adequate amount
  • Chinese Cantonese: 大把 (daai6 baa2) — a more-than-adequate amount
  • Chinese Mandarin: 豐富 /丰富 (fēngfù) — a more-than-adequate amount
  • Czech: množství — a more-than-adequate amount
  • Czech: dost — a more-than-adequate amount
  • Dutch: overvloed — a more-than-adequate amount
  • Jersey Dutch: plänti — a more-than-adequate amount
  • Esperanto: abundo — a more-than-adequate amount
  • Finnish: runsaasti — a more-than-adequate amount
  • French: abondance — a more-than-adequate amount
  • Georgian: სიუხვე (siuxve) — a more-than-adequate amount
  • German: Fülle — a more-than-adequate amount
  • German: Überfluss — a more-than-adequate amount
  • Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌲𐌳𐌿𐌸𐍃 (managdūþs) — a more-than-adequate amount
  • Greek: αφθονία (afthonía) — a more-than-adequate amount
  • Ancient Greek: δαψίλεια (dapsíleia) — a more-than-adequate amount
  • Hebrew: שפע — a more-than-adequate amount
  • Hindi: पर्याप्त (paryāpt) — a more-than-adequate amount
  • Hungarian: bőség — a more-than-adequate amount
  • Igbo: oke — a more-than-adequate amount
  • Irish: leordhóthain — a more-than-adequate amount
  • Irish: flúirse — a more-than-adequate amount
  • Irish: fuílleach — a more-than-adequate amount
  • Italian: abbondanza — a more-than-adequate amount
  • Italian: cuccagna — a more-than-adequate amount
  • Japanese: 沢山 (takusan) — a more-than-adequate amount
  • Japanese: 豊富 (hōfu) — a more-than-adequate amount
  • K'iche': k'i — a more-than-adequate amount
  • K'iche': sib'alaj — a more-than-adequate amount
  • Korean: 많음 (maneum) — a more-than-adequate amount
  • Macedonian: изо́билство (izóbilstvo) — a more-than-adequate amount
  • Portuguese: abundância — a more-than-adequate amount
  • Romanian: belşug — a more-than-adequate amount
  • Russian: изоби́лие (izobílije) — a more-than-adequate amount
  • Russian: оби́лие (obílije) — a more-than-adequate amount
  • Russian: доста́ток (dostátok) — a more-than-adequate amount
  • Russian: мно́жество (mnóžestvo) — a more-than-adequate amount
  • Russian: избы́ток (izbýtok) — a more-than-adequate amount
  • Sanskrit: आयात (āyāta) — a more-than-adequate amount
  • Scottish Gaelic: pailteas — a more-than-adequate amount
  • Swedish: riklighet — a more-than-adequate amount
  • Turkish: bolluk — a more-than-adequate amount
  • Ottoman Turkish: بركت (bereket) — a more-than-adequate amount
  • Ukrainian: доста́ток (dostátok) — a more-than-adequate amount
  • Volapük: bundan — a more-than-adequate amount
  • Zazaki: boley — a more-than-adequate amount
  • Zazaki: bolaxır — a more-than-adequate amount
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