Plenty

Definition: Plenty

Plenty

Adverb

1. As much as necessary; "Have I eaten enough?"; (`plenty' is nonstandard) "I've had plenty, thanks".

Noun

1. A full supply; "there was plenty of food for everyone".

2. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent: "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must have cost plenty".

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Date "plenty" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

Etymology: Plenty \Plen"ty\, noun; plural Plenties, in --Shakespeare [Old English plentee, plente, Old French plent['e], from Latin plenitas, from plenus full. See Full, a., and compare to Complete.]. (references)

19th Century Satire

Tips from 1870

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Synonyms: Plenty

Activity

Press of business, no sinecure, plenty to do, many irons in the fire, great doings, busy hum of men, battle of life, thick of the action.

Multitude

Thick coming, many more, more than one can tell, a world of; no end of, no end to; cum multis aliis; thick as hops, thick as hail; plenty as blackberries; numerous as the stars in the firmament, numerous as the sands on the seashore, numerous as the hairs on the head; and what not, and heaven knows what; endless; (infinite).

Redundancy

Noun: redundancy, redundance; too much, too many; superabundance, superfluity, superfluence, saturation; nimiety, transcendency, exuberance, profuseness; profusion; (plenty); repletion, enough in all conscience, satis superque, lion's share; more than enough; plethora, engorgement, congestion, load, surfeit, sickener; turgescence; (expansion); overdose, overmeasure, oversupply, overflow; inundation; (water); avalanche.

Sufficiency

Full.; (complete); ample; plenty, plentiful, plenteous; plenty as blackberries; copious, abundant; abounding; Verb: replete, enough and to spare, flush; choke-full, chock-full; well-stocked, well-provided; liberal; unstinted, unstinting; stintless; without stint; unsparing, unmeasured; lavish; wholesale.

Fill; fullness; (completeness); plenitude, plenty; abundance; copiousness; Adjective:; amplitude, galore, lots, profusion; full measure; " good measure pressed down and running, over." luxuriance; (fertility); affluence; (wealth); fat of the land; "a land flowing with milk and honey"; cornucopia; horn of plenty, horn of Amalthaea; mine; (stock).

Crosswords: Plenty

Oh, she's plenty sick (Benny & Joon; writing credit: Barry Berman)

There's plenty of killings in your book, Lord (The Night of the Hunter; writing credit: James Agee; Davis Grubb)

There's plenty of room for more (Titanic; writing credit: James Cameron)

And plenty of them (City Slickers; writing credit: Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel, and Billy Crystal)

I live in Aurora, Illinois, which is a suburb of Chicago---excellent! I have had plenty of Joe jobs, nothing I would call a career or anything (Wayne's World; writing credit: Mike Myers, Bonnie Turner and Terry Turner. Based on the sketch from Saturday Night Live.)

If all you need is the time that I got plenty of (I Wanna Be Down; performing artist: Brandy)

Good conversation plenty big faces (What'Chu Like; performing artist: Da Brat)

I kick plenty of ass, so call me an astronaut (Keep Their Headz Ringin; performing artist: Dr. Dre)

Plenty of room at the Hotel California (Hotel California; performing artist: EAGLES)

It's gonna take plenty of money (Got My Mind Set On You; performing artist: George Harrison)

The horn of plenty is usually the one behind you in traffic! (references; author: unknown)

Plenty of love, tons of kisses, hope some day to be your Mrs. (references; author: unknown)

Gollocks! There's Plenty of Room in New Zealand (1973)

I Got Plenty of Mutton (1944)

Plenty Below Zero (1943)

She Loved Him Plenty (1918)

From Patches to Plenty (1915)

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Books

• American Exorcism: Expelling Demons in the Land of Plenty (reference)

• In Tune With the Infinite or, Fullness of Peace Power & Plenty (1910) (reference)

• Annam bahu kurvita : recollecting the Indian discipline of growing and sharing food in plenty (reference)

• Architecture and the Esthetics of Plenty (reference)

• The Complete Vegan Cookbook: Over 200 Tantalizing Recipes, Plus Plenty of Kitchen Wisdom for Beginners and Experienced Cooks (reference)

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Periodicals

• Directory : Waikato Bay Of Plenty (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• Hav Plenty (reference)

• Plenty (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• That's a Plenty (reference)

• Plenty Good Lovin' (reference)

• Visions of Plenty (reference)

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Thus plenty sits with pipe and liquor,... / [John Collier] Thos. Sanders sculp. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Plenty of sleep keeps him on the job. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

It's all right, you shall be urged plenty enough. Credit: Library of Congress.

Plenty of room for everybody. Credit: Library of Congress.

Take it easy, boys, there'll be plenty left -- even if it's HASH. Credit: Library of Congress.

"White Face Bear," "Chief Plenty Coos" and "Frost," Sioux and Crow chiefs arriving at White House to visit Pres. Harding. Credit: Library of Congress.

Peace and plenty. Credit: Library of Congress.

Plenty of feed has been stored for the winter on the Bosley reorganization unit. Baca County, Colorado. Credit: Library of Congress.

Manhattan Beach Coast Guard training station. An important part of the four weeks intensive course at the Manhattan Coast guard training station is spent at the training table. The best of food and plenty of it is served the men to build them up physicall. Credit: Library of Congress.

Tasunka, Ota (alias Plenty Horse[s]), the slayer of Lieut. Casey, near Pine Ridge, S.D. Credit: Library of Congress.

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The same is to be observed in all birds, (except some domestic ones, where plenty of food excuses the cock from feeding, and taking care of the young brood) whose young needing food in the nest, the cock and hen continue mates, till the young are able to use their wing, and provide for themselves. (Second Treatise of Government)

Now, at this sad and breathless moment, we are plunged in the hunger and distress which are the aftermath of our stupendous struggle; but this will pass and may pass quickly, and there is no reason except human folly or sub-human crime which should deny to all the nations the inauguration and enjoyment of an age of plenty. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

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And it had plenty of room in its mouth

There I found plenty of work, and had only to make my choice

There were plenty of strangers down too.

Then you catch plenty hell

There is a plenty of such chairs as I like best in the village garrets to be had for taking them away

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Health

Get plenty to drink. (references)

Don’t forget to drink plenty of water. (references)

Drink plenty of fluids to help loosen the bowels. (references)

Business

The existing market is competitive but there is plenty of room for new entrants. (references)

There are plenty of Greek, other European and U.S. franchise systems operating in Greece. (references)

Agents should have a good reputation, plenty of experience, and a sound financial position. (references)

Economic History

Ukraine

Because of Ukraine's size, there is plenty of room for competing companies with competing strategies. (references)

Philippines

The growing demand for new products and services attest that there is plenty of room for new players and many opportunities for U.S. companies. (references)

Nepal

Some foreign investors have said that the licensing process requires a good lawyer and plenty of patience. (references)

Travel

Poland

As Poles tend to bring more than one person to their meetings, U.S. visitors should bring plenty of business cards. (references)

Mexico

Newcomers may find it beneficial to drink plenty of water. (references)

Kenya

Food: There is plenty of high quality food available, including a large variety of fresh fruits, vegetables, meats, poultry and fish. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "plenty": be in plenty ♦ be in plenty of time ♦ be lapped in plenty ♦ eat plenty of ♦ horn of plenty ♦ i like it plenty ♦ in plenty ♦ in the midst of plenty ♦ land of plenty ♦ live in plenty ♦ plenty large ♦ plenty of ♦ plenty of rope ♦ plenty of time ♦ plenty of times ♦ plenty remain on one's hands ♦ plenty to do ♦ there is plenty of. Additional references.

Beginning with "plenty": plenty-of.

Ending with "plenty": a-plenty.

Afrikaans

party (a lot of, celebration, festival, many, much, party, plenty of), baie (a lot, a lot of, many, much, plenty of, quite, very, very much). (various references)

Albanian

plotësisht (absolutely, all, at large, clear, cold, completely, dead, diametrically, entirely, fully, heartily, hollow, large, neck and crop, out and out, outright, perfectly, plain, Plumb, properly, quite, sheer, sound, stark, thoroughly, through and through, throughly, to the full extent, to the ground, totally, up, up to the hilt, utterly, well, wholly, wide, widely), krejt (absolutely, altogether, at all, clean, complete, diametrically, fast, flat, out and out, quite, thorough-paced, up, very), i mjaftueshëm (adequate, ample, enough, snug, sufficient), i bollshëm (affluent, ample, exuberant, fat, flush, fulsome, generous, good, hearty, heavy, lavish, liberal, man-sized, over, plenteous, profuse, spacious), fare (at all, dead, entirely, none, not at all, not in the least, nothing, quite, scarcely, spermatic, very, whatever, wholly), bollëk (abundance, affluence, ampleness, amplitude, exuberance, exuberancy, flowing, galore, opulence, plenitude, plethora, profusion, redundance, redundancy, riches, richness, store, superfluity, wealth). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فيض (abundance, affluence, emanation, flood, flooding, flow, overflow, spate, superfluity), ‏كمية كبير, ‏كثرة (abundance, great number, host, large quantity, multiplicity, multitude), ‏وفرة (abundance, affluence, amplitude, exuberance, generosity, glut, liberality, opulence, opulent, profusion, pullulation, redundance, redundancy, richness, superfluity, wealth), ‏وافر (abundant, affluency, affluent, ample, bounteous, bountiful, copious, exuberant, flush, galore, generous, lavish, liberal, myriad, numerous, opulent, overblown, plentiful, productive, profluent, profuse, rampant, rank, redundant, rich, rife, riotous, ripe, voluminous), ‏غزير (abundant, bumper, copious, exuberant, flush, hard, massive, opulent, overmanned, plenteous, profluent, profuse, rampant, redundant, superabundant, torrential, voluminous), ‏غزارة (abundance, exuberance, grubbiness, massiveness, opulence, profusion, redundance, redundancy, superabundance, wealth), ‏جزالة (abundance). (various references)

Bulgarian 

много (almighty, amain, awfully, bally, deep, dozens, ever so, good deal, great deal, greatly, heartily, high, highly, hundreds, immensely, jolly, loads of, lot, lots of, many, mint, much, nice and, only too, passing, power, quantities, quantity, real, right, sight, simply, sopping, sorely, terrifically, thumping, to a large degree, to death, unco, unusually, vastly, very, very many, very much indeed), изобилен (abounding, abundant, affluent, bountiful, copious, exuberant, fat, flush, free, good, hefty, liberal, luxuriant, opulent, plenteous, plentiful, prodigal, productive, profuse, prolific, rank, redundant, rich, substantial, thick, unstinted, wealthy), достатъчно (amply, enough, nice and, sufficiently), достатъчен (adequate, ample, comfortable, competent, enough, good, satisfactory, sufficient), доволно (sufficiently). (various references)

Chinese 

丰足. (various references)

Czech

spousta (crowd, heap, heaps of, host, legion, load, lots, pack, Peck, spate, stack, volume), nadbytek (abundance, affluence, glut, opulence, overplus, profusion, redundance, redundancy, store, superabundance, superfluity, surplus), hojnost (abundance, affluence, ampleness, exuberance, exuberancy, galore, lashings, legion, opulence, plenitude, profusion, redundance, redundancy, riches, superfluity). (various references)

Danish

ved forfrysning:skyl med rigeligt vand,tag ikke tøjet af (do not remove clothes, on frostbite:rinse with plenty of water), spildt væske bortvæskes med rigeligt vand (wash away spilled liquid with plenty of water), skyl med rigeligt vand,tag ikke tøjet af (do not remove clothes, rinse with plenty of water), skyl først med rigeligt vand,tag så det tilsmudsede tøj af og skyl igen (first rinse with plenty of water, then remove contaminated clothes and rinse again), skyl eller brus huden med rigeligt vand (rinse skin with plenty of water or shower), S28 (after contact with skin, wash immediately with plenty of...(to be specified by the manufacturer)), S26 (in case of contact with eyes, rinse immediately with plenty of water and seek medical advice), Let konstruktion med stort nytterum (light construction with plenty of useful space), kommer stoffet i øjnene,skylles straks grundigt med vand og læge kontaktes (in case of contact with eyes, rinse immediately with plenty of water and seek medical advice), horn af overflod (horn of plenty), doedtropet (horn of plenty). (various references)

Dutch

overvloed (abundance), abundantie (abundance). (various references)

Esperanto

abundo (abundance). (various references)

Farsi 

فراوانی (Abundance, Affluence, Amplitude, Lavish, Profusion, Redundancy, Superabundance), فراوان (Abundant, Affluent, Ample, Bounteous, Copious, Exuberant, Galore, Profuse, Prolific, Rampant, Rife, Superabundant, Unsparing, Very), کفایت (Adequacy, Autarchy, Competence, Efficiency, Sufficiency), بمقدارفراوان , بسیاری (Many, Multitude), بسیار (Abundant, All, Damn, Extra, Far, Galore, Lot, Manifold, Many, Much, Multifarious, Precious, Somush, Sopping, Sorely, Very). (various references)

Finnish

yltäkyllin (an abundance, enough and to spare, more than enough), runsaus (abundance, profusion, wealth), runsaasti (abundantly, amply, in abundance, in plenty, in profusion), kyllyys (fulness). (various references)

French

abondance. (various references)

German

menge (accumulation, amount, assemblage, bulk, bundle, crowd, deal, forest, heap, host, load, lot, mass, measure, mob, multitude, pile, portion, quantity, quantum, quiverful, set, squash), fülle (abundance, ampleness, copiousness, corpulence, exuberance, full-bodiedness, fullness, fulness, luxuriance, multiplicity, opulence, overabundance, plenitude, plethora, portliness, profusion, repletion, richness, store, wealth). (various references)

Greek 

μπόλικοσ (liberal, lots), πολλά (a lot, loads of, lots), πολλοί (a lot, hoi polloi, lots, many, many a), άφθονος (abundant, ample, galore, lush, plentiful), αφθονία (abundance, affluence, ampleness, amplitude, bounteousness, copiousness, galore, overplus, profusion, raft). (various references)

Hebrew 

מלוא (capacity, fullness, plenitude, utmost), מכביר (abundance), שובע (repletion, satiation, satiety, satisfaction, surfeit), שפע (abundance, affluence, affluency, excess, exuberance, glut, luxuriance, opulence, plethora, profusion, riches, superabundance, surfeit, wealth), �"מון (a great deal, a great many, a world of, crowd, herd, hoi polloi, legion, loads of, many, mass, mob, multitude, oodle, swarm, throng), �"רב�" (a great deal, a great many, a lot of, lots of, many, much), �"י (adequacy, adequate, enough, quite, sufficiency, sufficient), רוב (abundance, majority, most, multitude, plethora). (various references)

Hungarian

sok vmiből (plenty of sg), jólét (abundance, comfort, flesh-pots of egypt, flourish, pecuniary ease, prosperity, sufficiency, weal, wealth, welfare, well being), eléggé (enough, fairly, pretty, pretty much, quite, rather, sufficiently, to underrate), bőség (abundance, affluence, amplitude, exuberancy, fill, fullness, fulness, glut, lavishness, opulence, prolificacy, redundancy, spaciousness, superabundance). (various references)

Icelandic

gnægð (abundance). (various references)

Indonesian

banyak (excessively, have a lot of, in great quantities, many, much, multitude, numerous). (various references)

Irish

neart. (various references)

Italian

abbondanza (abundance, affluence, amplitude, copiousness, fullness, fulness, galore, plenitude, profuseness, richness, store, wealth), affluenza (abundance, affluence, afflux, concourse, crowd, flow, influx, mass, multitude, throng). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

潤沢 (abundance, favor, luster). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ぎょうさ�" (abundance, great many, large quantity), おおめに (lots, rather large), ほうふ (abundance, ambition, aspiration, bounty, pretension, wealth), じゅうぶ�" (adequate, compound sentence, division into ten, enough, fully, important national treasure, in full, perfect, satisfactory, sufficient, thorough), じゅ�"たく (abundance, favor, luster). (various references)

Korean 

많음. (various references)

Malay

banyak (a lot of, many, much, plenty of). (various references)

Manx

soogh (complete, full-fed, plenary, plenteous, plentiful, substantial), ram (lot, many, much, umpteen), palchys (abundance, affluence, copiousness, plenitude, plenteousness), palchid (abundance, affluence, copiousness, plenitude, plenteousness, plentifulness), palchey (plenteous). (various references)

Papiamen

abundansia (abundance), abundansha (abundance). (various references)

Pig Latin

entyplay.(various references)

Portuguese

abundância (abundance, affluence, ampleness, amplitude, fleshpots, flush, fullness, fulness, galore, glut, lashings, load, oodles, opulence, prosperity, quantity, thickness). (various references)

Romanian

prisos (abundance, overflow, overplus, superfluity, surfeit, surplus), mulţime (accumulation, army, array, body, boodle, cloud, cluster, concourse, crowd, dozen, drove, fifty, flock, forest, generality, heap, herd, hive, host, huddle, lashing, manifold, mass, mob, multitude, muster, number, Peck, pile, populace, press, quantity, rabble, ream, shoal, sight, squash, stack, swarm, throng), foarte (awfully, ever so, exceedingly, greatly, highly, immortally, indeed, jolly, most, much, notably, quite, too, very, very much), cu totul (all, all in all, downright, entirely, every bit, merely, most, out and out, outright, perfectly, quite, right, thoroughly, to the full, up to the nines, utterly, wholly), cât se poate de (most), bogãţie (abundance, ampleness, amplitude, bag, copiousness, fortune, luxury, money bag, opulence, profusion, prosperity, riches, richness, valuables, wealth), belşug (abundance, affluence, amplitude, copiousness, exuberance, exuberancy, flow, galore, luxuriance, opulence, profusion, riches, store, thriving, wealth), abundenţã (abundance, ampleness, array, diffuseness, exuberance, exuberancy, flow, luxuriance, opulence, profusion, redundance, redundancy, riches, richness, rifeness). (various references)

Russian 

много (a good deal, a great deal of, a great number of, a large number of, a lot, a lot of, a whole lot, good deal, good deal of, great deal, lot, many, much, plenty of). (various references)

Scottish

pailteas (abundance), tacar (provision), s� th (fill, insert, satisfaction, thrust, transfix), còb. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

prilično (pretty, quite, sufficiently), obilan (abundant, affluent, ample, bounteous, bountiful, copious, flush, full, plenteous, plentiful, profuse, torrential, unsparing), mnogo (deal: a good deal, deal: a great deal, deal: a great deal of, great, lot, lot: a lot of, lots of, many, much, multi, plenty of, quite a few, vastly, very), mnoštvo (array, crop, grist, heap, lashings, legion, lot, lot: the lot, lots of, mass, million: the million, multiplicity, multitude, myriad, oodles, pack, raft, scads, shoal, slew), izobilje (abundance, exuberance, exuberancy, opulence, superabundance). (various references)

Spanish

suficiente (adequate, ample, comfortable, complacent, d, enough, plenty of, self-approving, self-complacent, sufficient, supercilious), más que (greater than, more than), lleno (abundance, abundant, complete, filled, full, integral, packed, total), caudal (caudal, fortune, volume), cantidad suficiente (sufficiency, sufficient), abundante (abundant, affluent, ample, bounteous, bountiful, bumper, easy, generous, hearty, heavy, lavish, liberal, plenteous, plentiful, profuse, rife), abundancia (abundance, affluence, ampleness, enough, luxuriancy, plenitude, richness, store, wealth, wealthiness). (various references)

Swedish

massor (acres, loads, lots, masses, oodles). (various references)

Turkish

bolluk (abundance, affluence, ampleness, amplitude, bonanza, copiousness, cornucopia, effusion, effusiveness, exuberance, exuberancy, fleshpot, fleshpots, flood, fullness, fulness, glut, handsomeness, horn of plenty, lashings, looseness, luxuriance, luxuriancy, opulence, overflowing, plenitude, plenteousness, plentifulness, plethora, prodigality, profuseness, profusion, prolificacy, prolificness, prosperity, rankness, richness, store, stores, superfluity, wealth, wideness, width), bereket (abundance, blessing, copiousness, cornucopia, fertility, fruitfulness, plenitude, plenteousness, plentifulness, profusion, prolificacy, prolificness, richness). (various references)

Turkmen 

gana. (various references)

Ukrainian

рясний (abundant, ample, copious, exuberant, fertile, lavish, opulent, plentiful, profuse, prolific, rich, torrential), численний (large, manifold, multifold, multitudinous, myriad, numerous, umpteen, vast), чимало (a good few, quite a few, some), надмір (overabundance, overflow), безліч (a lot of, abundance, army, array, bag, bagful, barrel, bushel, cumulus, dozens, host, infinite, lashings, legion, lots of, multitude, number, numbers, ocean, oodles, orb, orgy, pack, reams, rout, ruck, scores, shoal, shower, ton, variety, vast, wealth, wilderness, world), достаток (abundance, affluence, competence, competency, exuberance, exuberancy, fertileness, fertility, fullness, fulness, galore, glut, opulence, plenitude, prodigality, profusion, store, sufficiency, wealth), досить (amply, belay, deep, drop it, enough, fairly, nothing else, nuff, once, passable, pretty, relatively, say no more, something, sufficiently). (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự sung túc (affluence, plenitude, plenteousness), sự phong phú (abundance, affluence, amplitude, copiousness, galore, opulence, plenteousness, prolificacy, prolificity, prolificness, richness), sự d�"i d� o (affluence, amplitude, bounteousness, copiousness, galore, plenteousness, pregnancy, profuseness, profusion), rất lắm. (various references)

Welsh

gwala (enough), digonedd (abundance), digon (ample, done, enough, sufficient), ablwch, abledd (ability, abundance). (various references)

abundantia, abundantiae, abundantiam, copia, copiae, copiam, copias, Craterellus cornucopioides, multum, multumque, plurimum, plus, ubertas, ubertate, ubertatem, ubertatis. (various references)

âzûitishca. (various references)

fyllo. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words ending with "plenty": aplenty. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Plenty" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Blenyth, pelty, penti, Pentti, penty, planty, planxty, pleanty, plent, plenth, plenti, plently, plianty, Plonky, Prentky, prenty. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: pentyl.

-2 letters: lent, lept, pelt, pent, tyne, type, yelp.

-3 letters: let, ley, lye, net, pen, pet, ply, pye, tel, ten, tye, yen, yep, yet.

-4 letters: el, en, et, ne, pe, ye.

+1 letter: aplenty, ineptly, penalty, pentyls.

+2 letters: enthalpy, patently, penality, polytene, polyteny, potently.

+3 letters: interplay, operantly, opulently, painterly, patiently, peccantly, petulancy, pinnately, planetary, pointedly, polythene, presently, prudently, pungently, sapiently, splintery, telephony.

+4 letters: apparently, deployment, employment, impotently, impudently, inexpertly, interplays, intrepidly, nympholept, outyelping, parentally, paternally, penitently, personalty, petulantly, plangently, pleasantly, pleasantry, polytenies, polythenes, polyvalent, ponytailed, poultrymen, pregnantly, prenatally, pristinely, pruriently, punitively, spinsterly, temptingly.