Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

plentiful

/ˈplɛntɪfl̩/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.36 in modern English

Syllables: plen-ti-ful
IPA: /ˈplɛntɪfl̩/

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Existing in large number or ample amount.

adj

Yielding abundance; fruitful.

adj

Lavish; profuse; prodigal.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"a plentiful harvest"
"a plentiful supply of water"
"She accumulated a plentiful collection of books."
"Most of the three- and four-story white-washed buildings that we passed were built of pink coraline, which is both plentiful and fractile, and date back centuries to when Omanis and Indians based on Zanzibar dominated the African East Coast trade."
"Some years, the tree is a plentiful source of apples."
"If it be a long winter, it is commonly a more plentiful year."

Etymology

From Middle English plentiful, plentyfull, plentefull, equivalent to plenty + -ful.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: plentiful

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

plentifuller (comparative) plentifuler (comparative) more plentiful (comparative) plentifullest (superlative) plentifulest (superlative) most plentiful (superlative) plentyful (alternative, archaic) plentifull (alternative, archaic)

Derived Forms

overplentiful plentifully plentifulness unplentiful

Frequently Paired Words

plenteous plenty

Synonyms

abounding abundant adequate ample bountiful brimming comfortable copious enough fecund fertile fruitful

Antonyms

bare barren deficient infertile insufficient lacking light meager minimal niggardly rare scant

Questions

How do you pronounce plentiful?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈplɛntɪfl̩/.
What does plentiful mean?: Existing in large number or ample amount.
Where does plentiful come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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