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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in abundance |
| Synonyms: | abounding, aplenty, in profusion, in quantity, plentiful |
| Main Entry: | bountiful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abundant |
| Synonyms: | ample, aplenty, bounteous, copious, crawling with, dime a dozen, exuberant, free, galore, generous, handsome, lavish, liberal, luxuriant, magnanimous, munificent, no end of, plenteous, plentiful, plenty, prolific, stink with, unsparing |
| Antonyms: | insufficient, lacking, meagre, sparse, wanting |
| Main Entry: | copious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abundant |
| Synonyms: | a mess of, alive with, ample, aplenty, bounteous, bountiful, coming out of ears, crawling with, extensive, exuberant, full, galore, generous, heavy, lavish, liberal, lush, luxuriant, no end, overflowing, plenteous, plentiful, plenty, profuse, prolix, replete, rich, superabundant, thick with, verbose, wordy |
| Antonyms: | lacking, meager, needing, needy, poor, rare, scarce, wanting |
| Main Entry: | generous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | plentiful |
| Synonyms: | abundant, affluent, ample, aplenty, bounteous, bountiful, copious, dime a dozen, full, galore, handsome, large, lavish, liberal, luxuriant, no end, no end in sight, overflowing, plenteous, rich, stinking with, unstinting, wealthy |
| Antonyms: | depleted, wanting |
| Main Entry: | liberal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abundant, profuse |
| Synonyms: | ample, aplenty, bounteous, bountiful, copious, dime a dozen, galore, generous, handsome, lavish, munificent, no end, plentiful, plenty, rich |
| Antonyms: | lacking, poor, wanting |
| Main Entry: | much |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | plenty |
| Synonyms: | a lot of, abundant, adequate, ample, complete, considerable, copious, countless, endless, enough, everywhere, extravagant, full, galore, generous, great, heaps, immeasurable, jam-packed, lavish, loads, lotsa, many, mega, mucho, no end, plenteous, plentiful, profuse, satisfying, scads, sizable, substantial, sufficient, very many, voluminous |
| Notes: | many means being one of a large indefinite number, while much means great in quantity, degree, or extent |
| Antonyms: | little |
| Main Entry: | profuse |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abundant, excessive |
| Synonyms: | abounding, alive with, ample, aplenty, bounteous, bountiful, copious, crawling with, dime a dozen, extravagant, extreme, exuberant, fulsome, galore, generous, immoderate, lavish, liberal, lush, luxuriant, no end, openhanded, opulent, overflowing, plentiful, plenty, prodigal, profusive, prolific, riotous, sumptuous, superfluous, swarming, teeming, thick with, unstinting |
| Antonyms: | lacking, sparse, wanting |
| Main Entry: | sufficient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | enough, adequate |
| Synonyms: | acceptable, agreeable, all right*, ample, aplenty, appreciate, comfortable, commensurable, commensurate, common, competent, copious, decent, due, galore, pleasing, plenteous, plentiful, plenty, proportionate, satisfactory, sufficing, tolerable, unexceptionable, unexceptional, unobjectionable |
| Notes: | adequate tends toward the qualitative and sufficient toward the quantitative, so adequate is 'suitable to something' and sufficient is 'enough for something' |
| Antonyms: | deficient, inadequate, insufficient, lacking, poor, wanting |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lots |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | great quantity |
| Synonyms: | acres, galore, gobs, legion, legions, loads, many, oodles, plenty, realty, reams, scads, slathers, slew, tons, wad |
| Antonyms: | little |
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