Meaning & use
plenty
A large or sufficient amount of something, more than enough for a particular need.
See it in a sentence
There is plenty of food left over from the party for everyone to take some home.
We have plenty of time before the train leaves, so there's no need to rush.
A note on using this word
Plenty is usually followed by 'of' before a noun, as in 'plenty of money', and functions more like a pronoun than a typical noun in everyday speech.
Words with a similar meaning
abundancea great deal
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