plenteous

1. 1.

   affording an abundant supply

   “had ample food for the party”

   “copious provisions”

   “food is plentiful”

   “a plenteous grape harvest”

   “a rich supply”

   Synonymsamplecopiousplentifulrich

   Similarabundant

Questions about plenteous

What does plenteous mean?

plenteous means "affording an abundant supply".

How many syllables are in plenteous?

plenteous has 3 syllables: plen-te-ous. The stress falls on "te".

What is another word for plenteous?

Close synonyms include ample, copious, plentiful, rich. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is plenteous a common word?

plenteous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.