Word.ws English Dictionary

plenteous

/ˈplɛn.ti.əs/

plenteous adjective: in plenty; abundant.

Adjective

plenteous (comparative more plenteous, superlative most plenteous)

  1. In plenty; abundant.
    • His farm, though small, nevertheless allowed him a plenteous supply of healthy food.
    • Reaping plenteous crop.1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
  2. (obsolete) Having plenty; abounding; rich.
    • The Lord shall make thee plenteous in goods.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy 28:11

plenteous meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam

plenteous in Tamil

நிறை

plenteous in Bengali

প্রচুর, অঢেল, প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা, সমৃদ্ধ

plenteous in Malayalam

തികച്ചും, വേണ്ടിടത്തോളം, സമൃദ്ധമായ

Synonyms of plenteous

Forms of plenteous

comparativemore plenteous
superlativemost plenteous

Origin of plenteous

From Middle English plentewos, plentevous, et al., circa 1300, from Old French plentiveus (“fertile, rich”) (early 13th century), from plentif (“abundant”), from plenté (“abundance”) (Modern French pleinté, English plenty), from Latin plenitatem, accusative of plenitas (“fullness”), from plenus (“complete, full”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”).

Words formed from plenteous

Questions about plenteous

What does plenteous mean?
Plenteous means in plenty; abundant.
What is plenteous in Tamil?
Plenteous in Tamil is நிறை. See Plenteous meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is plenteous?
Plenteous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce plenteous?
Plenteous is pronounced /ˈplɛn.ti.əs/.

Words near plenteous in the dictionary

  1. Plenmeller
  2. Plenmeller with Whitfield
  3. plenny
  4. plenolin
  5. plenoptic
  6. plenteous
  7. plenteously
  8. plenteousness
  9. plenteousnesses
  10. plenties
  11. plentified

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: plenteous (page history and authors); plenteous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); plenteous (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); plenteous (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sapaa-plenteous.wav.

Cite this entry: “plenteous.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/plenteous. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.