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Synonyms for enough
ɪˈnʌfenough

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English Synonyms and Antonyms3.3 / 4 votes

  1. enough

    Enough is relative, denoting a supply equal to a given demand. A temperature of 70° Fahrenheit is enough for a living-room; of 212° enough to boil water; neither is enough to melt iron. Sufficient, from the Latin, is an equivalent of the Saxon enough, with no perceptible difference of meaning, but only of usage, enough being the more blunt, homely, and forcible word, while sufficient is in many cases the more elegant or polite. Sufficient usually precedes its noun; enough usually and preferably follows. That is ample which gives a safe, but not a large, margin beyond a given demand; that is abundant, affluent, bountiful, liberal, plentiful, which is largely in excess of manifest need. Plentiful is used of supplies, as of food, water, etc.; as, "a plentiful rain," Ps. lxviii, 9. We may also say a copious rain; but copious can be applied to thought, language, etc., where plentiful can not well be used. Affluent and liberal both apply to riches, resources; liberal, with especial reference to giving or expending. (Compare synonyms for ADEQUATE.) Affluent, referring especially to riches, may be used of thought, feeling, etc. Neither affluent, copious, nor plentiful can be used of time or space; a field is sometimes called plentiful, not with reference to its extent, but to its productiveness. Complete expresses not excess or overplus, and yet not mere sufficiency, but harmony, proportion, fitness to a design, or ideal. Ample and abundant may be applied to any subject. We have time enough, means that we can reach our destination without haste, but also without delay; if we have ample time, we may move leisurely, and note what is by the way; if we have abundant time, we may pause to converse with a friend, to view the scenery, or to rest when weary. Lavish and profuse imply a decided excess, oftenest in the ill sense. We rejoice in abundant resources, and honor generous hospitality; lavish or profuse expenditure suggests extravagance and wastefulness. Luxuriant is used especially of that which is abundant in growth; as, a luxuriant crop.

    Synonyms:
    abounding, abundant, adequate, affluent, ample, bounteous, bountiful, complete, copious, exuberant, full, generous, large, lavish, liberal, luxuriant, overflowing, plenteous, plentiful, profuse, replete, rich, sufficient, teeming

    Antonyms:
    deficient, drained, exhausted, impoverished, inadequate, insufficient, mean, miserly, narrow, niggardly, poor, scant, scanty, scarce, scrimped, short, small, sparing, stingy, straitened

    Preposition:
    Plentiful in resources.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms5.0 / 1 vote

  1. enough

    Synonyms:
    sufficient, ample, plenty, abundance

    Antonyms:
    bare, scant, insufficient, inadequate, short

Princeton's WordNet4.0 / 1 vote

  1. enough, sufficiencyadjective

    an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose

    "enough is as good as a feast"; "there is more than a sufficiency of lawyers in this country"

    Synonyms:
    sufficiency, adequacy

    Antonyms:
    deficient, insufficient

  2. adequate, decent, enoughadverb

    sufficient for the purpose

    "an adequate income"; "the food was adequate"; "a decent wage"; "enough food"; "food enough"

    Synonyms:
    comme il faut, fair to middling, comely, tolerable, passable, becoming, equal, decorous, adequate, nice, seemly, decent

    Antonyms:
    insufficient, deficient

  3. enough, plentyadverb

    as much as necessary

    "Have I eaten enough?"; (`plenty' is nonstandard) "I've had plenty, thanks"

    Synonyms:
    plenty

    Antonyms:
    deficient, insufficient

Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. gutful

    had enough of something or reached limit.

    had enough of someone’s bad behaviour.

    Submitted by rinat on September 4, 2019  
  2. nuff

    Submitted by mukhtar1110omar on August 26, 2019  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. enoughnoun

    Synonyms:
    sufficiency, plenty, QUANTUM SUFFICIT

  2. enoughadjective

    Synonyms:
    SUFFICIENT

  3. enoughadjective

    Synonyms:
    sufficiently, satisfactorily, to satisfaction

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. enoughadverb

    Synonyms:
    sufficiently, adequately, fully

  2. enoughnoun

    Synonyms:
    sufficiency, plenty, abundance, adequacy

    Antonyms:
    deficiency, inadequacy, surplus

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#436too
#462large
#522complete
#963enough
#1094rather
#1157nice
#1391quite
#1597pretty
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#2309equal
#3378becoming
#3614sufficient
#3727relatively
#4110liberal
#4432somewhat
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#4715plenty
#4762fairly
#5678tired
#6956reasonably
#7256decent
#9248generous
#9925sufficiently
#10208inadequate
#10239abundance
#10242insufficient
#10891adequately
#12717abundant
#13357ample
#17656adequacy
#21787sufficiency
#26752plentiful
#27010affluent
#28195lavish
#33219bountiful
#36438overflowing
#38430tolerable
#41570copious
#44696replete
#46323exuberant
#49324teeming
#53249insufficiently
#55953passable
#75439profuse
#78329luxuriant
#80929comely
#83582abounding
#168275seemly
#173643decorous
#173882bounteous
#212539plenteous

How to use enough in a sentence?

  1. Stephen Hawking, Interview with The Guardian (UK) September 27, 2005:

    If human life were long enough to find the ultimate theory, everything would have been solved by previous generations. Nothing would be left to be discovered.

  2. Her Dad Lawrence:

    I am just feeling comfortable enough now where I can aggressively train to become competitive again.

  3. Joe Schwartz:

    You will have more fun on your vacation if you maintain a mental age of 18 or less. Act just old enough to make your travel connections and stay out of trouble.

  4. Adam Friedman:

    You need very little time [ to synthesize vitamin D in skin ] but it's hard to standardize that, depending what time of day it is, where you are in the world and UV index changes, we can't say,' after three minutes and 30 seconds, you'll get exactly enough D and be safe.'.

  5. Iain Ward:

    I hope this doesn’t sound arrogant, but I’m experienced enough to know that the hardest thing that we are going to do has nothing to do with your physical fitness ability, it’s going to be your tolerance of having a really sore bum, which you can’t train for.


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