What are some opposite words for enough?
Antonyms for enough
ɪˈnʌfenough
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term enough.
English Synonyms and Antonyms
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.
Antonyms:
deficient, drained, exhausted, impoverished, inadequate, insufficient, mean, miserly, narrow, niggardly, poor, scant, scanty, scarce, scrimped, short, small, sparing, stingy, straitenedSynonyms:
abounding, abundant, adequate, affluent, ample, bounteous, bountiful, complete, copious, exuberant, full, generous, large, lavish, liberal, luxuriant, overflowing, plenteous, plentiful, profuse, replete, rich, sufficient, teemingPreposition:
Plentiful in resources.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
enough
Antonyms:
bare, scant, insufficient, inadequate, shortSynonyms:
sufficient, ample, plenty, abundance
Princeton's WordNet
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"
Antonyms:
deficient, insufficientSynonyms:
sufficiency, adequacyadequate, decent, enoughadverb
sufficient for the purpose
"an adequate income"; "the food was adequate"; "a decent wage"; "enough food"; "food enough"
Antonyms:
insufficient, deficientSynonyms:
comme il faut, fair to middling, comely, tolerable, passable, becoming, equal, decorous, adequate, nice, seemly, decentenough, plentyadverb
as much as necessary
"Have I eaten enough?"; (`plenty' is nonstandard) "I've had plenty, thanks"
Antonyms:
deficient, insufficientSynonyms:
plenty
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
enoughadverb
Synonyms:
sufficiently, adequately, fullyenoughnoun
Antonyms:
deficiency, inadequacy, surplusSynonyms:
sufficiency, plenty, abundance, adequacy
How to use enough in a sentence?
We live off this. We make enough to buy rice, maybe some sausage, but not enough to buy a ticket to Boa Vista.
He didn’t walk in as, ‘These guys aren’t good enough, I’m here to save the day,’ it was, ‘I believe in what is already there and I believe in myself in my ability to help enhance that, and everybody can eat, so to speak.’.
Her work really affects all of us, the perception of the job, the perception of the ease of it, the danger, it got to a fever pitch, and I was like' enough's enough.' This is the reality of the job. What she's doing is content creation. What she does for honeybees is fantastic — she works on legislation against pesticides and whatnot — but a bee removal specialist she is not.
I am here today to urge us not to grow tired. Not to be discouraged and disappointed. Not to throw up our hands because change is not happening fast enough, we need more women at any table, at any conference call or email chain where decisions are made.
I think one of the important things is to identify in what stage of the process kids are injuring themselves, is it because they're pulling it down themselves from the microwave ? Is it because when they walk they're not coordinated enough and they spill ? Or is it actually when they're eating it that it's tipping ?
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#350 | small | |
#746 | short | |
#963 | enough | |
#1008 | mean | |
#1711 | poor | |
#3889 | narrow | |
#6959 | bare | |
#10208 | inadequate | |
#10242 | insufficient | |
#14778 | exhausted | |
#15777 | scarce | |
#16860 | drained | |
#17142 | deficient | |
#30192 | impoverished | |
#37666 | scant | |
#44975 | sparing | |
#49769 | stingy | |
#67164 | scanty | |
#113305 | miserly | |
#188960 | straitened | |
#226840 | niggardly |
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