Antonyms for enough
ɪˈnʌfenough

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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.

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

   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

   Preposition:
   Plentiful in resources.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. enough

   Antonyms:
   bare, scant, insufficient, inadequate, short

   Synonyms:
   sufficient, ample, plenty, abundance

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:4.0 / 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"

   Antonyms:
   deficient, insufficient

   Synonyms:
   sufficiency, adequacy

2. adequate, decent, enoughadverb

   sufficient for the purpose

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

   Antonyms:
   insufficient, deficient

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

3. enough, plentyadverb

   as much as necessary

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

   Antonyms:
   deficient, insufficient

   Synonyms:
   plenty

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1. enoughadverb

   Synonyms:
   sufficiently, adequately, fully

2. enoughnoun

   Antonyms:
   deficiency, inadequacy, surplus

   Synonyms:
   sufficiency, plenty, abundance, adequacy

How to use enough in a sentence?

1. Larry Sabato:

   Holding their own would be enough for the GOP, democrats need to start evening things up, but this is a tough year for them to start.

2. Barack Obama:

   Some of the mythology about me being very professorial, removed, that stuff ... I think it has to do with me not schmoozing enough in Washington because I've got two kids, and it's true that I don't do the cocktail circuit.

3. Greg Stube:

   Clearly the left did n’t wantAdmiral Jackson confirmed to a significant post, as they’re having a hard enough time with the wisdom and practicality of other career service members in the President Donald J. Trump administration.

4. Sharan Burrow:

   We know that if governments and industry aren't visionary enough to engage in a dialogue, to put the plan in place, to give people security, then we will see distress, fear and increasingly opposition among people around the world.

5. Robert Funk:

   You have government after government reach some agreement with the students, and the next generation comes along and says, 'Hey, we don't accept this,' the compromises of the past never seem good enough.

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