ample

adjective

am·ple ˈam-pəl How to pronounce ample (audio)

ampler ˈam-p(ə-)lər How to pronounce ample (audio)

; amplest ˈam-p(ə-)ləst How to pronounce ample (audio)

: generous or more than adequate in size, scope, or capacity

There was room for an ample garden.

: generously sufficient to satisfy a requirement or need

They had ample money for the trip.

: buxom, portly

an ample figure

ampleness

ˈam-pəl-nəs How to pronounce ample (audio)

noun

amply

ˈam-plē

adverb

Example Sentences

They had ample money for the trip. The police found ample evidence of wrongdoing. There is ample parking at the stadium. You will have ample opportunity to finish the test. The light in the room is more than ample. There was room for an ample garden. an ample serving of pie See More

Recent Examples on the Web The site was a former home to more than 1,800 miners and their families and in spring, offers ample opportunities to see wildflowers blooms through the space.

Annie Vainshtein, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Sep. 2022 Aided by ample moisture, rainfall and cooler temperatures, crews battling the Fairview Fire managed to shore up containment of the 28,307-acre blaze to 49% over the weekend.

Nouran Salahieh, CNN, 12 Sep. 2022 Police and firefighters, who collect ample overtime amid persistent staffing shortages within their bureaus, continue to earn more money than any other type of municipal employee.

oregonlive, 11 Sep. 2022 Its cozy fabric blend is coupled with ample stylish details, including lantern sleeves and that waist-defining belt.

Sanah Faroke, Peoplemag, 10 Sep. 2022 Skylights here admit ample light while the stylish vertical louver-board screening enhances privacy while admitting fresh air.

James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 9 Sep. 2022 For now, there are ample rice stocks in government warehouses, although lower wheat procurement has already prompted a higher distribution of rice under the state-run free food and grain program.

Vibhuti Agarwal, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022 There should still be ample supplies of the meat for Thanksgiving, with the frozen birds most Americans buy for the annual holiday meal already in warehouses, according to the National Turkey Federation's Beth Breeding.

Kate Gibson, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2022 Andrew Tobias explores why Biden keeps coming back to Ohio, even as there are ample signs of political challenges for him here, not the least of which was his 8-point loss in the 2020 election.

Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland, 9 Sep. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, "abundant," borrowed from Anglo-French, "wide, extensive, great," going back to Latin amplus "more than adequate in size or extent, great, having wide scope (of the mind or other abstract entities)," of uncertain origin

Note: M. de Vaan (Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the Other Italic Languages, Brill, 2008) sees amplus going back to *am-lo-, a derivative of a verb base *am- going back to Indo-European *h₂emh₃- "take hold of" (see amateur). Semantically this hypothesis works well, though it requires that the more likely form *am-a-lo- would have undergone early syncope. The word ampla, supposedly meaning "handle," would be corroboration; however, attestations for ampla are post-classical, excepting an apparent metaphorical employment in the sense "opportunity" by Cicero.

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

ample

adjective

as in plenty

being more than enough without being excessive there's ample time to order a pizza before the show

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

plenty
plentiful
generous
abundant
enough
sufficient
adequate
bountiful
plenteous
bounteous
comfortable
extra
aplenty
all kinds of
galore
liberal
surplus
rich
cornucopian
copious
abounding
teeming
plump
lavish
thick on the ground
wealthy
replete
supernumerary
overflowing
fertile
profuse
rife
blooming
fecund
prolific
fruitful
luxuriant
fulsome
prodigal
fat

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

minimal
scant
insufficient
spare
inadequate
lacking
bare
meager
wanting
deficient
least
minimum
small
light
meagre
slight
skimpy
stingy
niggardly
sterile
barren
unproductive
unfruitful
infertile

as in spacious

more than adequate or average in capacity a husky fellow, he always heads for the most ample chair in the room

Synonyms & Similar Words

spacious
large
wide
huge
capacious
commodious
roomy
sizable
generous
oversize
big
extensive
substantial
considerable
enormous
vast
expansive
voluminous
handsome
oversized
tidy
massive
gigantic
tremendous
broad
immense
cavernous
great
prodigious
sizeable
colossal
outsize
hefty
goodly
mammoth
stupendous
boundless
elephantine
limitless
staggering
gargantuan
super
humongous
bulky
outsized
mountainous
extended
largish
hulking
jumbo
grand
titanic
herculean
unbounded
monumental
leviathan
monolithic
humungous
monstrous
king-sized
pharaonic
heroic
overscaled
biggish
overscale
Brobdingnagian
heroical
king-size
Bunyanesque
Himalayan

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

limited
confined
restricted
narrow
small
tiny
incommodious
tight
cramped
snug

Synonym Chooser

Some common synonyms of ample are abundant, copious, and plentiful. While all these words mean "more than sufficient without being excessive," ample implies a generous sufficiency to satisfy a particular requirement.

ample food to last the winter

Abundant suggests an even greater or richer supply than does plentiful.

streams abundant with fish

The meanings of copious and ample largely overlap; however, copious stresses largeness of supply rather than fullness or richness.

copious examples of bureaucratic waste

In some situations, the words plentiful and ample are roughly equivalent. However, plentiful implies a great or rich supply.

peaches are plentiful this summer

单词	ample
释义	ample adjective am·ple ˈam-pəl ampler ˈam-p(ə-)lər ; amplest ˈam-p(ə-)ləst 1 : generous or more than adequate in size, scope, or capacity There was room for an ample garden. 2 : generously sufficient to satisfy a requirement or need They had ample money for the trip. 3 : buxom, portly an ample figure ampleness ˈam-pəl-nəs noun amply ˈam-plē adverb Synonyms abundant aplenty bounteous bountiful comfortable cornucopian galore generous liberal plenteous plentiful plenty See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences They had ample money for the trip. The police found ample evidence of wrongdoing. There is ample parking at the stadium. You will have ample opportunity to finish the test. The light in the room is more than ample. There was room for an ample garden. an ample serving of pie See More Recent Examples on the Web The site was a former home to more than 1,800 miners and their families and in spring, offers ample opportunities to see wildflowers blooms through the space. Annie Vainshtein, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Sep. 2022 Aided by ample moisture, rainfall and cooler temperatures, crews battling the Fairview Fire managed to shore up containment of the 28,307-acre blaze to 49% over the weekend. Nouran Salahieh, CNN, 12 Sep. 2022 Police and firefighters, who collect ample overtime amid persistent staffing shortages within their bureaus, continue to earn more money than any other type of municipal employee. oregonlive, 11 Sep. 2022 Its cozy fabric blend is coupled with ample stylish details, including lantern sleeves and that waist-defining belt. Sanah Faroke, Peoplemag, 10 Sep. 2022 Skylights here admit ample light while the stylish vertical louver-board screening enhances privacy while admitting fresh air. James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 9 Sep. 2022 For now, there are ample rice stocks in government warehouses, although lower wheat procurement has already prompted a higher distribution of rice under the state-run free food and grain program. Vibhuti Agarwal, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022 There should still be ample supplies of the meat for Thanksgiving, with the frozen birds most Americans buy for the annual holiday meal already in warehouses, according to the National Turkey Federation's Beth Breeding. Kate Gibson, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2022 Andrew Tobias explores why Biden keeps coming back to Ohio, even as there are ample signs of political challenges for him here, not the least of which was his 8-point loss in the 2020 election. Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland, 9 Sep. 2022 See More Word History Etymology Middle English, "abundant," borrowed from Anglo-French, "wide, extensive, great," going back to Latin amplus "more than adequate in size or extent, great, having wide scope (of the mind or other abstract entities)," of uncertain origin Note: M. de Vaan (Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the Other Italic Languages, Brill, 2008) sees amplus going back to am-lo-, a derivative of a verb base am- going back to Indo-European h₂emh₃- "take hold of" (see amateur). Semantically this hypothesis works well, though it requires that the more likely form am-a-lo- would have undergone early syncope. The word ampla, supposedly meaning "handle," would be corroboration; however, attestations for ampla are post-classical, excepting an apparent metaphorical employment in the sense "opportunity" by Cicero. First Known Use 15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Kids Definition ample adjective am·ple ˈam-pəl ampler; amplest : enough or more than enough of what is needed ample time ample adjective 1 as in plenty being more than enough without being excessive there's ample time to order a pizza before the show Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance plenty plentiful generous abundant enough sufficient adequate bountiful plenteous bounteous comfortable extra aplenty all kinds of galore liberal surplus rich cornucopian copious abounding teeming plump lavish thick on the ground wealthy replete supernumerary overflowing fertile profuse rife blooming fecund prolific fruitful luxuriant fulsome prodigal fat Antonyms & Near Antonyms minimal scant insufficient spare inadequate lacking bare meager wanting deficient least minimum small light meagre slight skimpy stingy niggardly sterile barren unproductive unfruitful infertile See More 2 as in spacious more than adequate or average in capacity a husky fellow, he always heads for the most ample chair in the room Synonyms & Similar Words spacious large wide huge capacious commodious roomy sizable generous oversize big extensive substantial considerable enormous vast expansive voluminous handsome oversized tidy massive gigantic tremendous broad immense cavernous great prodigious sizeable colossal outsize hefty goodly mammoth stupendous boundless elephantine limitless staggering gargantuan super humongous bulky outsized mountainous extended largish hulking jumbo grand titanic herculean unbounded monumental leviathan monolithic humungous monstrous king-sized pharaonic heroic overscaled biggish overscale Brobdingnagian heroical king-size Bunyanesque Himalayan Antonyms & Near Antonyms limited confined restricted narrow small tiny incommodious tight cramped snug See More Synonym Chooser Some common synonyms of ample are abundant, copious, and plentiful. While all these words mean "more than sufficient without being excessive," ample implies a generous sufficiency to satisfy a particular requirement. ample food to last the winter Abundant suggests an even greater or richer supply than does plentiful. streams abundant with fish The meanings of copious and ample largely overlap; however, copious stresses largeness of supply rather than fullness or richness. copious examples of bureaucratic waste In some situations, the words plentiful and ample are roughly equivalent. However, plentiful implies a great or rich supply. peaches are plentiful this summer
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