Thesaurus: enough

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1. a. Satisfying desire; giving content; adequate to meet the want; sufficient; -- usually, and more elegantly, following the noun to which it belongs.
2. adv. In a degree or quantity that satisfies; to satisfaction; sufficiently.
3. adv. Fully; quite; -- used to express slight augmentation of the positive degree, and sometimes equivalent to very; as, he is ready enough to embrace the offer.
4. adv. In a tolerable degree; -- used to express mere acceptableness or acquiescence, and implying a degree or quantity rather less than is desired; as, the song was well enough.
5. n. A sufficiency; a quantity which satisfies desire, is adequate to the want, or is equal to the power or ability; as, he had enough to do take care of himself.
6. interj. An exclamation denoting sufficiency, being a shortened form of it is enough.
7. adj. sufficient for the purpose
8. n. an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
9. adv. as much as necessary
10. Satisfying desire; giving content; adequate to meet the want; sufficient; -- usually, and more elegantly, following the noun to which it belongs. How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare! Luke xv. 17. 1. In a degree or quantity that satisfies; to satisfaction; sufficiently. 2. Fully; quite; -- used to express slight augmentation of the positive degree, and sometimes equivalent to very; as, he is ready enough to embrace the offer. I know you well enough; you are Signior Antonio. Shak. Thou knowest well enough . . . that this is no time to lend money. Shak. 3. In a tolerable degree; -- used to express mere acceptableness or acquiescence, and implying a degree or quantity rather less than is desired; as, the song was well enough. Note: Enough usually follows the word it modifies. A sufficiency; a quantity which satisfies desire, is adequate to the want, or is equal to the power or ability; as, he had enough to do take care of himself. "Enough is as good as a feast." And Esau said, I have enough, my brother. Gen. xxxiii. 9. An exclamation denoting sufficiency, being a shortened form of it is enough.
11. Satisfying desire; giving content; adequate to meet the want;sufficient; -- usually, and more elegantly, following the noun towhich it belongs.How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and tospare! Luke xv. 17.
12. r:70/d:30 n. an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose r. as much as necessary; (`plenty' is nonstandard) "I've had plenty, thanks"