Synonyms of ample

ample

adjective

ˈam-pəl 

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• limited
• confined
• narrow
• restricted
• small
• tiny
• cramped
• incommodious
• tight
• snug

Synonym Chooser

How does the adjective ample differ from other similar words?

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

How do abundant and plentiful relate to one another, in the sense of ample?

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

streams abundant with fish

When would copious be a good substitute for ample?

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

copious examples of bureaucratic waste

When is it sensible to use plentiful instead of ample?

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

peaches are plentiful this summer

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of ample

Haven’t most Michigan fans accepted the punishment and expressed ample disappointment in the stain this story brought on their university? —Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025

The refreshing cobalt blue colorway would blend into any Danish modern home, while the shelving itself provides ample display space for your favorite coffee table books. —Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 20 Aug. 2025

With ample evidence of Knox’s innocence available for over a decade, Steinberg and her writers had the chance to do something more than mount yet another defense. —Judy Berman, Time, 20 Aug. 2025

The bear was relocated to a safe, wooded area with ample food and water after no lacerations or additional injuries were noted, the DNR said. —Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025