'Enough' definitions:
Definition of 'enough'
From: WordNet
adverb
As much as necessary; "Have I eaten enough?"; (`plenty' is nonstandard) "I've had plenty, thanks" [syn: enough, plenty]
adjective
Sufficient for the purpose; "an adequate income"; "the food was adequate"; "a decent wage"; "enough food"; "food enough" [syn: adequate, decent, enough]
noun
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" [syn: enough, sufficiency]
Definition of 'Enough'
From: GCIDE
- Enough \E*nough"\ ([-e]*n[u^]f"), a. [OE. inoh, inow, enogh, AS. gen[=o]h, gen[=o]g, a. & adv. (akin to OS. gin[=o]g, D. genoeg, OHG. ginoug, G. genug, Icel. gn[=o]gr, Sw. nog, Dan. nok, Goth. gan[=o]hs), fr. geneah it suffices (akin to Goth. ganah); pref. ge- + a root akin to L. nancisci to get, Skr. na[,c], Gr. 'enegkei^n to carry.] Satisfying desire; giving content; adequate to meet the want; sufficient; -- usually, and more elegantly, following the noun to which it belongs. [1913 Webster]
- How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare! --Luke xv. 17. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Enough'
From: GCIDE
- Enough \E*nough"\, adv.
- 1. In a degree or quantity that satisfies; to satisfaction; sufficiently. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- I know you well enough; you are Signior Antonio. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Thou knowest well enough . . . that this is no time to lend money. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Enough usually follows the word it modifies. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Enough'
From: GCIDE
- Enough \E*nough"\, 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. "Enough is as good as a feast." [1913 Webster]
- And Esau said, I have enough, my brother. --Gen. xxxiii. 9. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'enough'
From: GCIDE
- enough \e*nough"\, interj. An exclamation denoting sufficiency, being a shortened form of it is enough. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'enough'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abundance,
- abundantly,
- acceptably,
- adequacy,
- adequate,
- adequate supply,
- adequately,
- adequateness,
- admissibly,
- agreeably,
- ample,
- ampleness,
- amply,
- bare minimum,
- bare sufficiency,
- barely sufficient,
- comfortable,
- commensurate,
- commensurately,
- competence,
- competency,
- competent,
- competently,
- corresponding,
- decent,
- decently,
- due,
- enrage,
- equal to,
- exact measure,
- fairly,
- fit,
- good,
- good enough,
- incense,
- infuriate,
- ire,
- just enough,
- mad,
- madden,
- minimal,
- minimally,
- minimum,
- moderately,
- passably,
- plenty,
- plenty good enough,
- proportionate,
- proportionately,
- rather,
- reasonably,
- right amount,
- satisfaction,
- satisfactorily,
- satisfactoriness,
- satisfactory,
- satisfactory amount,
- satisfyingly,
- so-so,
- steam up,
- substantial,
- substantially,
- sufficiency,
- sufficient,
- sufficient for,
- sufficiently,
- sufficientness,
- sufficing,
- suitable,
- tolerably,
- umbrage,
- up to