Needs and Plenty

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Needs adverb - Because of necessity.

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Plenty is an antonym for needs in topics: want, poverty, emergency.

Nearby Words: need, needed

Plenty noun - An amount or supply more than sufficient to meet one's needs.

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Needs is an antonym for plenty.

Lex Luthor needs Kryptonite to fuel his Deconstructor; the Joker knows Batman has plenty of Kryptonite hidden somewhere, so he makes synthetic Kryptonite with a built in homing device.

Source: Video Game / LEGO Batman
Rand has plenty of things he needs to do as the Dragon Reborn and being crowned king of Illian and more or less being in charge of several countries he has taken does not change that.

Source: Royals Who Actually Do Something / Literature
Talking Is a Free Action: Radoub has plenty of time for insulting Chante-en-hiver during the time Chante-en-hiver needs to aim a pistol at him from a few meters away.

Source: Literature / Ninety-Three

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