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⏰ As much as needed ✅ Sufficient 🍽️ A sufficient amount
enough

enough

∞ 1.0
To the amount needed for something to happen
  • adverb
  • /ɪˈnʌf/
translation icon : suficientemente
  • I mean, love yourself enough to treat yourself.
  • good enough
  • know enough
  • well enough

And we don't hear enough about or from them.

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Examples

  • Help the child to feel safe enough to take risks in the classroom.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Respect yourself enough to know to say no.

  • Given the right purpose and enough time, you can.

  • What jobs, if they have them, are flexible enough to allow time for school?

    Academic text (2011)

  • In other words, people are not eating enough seafood and fish.

  • Companies can only succeed if they are flexible enough to follow customer demand.

    Academic text (2011)

  • I'm not talented enough to do that.

    Andrew Huberman

  • At a minimum, the security forces must keep Afghans safe enough to live basically normal lives.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Change is a worthy goal, but we have to be brave enough to venture into some unknown territory.

    Academic text (2011)

  • To complete the project on time, we need to allocate enough resources for every team member.

Synonyms

sufficiently
vsenough
119 3.2

At a level that is enough for what is needed

refers to the general amount or degree required
adequately
vsenough
83 3.0

In a way that is good enough for the task

states the needed degree or quantity without judging quality
plenty
vsenough
  • Informal
1 1.0

In a way that is enough for what is needed

is the neutral term for the required degree or quantity

Antonyms

inadequate
118 4.4

Not enough or not good enough to do what is needed

insufficient
86 3.6

Not enough in amount or quality to meet a need

Idioms

good enough for
185 2.0

Enough quality or ability to do what is needed

soon enough
171 1.7

Happens at a time that is early enough, not too late

sure enough
58 2.7

Shows that something happens exactly as expected

enough to go around
7 2.3

There is enough for everyone to have some

good enough to eat
  • Informal
5 3.9

So pretty it looks like you could eat it

to give someone enough rope
  • Informal
3 8.6

Let someone act freely until they make a mistake

surprisingly enough
3 4.4

Says that something is not expected but is true

mad enough to chew nails
  • Archaic
9.9

Very angry and ready to do something extreme

to give enough rope
  • Informal
8.7

Allow someone freedom to show ability or make mistakes that reveal their true character

old enough to bleed, old enough to breed
  • Offensive
9.9

A saying that claims a girl who has started her period is ready for sex and to have children

Compounds

good enough
641 1.9

Not perfect but good for what you need

right enough
2 6.3

Correct enough to be useful

sure-enough
  • Informal
1 8.1

Clearly real and not fake to show you really mean it

How Much

fully
∞ 1.0
enough
∞ 1.0
barely
∞ 1.0
hardly
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

enough positive

Etymology

Enough comes from an old English word genog meaning 'plenty', and you can see the same idea in the German genug. So as an adverb, enough tells you something is done 'as much as needed'.