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Definition of Enough
1. Adverb. As much as necessary. "I've had plenty, thanks"
2. Adjective. Sufficient for the purpose. "Food enough"
3. Noun. An adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose. "There is more than a sufficiency of lawyers in this country"
Generic synonyms: Relative Quantity
Specialized synonyms: Fill
Derivative terms: Suffice, Sufficient
Definition of Enough
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. 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.
4. interj. An exclamation denoting sufficiency, being a shortened form of it is enough.
Definition of Enough
1. Determiner. sufficient; all that is required, needed, or appropriate ¹
2. Adverb. sufficiently ¹
3. Pronoun. A sufficient or adequate number, amount, etc. ¹
4. Interjection. stop! Don't do that anymore, etc. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Enough
1. a sufficient supply [n -S]
Medical Definition of Enough
1. 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. Enough usually follows the word it modifies. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)