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bounteous

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of bounteous

1 being more than enough without being excessive

  • offered a bounteous reward for finding the lost ring
Synonyms of bounteous

abundant, ample, aplenty, bountiful, comfortable, cornucopian, galore, generous, liberal, plenteous, plentiful, plenty
Words Related to bounteous

extra, supernumerary, surplus

abounding, blooming, overflowing, plump, replete, rich, rife, teeming, wealthy

adequate, enough, sufficient

fat, fecund, fertile, fruitful, luxuriant, prodigal, prolific

copious, fulsome, lavish, profuse
Phrases Synonymous with bounteous

all kinds of, thick on the ground
Near Antonyms of bounteous

deficient, inadequate, insufficient, lacking, wanting

meager (or meagre), niggardly, stingy

skimpy

least, minimum

light, slight, small

barren, infertile, sterile, unfruitful, unproductive
Antonyms of bounteous

bare, minimal, scant, spare

2 giving or sharing in abundance and without hesitation

  • a bounteous king who made sure all his subjects were well-fed
Synonyms of bounteous

bighearted, bountiful, charitable, free, freehanded, freehearted, fulsome, generous, liberal, munificent, open, openhanded, unselfish, unsparing, unstinting
Words Related to bounteous

extravagant, handsome, lavish, overgenerous, profuse

altruistic, beneficent, benevolent, hospitable, humanitarian, philanthropic (also philanthropical)

big, greathearted, largehearted, magnanimous, openhearted

compassionate, good-hearted, kind, kindly, samaritan, sympathetic
Near Antonyms of bounteous

mean, petty, small

frugal, spare, sparing, thrifty

chary, stinting

acquisitive, avaricious, avid, coveting, covetous, desirous, grasping, hoggish, itchy, mercenary, rapacious

begrudging, envious, grudging, resentful
Antonyms of bounteous

cheap, close, closefisted, costive, illiberal [archaic], mingy, miserly, niggardly, parsimonious, penurious, selfish, stingy, stinting, tight, tightfisted, uncharitable, ungenerous

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