Synonyms and Antonyms of bounteous
1
being more than enough without being excessive
- offered a bounteous reward for finding the lost ring
abundant, ample, aplenty, bountiful, comfortable, cornucopian, galore, generous, liberal, plenteous, plentiful, plenty
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
deficient, inadequate, insufficient, lacking, wanting
meager (or meagre), niggardly, stingy
skimpy
least, minimum
light, slight, small
barren, infertile, sterile, unfruitful, unproductive
2
giving or sharing in abundance and without hesitation
- a bounteous king who made sure all his subjects were well-fed
bighearted, bountiful, charitable, free, freehanded, freehearted, fulsome, generous, liberal, munificent, open, openhanded, unselfish, unsparing, unstinting
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
mean, petty, small
frugal, spare, sparing, thrifty
chary, stinting
acquisitive, avaricious, avid, coveting, covetous, desirous, grasping, hoggish, itchy, mercenary, rapacious
begrudging, envious, grudging, resentful
cheap, close, closefisted, costive, illiberal [archaic], mingy, miserly, niggardly, parsimonious, penurious, selfish, stingy, stinting, tight, tightfisted, uncharitable, ungenerous
