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cornucopian

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of cornucopian

1 being more than enough without being excessive
  • there were cornucopian profits for the last three quarters
Synonyms of cornucopian

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

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 cornucopian

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

deficient, inadequate, insufficient, lacking, wanting

meager (or meagre), niggardly, stingy

skimpy

least, minimum

light, slight, small

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

bare, minimal, scant, spare
2 producing abundantly
  • one of the most cornucopian sources of all of literature, the legend of King Arthur has inspired everything from epic poems to musical dramas
Synonyms of cornucopian

fat, fecund, fertile, fructuous, fruitful, lush, luxuriant, productive, prolific, rich
Words Related to cornucopian

bearing, generative, producing, yielding

abounding, abundant, bountiful

copious, generous, liberal, plenteous, plentiful, plenitudinous

blooming, bursting, flourishing, swarming, teeming, thriving

creative, inventive, original
Near Antonyms of cornucopian

meager (or meagre), scant, scanty, skimp, skimpy, spare, sparse
Antonyms of cornucopian

barren, dead, infertile, sterile, unfertile, unfruitful, unproductive

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