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lush

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of lush

1 covered with a thick, healthy natural growth
  • They loved to go for picnics in the lush woodlands.
Synonyms of lush

green, grown, leafy, luxuriant, overgrown, verdant
Words Related to lush

fat, fecund, fertile, fruitful, productive, prolific, rich

dense, tangled
Near Antonyms of lush

bleak, depleted, impoverished, infertile, poor, stark, unproductive

arid, dead, desert, dry, parched, sere (also sear), waterless
Antonyms of lush

barren, leafless
2 growing thickly and vigorously
  • Lush dandelions had turned the meadow into a sea of yellow.
Synonyms of lush

luxuriant, prosperous, rampant, rank, weedy
Words Related to lush

lavish, profuse

overgrown, overrun, verdant

close, dense, tangled, thick
Near Antonyms of lush

dormant

blighted, stunted
Antonyms of lush

sparse
3 very pleasing to the sense of taste
  • lush desserts that are well worth the calories
Synonyms of lush

ambrosial, appetizing, dainty, delectable, delicious, delish, flavorful, flavorsome, luscious, mouthwatering, palatable, savory (also savoury), scrumptious, succulent, tasteful, tasty, toothsome, yummy
Words Related to lush

digestible, eatable, edible

delightful, heavenly, pleasing

agreeable, gratifying, pleasant

satisfying

choice, delicate, exquisite, rare
Near Antonyms of lush

banal, boring, commonplace, tedious

noisome, smelly, stinky

noxious, unwholesome

miserable, wretched

abhorrent, abominable, awful, detestable, disagreeable, disgusting, foul, horrid, nauseating, offensive, repellent (also repellant), repugnant, repulsive, sickening, unpleasant
Antonyms of lush

distasteful, flat, flavorless, insipid, stale, tasteless, unappetizing, unpalatable, unsavory, yucky (also yukky)
4 marked by vigorous growth and well-being especially economically
  • Those were lush times for the tech industry.
Synonyms of lush

booming, flourishing, golden, halcyon, healthy, palmy, prospering, prosperous, roaring, successful, thriving
Words Related to lush

affluent, moneyed (also monied), opulent, rich, substantial, wealthy, well-heeled, well-off, well-to-do

comfortable
Near Antonyms of lush

declining, dying, failing, floundering, languishing, struggling

bankrupt, bankrupted, insolvent
Antonyms of lush

depressed, unprosperous, unsuccessful
5 pleasing to the physical senses
  • I could listen to the baritone's lush voice for hours.
Synonyms of lush

carnal, fleshly, luscious, sensual, sensuous, voluptuous
Words Related to lush

bodily, corporeal

agreeable, delectable, delicious, delightful, dreamy, gratifying, palatable, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, scrumptious

epicurean, luxurious, self-indulgent
Near Antonyms of lush

harsh, painful, uncomfortable

disgusting, foul, hideous, icky
6 producing abundantly
  • His lush fields were the envy of neighboring farmers.
Synonyms of lush

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

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 lush

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

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

Synonym Discussion of lush

profuse, lavish, prodigal, luxuriant, lush, exuberant mean giving or given out in great abundance. profuse implies pouring forth without restraint.
    • profuse apologies
lavish suggests an unstinted or unmeasured profusion.
    • a lavish party
prodigal implies reckless or wasteful lavishness threatening to lead to early exhaustion of resources.
    • prodigal spending
luxuriant suggests a rich and splendid abundance.
    • a luxuriant beard
lush suggests rich, soft luxuriance.
    • a lush green lawn
exuberant implies marked vitality or vigor in what produces abundantly.
    • an exuberant imagination

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