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luxuriant

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of luxuriant

1 covered with a thick, healthy natural growth

an older man who still has a luxuriant head of hair

Synonyms of luxuriant

green, grown, leafy, lush, overgrown, verdant

Words Related to luxuriant

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

dense, tangled

Near Antonyms of luxuriant

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

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

Antonyms of luxuriant

barren, leafless

2 growing thickly and vigorously

a luxuriant coat of fur

Synonyms of luxuriant

lush, prosperous, rampant, rank, weedy

Words Related to luxuriant

lavish, profuse

overgrown, overrun, verdant

close, dense, tangled, thick

Near Antonyms of luxuriant

dormant

blighted, stunted

Antonyms of luxuriant

sparse

3 producing abundantly

luxuriant soil that yields endless fields of grain

Synonyms of luxuriant

cornucopian, fat, fecund, fertile, fructuous, fruitful, lush, productive, prolific, rich

Words Related to luxuriant

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 luxuriant

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

Antonyms of luxuriant

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

4 showing obvious signs of wealth and comfort

the fashion model always wore the most luxuriant outfits

Synonyms of luxuriant

Babylonian, deluxe, lavish, Lucullan (also Lucullian), luxe, luxurious, luxury, opulent, palace, palatial, plush, plushy, silken, sumptuous

Words Related to luxuriant

costly, dear, expensive, precious, premium, rich

extravagant, grandiose, ostentatious, pretentious, showy

august, awesome, awful, baronial, beautiful, gorgeous, grand, heroic (also heroical), imposing, impressive, kingly, magnificent, majestic, monumental, noble, proud, regal, royal, splendid, stately

comfortable, cozy, homelike, homey (also homy), snug

Near Antonyms of luxuriant

economical, frugal, meager (or meagre), spare, stingy, thrifty

Antonyms of luxuriant

ascetic (also ascetical), austere, humble, no-frills, spartan

Synonym Discussion of luxuriant

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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