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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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