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Antonyms for bountiful
ˈbaʊn tə fəlboun·ti·ful

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English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. bountiful

    Generous (Latin genus, a race) primarily signifies having the qualities worthy of noble or honorable birth; hence, free and abundant in giving, giving freely, heartily, and self-sacrificingly. As regards giving, generous refers rather to the self-sacrificing heartiness of the giver, liberal to the amount of the gift; a child may show himself generous in the gift of an apple, a millionaire makes a liberal donation; a generous gift, however, is commonly thought of as both ample and hearty. A munificent gift is vast in amount, whatever the motive of its bestowal. One may be free with another's money; he can be generous only with his own. Disinterested suggests rather the thought of one's own self-denial; generous, of one's hearty interest in another's welfare or happiness. One is magnanimous by a greatness of soul (Latin magnus, great, and animus, soul) that rises above all that is poor, mean, or weak, especially above every petty or ignoble motive or feeling pertaining to one's self, and thus above resentment of injury or insult; one is generous by a kindness of heart that would rejoice in the welfare rather than in the punishment of the offender.

    Antonyms:
    avaricious, close, covetous, greedy, ignoble, illiberal, mean, miserly, niggardly, parsimonious, penurious, petty, rapacious, stingy

    Synonyms:
    chivalrous, disinterested, free, free-handed, free-hearted, generous, liberal, magnanimous, munificent, noble, open-handed, open-hearted

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, handsome, giving, liberal, openhandedadjective

    given or giving freely

    "was a big tipper"; "the bounteous goodness of God"; "bountiful compliments"; "a freehanded host"; "a handsome allowance"; "Saturday's child is loving and giving"; "a liberal backer of the arts"; "a munificent gift"; "her fond and openhanded grandfather"

    Antonyms:
    ungenerous, stingy, unfruitful

    Synonyms:
    plentiful, magnanimous, prominent, big, vainglorious, cock-a-hoop, free, braggy, good-looking, with child(p), fine-looking, giving, large-minded, grownup, grown, large(p), enceinte, well-favoured, bounteous, liberal, self-aggrandizing, broad, swelled, handsome, fully grown, braggart(a), bighearted, expectant, freehand, tolerant, heavy(a), great(p), large, bragging(a), bad, freehanded, heavy(p), well-favored, big(a), better-looking, self-aggrandising, boastful, full-grown, openhanded, adult, gravid, big(p), crowing, loose

  2. bountiful, plentifuladjective

    producing in abundance

    "the bountiful earth"; "a plentiful year"; "fruitful soil"

    Antonyms:
    ungenerous, stingy, unfruitful

    Synonyms:
    plentiful, bounteous, giving, rich, openhanded, bighearted, plenteous, copious, liberal, handsome, ample, freehanded, big

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words3.0 / 1 vote

  1. bountifuladjective

    Synonyms:
    liberal, free-hearted, generous, plentiful, abundant, copious, unstinted, ample

How to use bountiful in a sentence?

  1. Ovid:

    Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.

  2. Lewis Lapham:

    The more prosperous and settled a nation, the more readily it tends to think of war as a regrettable accident; to nations less fortunate the chance of war presents itself as a possible bountiful friend.

  3. Ovid:

    Take rest a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.

  4. Junius:

    How much easier it is to be generous than just Men are sometimes bountiful who are not honest.

  5. Jerri Hrubes:

    As a white mother to a black son, I dont feel safe in West Bountiful anymore, that changed after yesterday. I do not feel that he is safe. He has not left my sight. It just doesnt feel like it used to.

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#113305miserly
#115125illiberal
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#160246unfruitful
#226840niggardly
#239890ungenerous
#313943penurious

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