Another word for profuse
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Adjective
Growing profusely
- Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite, usually in the smallest solid dimension; not thin:
- Measuring a specified number of units in this dimension:
- Heavy in form, build, or stature; thickset:
- A relative position in a society.
- An official position or grade:
- A relative position or degree of value in a graded group.
- Characterized by rich or profuse growth:
- Rich and elaborate, as in decoration.
- Extremely productive:
- Having or characterized by luxuriant vegetation:
- Abundant; plentiful.
- Extravagant or luxurious, as in ornamentation:
- Having relatively great weight:
- Having relatively high density; having a high specific gravity.
- Large, as in number or quantity:
- Having relatively high density.
- Crowded closely together; compact:
- Hard to penetrate; thick:
See also:Given to or marked by unrestrained abundance
- Abundant to excess.
- Of, relating to, or resembling a riot.
- Participating in or inciting to riot or uproar.
- Uproarious; boisterous:
- Rashly or wastefully extravagant:
- Giving or given in abundance; lavish or profuse:
- One who is given to wasteful luxury or extravagance.
- Possessing or exhibiting great wealth; affluent.
- Characterized by extravagance or rich abundance; lavish or luxuriant:
- Characterized by rich or profuse growth:
- Rich and elaborate, as in decoration.
- Extremely productive:
- Having or characterized by luxuriant vegetation:
- Abundant; plentiful.
- Extravagant or luxurious, as in ornamentation:
- Characterized by or produced with extravagance and profusion:
- Immoderate in giving or bestowing; unstinting:
- To give or bestow in abundance; shower:
- Full of unrestrained enthusiasm or joy:
- Unrestrained or lavish, as in decoration; extravagant:
- Abundant; plentiful:
- Exceeding reasonable bounds:
- Unreasonably high in cost; exorbitant:
- Lavish or imprudent in spending money:
Characterized by excessive or imprudent spending
- Marked by or inclined to waste; extravagant.
- One who spends money recklessly or wastefully.
- Wasteful or extravagant:
- Given to or characterized by licentiousness or dissipation:
- Given to or characterized by reckless waste; wildly extravagant:
- A profligate person.
- Rashly or wastefully extravagant:
- Giving or given in abundance; lavish or profuse:
- One who is given to wasteful luxury or extravagance.
- Characterized by or produced with extravagance and profusion:
- Immoderate in giving or bestowing; unstinting:
- To give or bestow in abundance; shower:
- Exceeding reasonable bounds:
- Unreasonably high in cost; exorbitant:
- Lavish or imprudent in spending money:
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Another word for profuse
Modifier
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- Exceeding a normal, usual, reasonable, or proper limit.
- generous to an excessive degree
- Marked by or inclined to waste; extravagant.
- Given to or characterized by licentiousness or dissipation:
- Given to or characterized by reckless waste; wildly extravagant:
- A profligate person.
- Bestowing or bestowed liberally:
- Very liberal in giving; generous:
- Showing great generosity:
- Not imprisoned or confined:
- Not controlled by obligation or the will of another:
- Not controlled by another country or political power; independent:
- Liberal in giving or sharing.
- Showing kindness and magnanimity:
- Marked by abundance; ample:
- Producing offspring or fruit in great abundance; fertile:
- Producing or characterized by abundant works or results:
- Yielding or containing plenty; affording ample supply:
- Large in quantity; abundant:
- Abounding in matter, thoughts, or words; wordy:
- Existing in great quantity or ample supply.
- Providing or producing an abundance:
- Having or characterized by luxuriant vegetation:
- Abundant; plentiful.
- Extravagant or luxurious, as in ornamentation:
- Characterized by rich or profuse growth:
- Rich and elaborate, as in decoration.
- Extremely productive:
- Marked by or producing abundance:
- Giving generously:
- Rashly or wastefully extravagant:
- Giving or given in abundance; lavish or profuse:
- One who is given to wasteful luxury or extravagance.
- Favoring reform, open to new ideas, and tolerant of the ideas and behavior of others; not bound by traditional thinking; broad-minded.
- Of, relating to, or characteristic of liberalism.
- Of, designating, or characteristic of a political party founded on or associated with principles of social and political liberalism, especially in Great Britain, Canada, and the United States.
- Characterized by or produced with extravagance and profusion:
- Immoderate in giving or bestowing; unstinting:
- To give or bestow in abundance; shower:
- Exceeding reasonable bounds:
- Unreasonably high in cost; exorbitant:
- Lavish or imprudent in spending money:
- Occurring in abundance:
- Having an abundance of something; abounding:
Synonym Study
- Lush implies such great luxuriance as my seem excessive lush tropical vegetation, lush prose See also syn. study at plentiful.
- Luxuriant suggests production in great and rich abundance luxuriant foliage
- Prodigal implies such reckless extravagance as to suggest eventual impoverishment the prodigal heirs to a fortune
- Extravagant always suggests unreasonably excessive, wasteful spending or giving extravagant living
- Lavish implies an unstinted, generous, sometimes unreasonably liberal, giving lavish attentions
- Profuse implies a pouring or giving forth freely, often to the point of excess profuse thanks
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