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Profuse synonyms

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abundant
Very plentiful; more than sufficient; ample
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  1. Very plentiful; more than sufficient; ample
  2. Having an abundance of something; abounding:
  3. Well-supplied; rich (in something)
extravagant
Costing or spending too much; wasteful
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  1. Costing or spending too much; wasteful
  2. Going beyond reasonable limits; excessive or unrestrained
  3. Too ornate or showy
lavish
Characterized by or produced with extravagance and profusion:
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  1. Characterized by or produced with extravagance and profusion:
  2. Immoderate in giving or bestowing; unstinting:
  3. Very generous or liberal in giving or spending, often extravagantly so; prodigal
liberal
Tending to give freely; generous:
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  1. Tending to give freely; generous:
  2. Favoring reform or progress in a particular social or cultural setting, as in religion, education, etc.
  3. (Obs.) Excessively free or indecorous in behavior; licentious
prodigal
Exceedingly or recklessly wasteful
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  1. Exceedingly or recklessly wasteful
  2. Giving or given in abundance; lavish or profuse:
  3. Extremely generous; lavish
bountiful
Giving generously:
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  1. Giving generously:
  2. Giving freely and graciously; generous
  3. Provided in abundance; plentiful
luxuriant
Abundant in growth or detail.
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  1. Abundant in growth or detail.
  2. Marked by or displaying luxury; luxurious:
  3. Characterized by richness and extravagance, as in ornamentation, invention, etc., often tending to excess
lush
Characterized by a rich growth of vegetation
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  1. Characterized by a rich growth of vegetation
  2. Tender and full of juice
  3. Characterized by richness, abundance, or extravagance, as in ornamentation, invention, etc., often tending to excess
plentiful
Providing or producing an abundance:
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  1. Providing or producing an abundance:
  2. Existing in large number or ample amount.
  3. Having or yielding plenty
copious
Abounding in matter, thoughts, or words; wordy:
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  1. Abounding in matter, thoughts, or words; wordy:
  2. Yielding or containing plenty; affording ample supply:
  3. Full of information
prolific
Producing or characterized by abundant works or results:
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  1. Producing or characterized by abundant works or results:
  2. Producing offspring or fruit in great abundance; fertile:
  3. Turning out many products of the mind
generous
Liberal in giving or sharing.
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  1. Liberal in giving or sharing.
  2. Large; ample
  3. Having qualities attributed to people of noble birth; noble-minded; gracious; magnanimous
free
Not bound, fastened, or attached:
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  1. Not bound, fastened, or attached:
  2. Not affected or restricted by a given condition or circumstance:
  3. Unobstructed; clear:
munificent
Showing great generosity:
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  1. Showing great generosity:
  2. Very liberal in giving; generous:
unstinting
Bestowing or bestowed liberally:
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  1. Bestowing or bestowed liberally:
  2. Generous and tireless with one's contributions of time, money, etc.
profligate
Extremely wasteful; recklessly extravagant
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  1. Extremely wasteful; recklessly extravagant
  2. Given to or characterized by licentiousness or dissipation:
  3. Given to or characterized by reckless waste; wildly extravagant:
wasteful
Marked by or inclined to waste; extravagant.
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  1. Marked by or inclined to waste; extravagant.
  2. Inclined to waste or squander money or resources.
  3. Using more than is necessary; extravagant
overgenerous
Generous to an excessive degree
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  1. Generous to an excessive degree
excessive
Characterized by excess; being too much or too great; immoderate; inordinate
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  1. Characterized by excess; being too much or too great; immoderate; inordinate
  2. Exceeding a normal, usual, reasonable, or proper limit.
dense
Opaque, with good contrast between light and dark areas. Used of a photographic negative.
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  1. Opaque, with good contrast between light and dark areas. Used of a photographic negative.
  2. Hard to penetrate; thick:
  3. Permitting little light to pass through, because of compactness of matter:
heavy
Designating, of, or equipped with massive or relatively heavy weapons, armor, etc.
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  1. Designating, of, or equipped with massive or relatively heavy weapons, armor, etc.
  2. Too dense or rich to digest easily:
  3. Dense; thick:
lush
Extremely pleasing to the senses:
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  1. Extremely pleasing to the senses:
  2. Characterized by richness, abundance, or extravagance, as in ornamentation, invention, etc., often tending to excess
  3. Characterized by a rich growth of vegetation
luxuriant
Extremely productive:
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  1. Extremely productive:
  2. Characterized by richness and extravagance, as in ornamentation, invention, etc., often tending to excess
  3. Characterized by rich or profuse growth:
rank
Strong and offensive in odor or flavor:
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  1. Strong and offensive in odor or flavor:
  2. Yielding a profuse, often excessive crop; highly fertile:
  3. Growing profusely or with excessive vigor:
thick
Heavy in form, build, or stature; thickset:
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  1. Heavy in form, build, or stature; thickset:
  2. Very noticeable; pronounced:
  3. Having or suggesting a heavy or viscous consistency:
extravagant
Costing or spending too much; wasteful
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  1. Costing or spending too much; wasteful
  2. Exceeding reasonable bounds:
  3. Extremely abundant; profuse:
exuberant
Abundant; plentiful:
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  1. Abundant; plentiful:
  2. Unrestrained or lavish, as in decoration; extravagant:
  3. Growing profusely; luxuriant or prolific
lavish
Very generous or liberal in giving or spending, often extravagantly so; prodigal
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  1. Very generous or liberal in giving or spending, often extravagantly so; prodigal
  2. Characterized by or produced with extravagance and profusion:
  3. Immoderate in giving or bestowing; unstinting:
lush
Extremely pleasing to the senses:
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  1. Extremely pleasing to the senses:
  2. Characterized by a rich growth of vegetation
  3. Of luxuriant growth
luxuriant
Characterized by rich or profuse growth:
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  1. Characterized by rich or profuse growth:
  2. Marked by or displaying luxury; luxurious:
  3. Extremely productive:
opulent
Very wealthy or rich
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  1. Very wealthy or rich
  2. Characterized by extravagance or rich abundance; lavish or luxuriant:
  3. Characterized by abundance or profusion; luxuriant
prodigal
Exceedingly or recklessly wasteful
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  1. Exceedingly or recklessly wasteful
  2. Rashly or wastefully extravagant:
  3. Extremely generous; lavish
riotous
Without restraint; disorderly; boisterous
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  1. Without restraint; disorderly; boisterous
  2. Abundant or luxuriant:
  3. Luxuriant or profuse
superabundant
Abundant to excess.
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  1. Abundant to excess.
  2. Being more than is usual or needed; surplus; excess; overly abundant
extravagant
Extremely abundant; profuse:
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  1. Extremely abundant; profuse:
  2. Costing or spending too much; wasteful
  3. Exceeding reasonable bounds:
lavish
Characterized by or produced with extravagance and profusion:
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  1. Characterized by or produced with extravagance and profusion:
  2. Very generous or liberal in giving or spending, often extravagantly so; prodigal
  3. Immoderate in giving or bestowing; unstinting:
prodigal
Exceedingly or recklessly wasteful
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  1. Exceedingly or recklessly wasteful
  2. Rashly or wastefully extravagant:
  3. Extremely generous; lavish
profligate
Given to or characterized by licentiousness or dissipation:
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  1. Given to or characterized by licentiousness or dissipation:
  2. Extremely wasteful; recklessly extravagant
  3. Given to or characterized by reckless waste; wildly extravagant:
wasteful
Inclined to waste or squander money or resources.
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  1. Inclined to waste or squander money or resources.
  2. Using more than is necessary; extravagant
  3. Marked by or inclined to waste; extravagant.

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
Find another word for profuse. In this page you can discover 51 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for profuse, like: abundant, extravagant, lavish, liberal, prodigal, bountiful, overflowing, luxuriant, lush, plentiful and copious.

Sentence Examples

  • He breaks out into profuse sweats and may vomit.

  • On his way to Paris he had been profuse in promises of reform and constitutional rule.

  • Carteret was a profuse and popular lord lieutenant who pleased both the "English interest" and the native Irish.

  • The chiefs of the clans, with a few sub-chiefs having hereditary rights, formed the King's Council, and the king, unless of exceptionally strong character, often exercised less power than the council of chiefs, each of whom kept his little court, making a profuse display of barbaric pomp. Land is held in common by the tribes, lands unallotted being attached to the office of head chief or king and called "stool lands."

  • It has more than one advantage over the meadow mushroom in its extreme commonness, its profuse growth, the length of the season in which it may be gathered, the total absence of varietal forms, its adaptability for being dried and preserved for years, and its persistent delicious taste.

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