Meanings
comparative more bountiful · superlative most bountiful · alternative bountifull
- Having a quantity or amount that is generous or plentiful; ample.
They enjoyed a wet summer and a bountiful harvest.
2 more examples
The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 32:5Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia.
2013 June 29, “Unspontaneous combustion”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 29
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivegiven or giving freely
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Greek άφθονος
- άφθονος (áfthonos)plentiful, abundant
Māori tikotikoiere, pōike
- tikotikoiereplentiful, abundant
- pōikeplentiful, abundant
- maruruplentiful, abundant
- ngahiriplentiful, abundant
- ngeangeaplentiful, abundant
Persian پرفیض
- پرفیض (porfeyz)plentiful, abundant
Spanish abundante
- abundanteplentiful, abundant
Cite this entry
bountiful. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bountiful
“bountiful.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bountiful. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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