bountiful

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/ˈbaʊntɪfəl//ˈbaʊntəfəl/US[ˈbaʊ̯n(ɾ)əfəɫ]UK, also/ˈbaʊntɪfʌl/

adjective

Having a quantity or amount that is generous or plentiful; ample.

“They enjoyed a wet summer and a bountiful harvest.”

Less commonScrabble 14

Meanings

adjectivebountiful (comparative more bountiful, superlative most bountiful)

comparative more bountiful · superlative most bountiful · alternative bountifull

  1. 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 32:5

    Since 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

adjectiveproducing in abundance

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
APA

bountiful. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bountiful

MLA

“bountiful.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bountiful. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bountiful,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bountiful.

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