bountiful
adjective
Simple meaning
Having a quantity or amount that is generous or plentiful.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈbaʊntɪfəl
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
adjective
Having a quantity or amount that is generous or plentiful; ample.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
This meaning: Having a quantity or amount that is generous or plentiful; ample.
Used this way, bountiful is a reasonably familiar word with a clearly warm, approving pull. It carries warmth, so it reads as personal rather than detached.
- Emotional tone
- Positive
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Moderate
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Generous and giving
- Usage feel
- Warm and expressive
Nearby words
- big , more casual, better suited to speech than writing
- openhanded , rarer, so it draws attention
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
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- “They enjoyed a wet summer and a bountiful harvest.”adjective
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Close in meaning, but not always interchangeable.
Ample, abundant; generous in quantity.
Having the tendency to give.
Noble, kind and generous.
Existing in large number or ample amount.
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