bountiful

¹

[boun-tuh-fuhl]

adjective

1. liberal in bestowing gifts, favors, or bounties; munificent; generous.

2. abundant; ample.

   a bountiful supply.

Bountiful

²

[boun-tuh-fuhl]

noun

1. a city in N Utah, near Salt Lake City.

bountiful

/ ˈbaʊntɪfʊl /

adjective

1. plentiful; ample (esp in the phrase a bountiful supply )

2. giving freely; generous

Other Word Forms

• bountifully adverb
• bountifulness noun
• unbountiful adjective
• unbountifully adverb
• unbountifulness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of bountiful¹

First recorded in 1500–10; bounty + -ful

Synonym Study

See generous. See plentiful.

Example Sentences

European engineers and entrepreneurs since the dot-com boom of the 1990s have flocked to the U.S. for its acquisitive consumers, bountiful funding and love of innovation.

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Aside from expecting to reap bountiful returns with little or no risk, some people are unrealistic about when they can retire or how much they can spend, says Dustin Wolk, a Milwaukee-based certified financial planner.

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That’s leaving growers across northern California’s wine country unsure about how they will unload a bountiful harvest of grapes.

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Still, as the scores of young fans at Saturday’s celebration at the Grove prove, “Gilmore Girls” found a bountiful second life through streaming services.

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It feels as if my diet has gone from bountiful to bland, my prospects from mysterious to mundane.

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Related Words

• ample 
• lavish 
• magnanimous 
• plentiful 

When To Use

What does bountiful mean?

Bountiful describes something abundant or plentiful. For example, if you have so many pens that you think you’ll never run out of them, you could say you have a bountiful supply of pens.Bountiful also means generous, especially in giving gifts or favors. For example, you could say that a new job is bountiful because it pays a lot of money or has a lot of benefits, like its own coffee bar with a barista, hammocks, and a skateboard park.Example: The city had a bountiful supply of interesting museums to visit.