bountiful
1 Americanadjective
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liberal in bestowing gifts, favors, or bounties; munificent; generous.
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abundant; ample.
a bountiful supply.
noun
adjective
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plentiful; ample (esp in the phrase a bountiful supply )
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giving freely; generous
Usage
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.
Related Words
Other Word Forms
- bountifully adverb
- bountifulness noun
- unbountiful adjective
- unbountifully adverb
- unbountifulness noun
Etymology
Origin of bountiful
Example Sentences
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As a commercial fisherman, together with your wife’s salary, you were both able to provide yourselves with a generous and bountiful retirement.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026
The very goal long-clamored for by U.S. policymakers—vanquishing the cable monopolies and opening video markets to bountiful customer choice—has been Netflix’s greatest triumph.
From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026
"But so much attention to female fandom... risks overshadowing what a bountiful gift Heated Rivalry is to the gays," wrote David Rooney in the Hollywood Reporter.
From BBC • Jan. 7, 2026
Significantly, the name Paul Reubens is absent from the title of this bountiful, sweet and sometimes melancholy look at one of pop culture’s great creations and its creator.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025
With the help of the Hitler Youth and BDM, farmers planted more crops and reaped bountiful harvests.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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