munificent

1575–85; back formation from Latin mūnificentia generosity, munificence, equivalent to mūnific(us) generous (muni-, combining form of mūnus gift + -ficus -fic) + -entia -ence

SYNONYMS FOR munificent

1 bountiful, bounteous, lavish.

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ANTONYMS FOR munificent

1 niggardly.

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OTHER WORDS FROM munificent

mu·nif·i·cence, mu·nif·i·cent·ness, nounmu·nif·i·cent·ly, adverbun·mu·nif·i·cent, adjectiveun·mu·nif·i·cent·ly, adverb

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH munificent

beneficent munificentmagnificent munificent

synonym study for munificent

1. See generous.

Example sentences from the Web for munificent

We remain a people powerful with ideas and capable of munificent grace.
The True State of Our Independence: What Does America Stand For?|Benjamin Busch|July 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Of art he was a judicious critic, as well as a munificent patron.
The Public Life of Queen Victoria|John McGilchrist
Whilst the poet lived Dyson was his munificent patron, and when death had stepped in between them, his literary executor.
A Book about Doctors|John Cordy Jeaffreson
He was a munificent and discerning patron of rising artists.
A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature|John W. Cousin

He again hails him as "a munificent friend of science and literature."
On the Portraits of English Authors on Gardening,|Samuel Felton
My new work was not only much lighter and pleasanter, but it paid me the munificent salary of eight dollars a week.
The Long Day|Dorothy Richardson

British Dictionary definitions for munificent

munificent

/ (mjuːˈnɪfɪsənt) /

adjective

(of a person) very generous; bountiful

(of a gift) generous; liberal

Derived forms of munificent

munificence or munificentness, nounmunificently, adverb

Word Origin for munificent

C16: back formation from Latin mūnificentia liberality, from mūnificus, from mūnus gift + facere to make

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munificent

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