Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bountiful"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bountiful \Boun"ti*ful\, a.
1. Free in giving; liberal in bestowing gifts and favors.
God, the bountiful Author of our being. --Locke.
2. Plentiful; abundant; as, a bountiful supply of food.
Syn: Liberal; munificent; generous; bounteous. --
{Boun"ti*ful*ly}, adv. -- {Boun"ti*ful*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bountiful
adj 1: given or giving freely; "was a big tipper"; "the bounteous
goodness of God"; "bountiful compliments"; "a
freehanded host"; "a handsome allowance"; "Saturday's
child is loving and giving"; "a liberal backer of the
arts"; "a munificent gift"; "her fond and openhanded
grandfather" [syn: {big}, {bighearted}, {bounteous}, {freehanded},
{handsome}, {giving}, {liberal}, {openhanded}]
2: producing in abundance; "the bountiful earth"; "a plentiful
year"; "fruitful soil" [syn: {plentiful}]
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