bountiful
Giving or containing a very large amount.
bountiful in a sentence
- The harvest was bountiful this year, with carrots and pumpkins piled high in the barn.
- The rock pools were bountiful that morning, crammed with crabs, shrimps and tiny darting fish.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to bountiful?
- Aplentiful
- Bmean
- Csmall
- Dscarce
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A: plentiful. The other three mean the opposite of bountiful.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to bountiful?
- Arich
- Bplentiful
- Cgenerous
- Dscarce
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D: scarce. The other three mean nearly the same as bountiful.
Words that mean something similar
plentiful, generous, rich
Words that mean the opposite
scarce, small, mean
More words about size & amount
- cluster: A small group of things close together.
- colossal: Extremely large; absolutely huge.
- contract: To become smaller or shorter.
- cram: To squeeze too many things into a small space.
- cumbersome: Heavy and awkward to carry or use.
- dearth: A shortage of something, so there is not enough to go around.
- dense: Packed closely together, or very thick.
- deplete: To use something up until very little is left.
More words to explore
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