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Synonyms for luxuriant

  • adjective

Most common

abundant fertile lush profuse luxurious voluptuous

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Lush

lush, profuse, exuberant formal, abundant, fertile, riotous, rich, plentiful, thick, plenteous, wanton, fruitful, fat, productive, rampant, rank, superabundant, lavish, bountiful, fecund, copious, teeming

2. Luxurious

luxurious, voluptuous, epicurean, sybaritic, voluptuary

Other

fancy, elaborate, gross

Antonyms

scarce, otiose

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Abundant in growth or detail.

  2. adj. 2

    Overdeveloped at the expense of essential organs.

Related words

Word family
luxuriance luxuriantness luxury luxurious

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Luxuriant or Abundant?

Luxuriant is used especially of that which is abundant in growth; as, a luxuriant crop.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • abundant Fossil fuels are abundant in that vast continent.
  • fertile Farmers planted crops on the fertile adret slopes.
  • lush The goat peacefully grazed on the lush hillside.
  • profuse He was profuse in his praise of his teacher.
  • luxurious Tom and Mary rented a luxurious villa in Tuscany.
  • voluptuous Layla turned into a voluptuous teenager.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
luxuriantsteady
abundantfalling
fertilesteady
lushrising
profusesteady
luxuriousrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
fat1
4 letters
rich1, rank1, lush1
5 letters
thick1, gross1, fancy2
6 letters
lavish2, wanton2, fecund
7 letters
fertile2, rampant2, copious3, teeming2, riotous3, profuse2
8 letters
abundant3, fruitful2
9 letters
elaborate3, luxurious4, plentiful3, exuberant4, bountiful3, epicurean5, sybaritic, plenteous
10 letters
productive3, voluptuous4, voluptuary
13 letters
superabundant

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fancy2 = 2 syllables).