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Synonyms for munificent

  • adjective

Most common

liberal generous lavish bounteous

All synonyms

Adjective

generous, bounteous, lavish, liberal, bountiful, charitable, large, unstinting, princely, open-handed, free, ample, unsparing, open, unstinted, overgenerous, profuse, hospitable

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Very liberal in giving or bestowing.

Related words

Word family
munificently municipal municipality munificence

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A munificent gift is vast in amount, whatever the motive of its bestowal.

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

Example sentences

  • liberal The publishers of that newspaper are very liberal.
  • generous You're one of the most generous people I ever met.
  • lavish Sami continued to lavish Layla with every attention.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
munificentfalling
liberalsteady
generoussteady
lavishrising
bounteoussteady

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

By length

4 letters
free1, open2
5 letters
large1, ample2
6 letters
lavish2
7 letters
liberal3, profuse2
8 letters
generous3, princely2
9 letters
bountiful3, unsparing3, bounteous, unstinted
10 letters
charitable4, hospitable4, unstinting3
12 letters
overgenerous5

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (open2 = 2 syllables).