The meaning of BOUNTIFUL is liberal or generous in bestowing gifts or favors. How to use bountiful in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Bountiful.

Bountiful describes something abundant or plentiful. For example, if you have so many pens that you think you’ll never run out of them, you could say you have a bountiful supply of pens. Bountiful also …

Generous & charitable (Definition of bountiful from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

1. Marked by or producing abundance: a bountiful harvest; a bountiful land. 2. Giving generously: Nature has been bountiful to the valley's residents.

Definition of bountiful adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025 boun•ti•ful (boun′ tə fəl), adj. liberal in bestowing gifts, favors, or bounties; munificent; generous. abundant; ample: a …

A bountiful area or period of time produces or provides large amounts of something, especially food. The land is bountiful and no one starves.

BOUNTIFUL meaning: 1 : giving or providing many desired things; 2 : given or existing in large amounts

Some common synonyms of bountiful are generous, liberal, and munificent. While all these words mean "giving or given freely and unstintingly," bountiful suggests lavish, unremitting giving or providing.

Bountiful means abundant or given generously. We celebrate the idea of a bountiful harvest with a Thanksgiving cornucopia overflowing with its bounty of pumpkins, apples, squashes, and cranberries.