Bountiful
adj.hopeful, joyfulwarm
What it means
Available or produced in a generously large amount.
Reach for it when celebrating a plentiful supply, harvest, meal, or natural provision
A bountiful bean harvest filled the pantry and supplied the community kitchen.
Choose between these
7- playful
an unusually large crop deserves lively praise
not when the noun is not a harvest or result
- everyday
there is comfortably enough
not when the amount is impressively generous
- warm
portions or provision feel freely given
not when overall abundance must be stated
- professional
quantity is high and neutral wording fits
not when welcome generosity is part of the praise
- professional
adequacy with room to spare is the point
not when richness rather than sufficiency matters
- formal
copious
a very large quantity needs emphasis
not when the material should sound inherently welcome
- literary
overflowing
visible fullness creates the image
not when waste or loss would be implied
Said against
3- scarce
- meager
- barren
It naturally appears in
3- bountiful harvest
A bountiful harvest allowed every grower to keep seed for spring.
- bountiful supply
The wetland provides a bountiful supply of food for migrating birds.
- bountiful table
A bountiful table welcomed walkers at the end of the route.
Where this comes from
- Wiktionary, Adjective sense 1: abundant opens in a new tab · retrieved 2026-07-26
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