Local English word record

lavish

adjective · 3 senses

very generous

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Examples

  • distributed gifts with a lavish hand
  • the critics were lavish in their praise
  • a munificent gift
  • his father gave him a half-dollar and his mother a quarter and he thought them munificent
  • prodigal praise

Word relationships

Synonyms

munificent, overgenerous, too-generous, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting

Source and method

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Princeton WordNet 3.0