profuse, lavish, prodigal, luxuriant, lush, exuberant mean giving or given out in great abundance. profuse implies pouring forth without restraint.
profuse apologies lavish suggests an unstinted or unmeasured profusion.
a lavish party prodigal implies reckless or wasteful lavishness threatening to lead to early exhaustion of resources.
prodigal spending luxuriant suggests a rich and splendid abundance.
a luxuriant beard lush suggests rich, soft luxuriance.
a lush green lawn exuberant implies marked vitality or vigor in what produces abundantly.
an exuberant imagination
Examples of luxuriant in a Sentence
an older man who still has a luxuriant head of hair
a luxuriant coat of fur
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