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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. very generous;
- Example: "distributed gifts with a lavish hand"
- Example: "the critics were lavish in their praise"
- Example: "a munificent gift"
- Example: "his father gave him a half-dollar and his mother a quarter and he thought them munificent"
- Example: "prodigal praise"
- Example: "unsparing generosity"
- Example: "his unstinted devotion"
- Example: "called for unstinting aid to Britain"
[syn: lavish, munificent, overgenerous, too-generous, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Munificent \Mu*nif"i*cent\, a. [L. munificus; munus service, gift + -ficare (in comp.) to make. Cf. Immunity, -fy.] Very liberal in giving or bestowing; lavish; as, a munificent benefactor. -- Mu*nif"i*cent*ly, adv. Syn: Bounteous; bountiful; liberal; generous. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

munificent adj 1: very generous; "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"; "unsparing generosity"; "his unstinted devotion"; "called for unstinting aid to Britain" [syn: lavish, munificent, overgenerous, too-generous, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

28 Moby Thesaurus words for "munificent": bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, free, freehanded, freehearted, generous, giving, gracious, greathearted, handsome, hospitable, large, largehearted, lavish, liberal, magnanimous, open, openhanded, openhearted, princely, profuse, stintless, ungrudging, unselfish, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting