bounteousness

Abundance freely shared

Bounteousness is the quality of giving generously or existing in abundance.

The word emphasizes lavish provision—nature's bounteousness in a fruitful harvest, a host's bounteousness at a feast.

It carries a slightly formal or literary tone, often appearing in contexts of gratitude or praise: We give thanks for the bounteousness of the land.

abundance

plentiful

Existing in abundance

  • copiousExisting in abundance
  • ampleFully sufficient, even excessive
  • profuseExtremely abundant, overflowing

overflowing · teeming · cornucopia · plenitude · fullness · richness · luxuriance · plenteous · exuberance · surfeit

prosperity

wealth

Abundance of valuable resources

fortune · thriving · plenty · well-being · blessings · good fortune · providential · flourishing · golden age · blessed

generosity

munificence

Lavish, princely generosity

magnanimity · openhandedness · beneficence · giving · charity · philanthropy · graciousness · generousness · unstinting · lavishing

fertility

fruitfulness

Capacity for abundant production

ripening · harvesting · yield · productiveness · verdancy · lushness · blooming · germination · cultivation · propagation

Opposites
generosity/giving

bounteousnessstinginess

Excessive reluctance to spend

miserliness · niggardliness · parsimony · tightfistedness · greed

abundance/quantity

bounteousnessscarcity

Insufficiency of something needed

meagerness · paucity · scantiness · dearth · insufficiency

benevolence/disposition

bounteousnessmalice

Intent to cause harm

egoism · selfishness · self-centeredness · malevolence · unkindness

Family

bonus, bounty, abundant, abundance, abound, bountiful, bonny, bonanza, bonbon

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G