bounty

Generous natural abundance

Bounty is generous abundance: the bounty of the harvest, nature's bounty.

It also means a reward offered for capturing someone or something—a fugitive, a predator, an invasive species: There's a bounty on his head.

A bounty hunter pursues people for such rewards.

The word carries a sense of largeness, whether in giving or in payment.

reward

prize

Reward for winning

incentive · payout · bonus · recompense · capture · fugitive · outlaw · manhunt · pursuit · bail

generosity

philanthropy

Generous giving for others

munificence · magnanimity · liberality · beneficence · giving · donation · gift · goodwill · kindness · graciousness

abundance

cornucopia

Abundance symbol, horn-shaped

overflowing · teeming · ample · richness · copiousness · exuberance · luxuriance · lushness · fruitfulness · fecundity

harvest

crop

Cultivated agricultural plants

grain · orchard · vineyard · autumn · glean · cultivation · husbandry · agriculture · fertile · seasonal

nature

wilderness

Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region

  • seaSaltwater body, not ocean
  • oceanMassive saltwater body
  • landEarth's solid surface

earth · natural · treasure · riches · gifts · providence · blessing · God-given · creation · resources

Categories
Opposites
abundance vs. scarcity

bountyscarcity

Insufficiency of something needed

dearth · shortage · lack · paucity · insufficiency

generosity vs. stinginess

bountystinginess

Excessive reluctance to spend

miserliness · meanness · parsimony · tightfistedness · niggardliness

reward vs. penalty

bountypenalty

Punishment for wrongdoing

punishment · fine · sanction · forfeit · forfeiture

Phrases
Family

abound, bountiful, bounteous, bountifulness, bounties, bounty hunter, bountifully, bounteously, bounty hunters

Familiarity
Top 100,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG