lavishes

Pours out generously

Lavishes is the third-person singular form of the verb lavish, which means to give or bestow something in generous, extravagant, or excessive amounts.

When someone lavishes attention, praise, money, or gifts on another person, they provide these things abundantly and without restraint.

She lavishes affection on her grandchildren.

The critic lavishes praise on the director's latest film.

The word often carries connotations of indulgence or even excess, suggesting the giver holds nothing back.

praises

extols

Praises enthusiastically

gushes · fawns · dotes · adores · glorifies · eulogizes · acclaims · celebrates · honors · commends

bestows

showers

Light, passing rainfalls

  • heapsLarge informal quantities
  • poursDispenses liquid freely
  • givesTransfers possession freely

grants · bestows · confers · presents · offers · provides · imparts · donates · supplies · gifts

Opposites
generosity of giving

lavishesskimps

Provides insufficiently

stints · withholds · begrudges · denies · rations

resource management

lavisheseconomizes

Uses resources sparingly

saves · hoards · scrimps · conserves · budgets

Phrases
Family

lavish, lavished, lavishing, slavishly, slavishness

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G