'Lavish' definitions:
Definition of 'lavish'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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]
adjective
Characterized by extravagance and profusion; "a lavish buffet"; "a lucullan feast" [syn: lavish, lucullan, lush, plush, plushy]
verb
Expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns; "He was showered with praise" [syn: lavish, shower]
Definition of 'Lavish'
From: GCIDE
- Lavish \Lav"ish\ (l[a^]v"[i^]sh), a. [Akin to E. lave to lade out; cf. AS. gelafian to refresh, G. laben.]
- 1. Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal; as, lavish of money; lavish of praise. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Superabundant; excessive; as, lavish spirits. [1913 Webster]
- Let her have needful, but not lavish, means. --Shak.
- Syn: Profuse; prodigal; wasteful; extravagant; exuberant; immoderate. See Profuse. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Lavish'
From: GCIDE
Synonyms of 'lavish'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abounding,
- abundant,
- accord,
- administer,
- affluent,
- afford,
- alive with,
- all-sufficing,
- allot,
- allow,
- ample,
- aplenty,
- award,
- bestow,
- bestow on,
- bighearted,
- blow,
- bottomless,
- bounteous,
- bountiful,
- bristling,
- bursting,
- communicate,
- confer,
- copious,
- crawling,
- crowded,
- crowding,
- deal,
- deal out,
- diffuse,
- dish out,
- dispense,
- dissipate,
- dissipative,
- dole,
- dole out,
- donate,
- easy come,
- easy go,
- effuse,
- effusive,
- epidemic,
- exaggerated,
- excessive,
- exhaustless,
- expend,
- extend,
- extravagant,
- exuberant,
- fat,
- fertile,
- flush,
- fork out,
- free,
- freehanded,
- freehearted,
- full,
- galore,
- gamble away,
- generous,
- gift,
- gift with,
- give,
- give freely,
- give out,
- giving,
- go through,
- gorgeous,
- gracious,
- grant,
- greathearted,
- hand out,
- handsome,
- hang the expense,
- heap,
- help to,
- hospitable,
- immoderate,
- impart,
- impressive,
- improvident,
- in plenty,
- in profusion,
- in quantity,
- incontinent,
- inexhaustible,
- intemperate,
- issue,
- jam-packed,
- jammed,
- large,
- largehearted,
- let have,
- liberal,
- lush,
- luxuriant,
- luxurious,
- magnanimous,
- many,
- maximal,
- mete,
- mete out,
- much,
- munificent,
- numerous,
- offer,
- open,
- open-handed,
- openhanded,
- openhearted,
- opulent,
- overabundant,
- overbounteous,
- overcopious,
- overexuberant,
- overflowing,
- overgenerous,
- overlavish,
- overliberal,
- overluxuriant,
- overmuch,
- overnumerous,
- overplenteous,
- overplentiful,
- overplenty,
- overpopulated,
- overpopulous,
- overprolific,
- packed,
- penny-wise and pound-foolish,
- plenitudinous,
- plenteous,
- plentiful,
- plenty,
- plethoric,
- populous,
- pound-foolish,
- pour,
- present,
- prevailing,
- prevalent,
- princely,
- prodigal,
- productive,
- proffer,
- profligate,
- profuse,
- profusive,
- proliferating,
- prolific,
- pullulating,
- rain,
- rampant,
- render,
- replete,
- rich,
- rife,
- riotous,
- run through,
- running over,
- scatter,
- seize the day,
- serve,
- shell out,
- shower,
- sink,
- slather,
- slip,
- snow,
- sow broadcast,
- spend,
- spendthrift,
- splendid,
- squander,
- stintless,
- studded,
- sumptuous,
- superabundant,
- swarming,
- teeming,
- tender,
- thick,
- thick as hail,
- thick with,
- thick-coming,
- thronged,
- thronging,
- throw away,
- throw money around,
- thrust,
- uncurbed,
- ungrudging,
- unreasonable,
- unrestrained,
- unselfish,
- unsparing,
- unstinted,
- unstinting,
- vouchsafe,
- waste,
- wasteful,
- wealthy,
- well-found,
- well-furnished,
- well-provided,
- well-stocked,
- wholesale,
- yield