'Profuse' definitions:
Definition of 'profuse'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Profuse'
From: GCIDE
- Profuse \Pro*fuse"\, a. [L. profusus, p. p. of profundere to pour forth or out; pro forward, forth + fundere to pour: cf. F. profus. See Fuse to melt.]
- 1. Pouring forth with fullness or exuberance; bountiful; exceedingly liberal; giving without stint; as, a profuse government; profuse hospitality. [1913 Webster]
- A green, shady bank, profuse of flowers. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Superabundant; excessive; prodigal; lavish; as, profuse expenditure. "Profuse ornament." --Kames. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Lavish; exuberant; bountiful; prodigal; extravagant.
- Usage: Profuse, Lavish, Prodigal. Profuse denotes pouring out (as money, etc.) with great fullness or freeness; as, profuse in his expenditures, thanks, promises, etc. Lavish is stronger, implying unnecessary or wasteful excess; as, lavish of his bounties, favors, praises, etc. Prodigal is stronger still, denoting unmeasured or reckless profusion; as, prodigal of one's strength, life, or blood, to secure some object. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Profuse'
From: GCIDE
- Profuse \Pro*fuse"\, v. t. To pour out; to give or spend liberally; to lavish; to squander. [Obs.] --Chapman. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'profuse'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abounding,
- abundant,
- affluent,
- aggrandized,
- alive with,
- all-sufficing,
- ample,
- amplified,
- aplenty,
- ballyhooed,
- bighearted,
- bottomless,
- bounteous,
- bountiful,
- bristling,
- bursting,
- considerable,
- copious,
- crawling,
- crowded,
- crowding,
- diffuse,
- diffusive,
- disproportionate,
- dissipative,
- easy come,
- easy go,
- effuse,
- effusive,
- epidemic,
- exaggerated,
- excessive,
- exhaustless,
- exorbitant,
- extravagant,
- extreme,
- exuberant,
- fat,
- fecund,
- fertile,
- flush,
- formless,
- free,
- freehanded,
- freehearted,
- fruitful,
- full,
- galore,
- generous,
- giving,
- gracious,
- grandiloquent,
- greathearted,
- gushing,
- gushy,
- handsome,
- high-flown,
- hospitable,
- hyperbolic,
- immoderate,
- in plenty,
- in profusion,
- in quantity,
- incontinent,
- inexhaustible,
- inflated,
- inordinate,
- intemperate,
- jam-packed,
- jammed,
- large,
- largehearted,
- lavish,
- liberal,
- lush,
- luxuriant,
- magnanimous,
- magnified,
- many,
- maximal,
- much,
- munificent,
- numerous,
- open,
- openhanded,
- openhearted,
- opulent,
- overdone,
- overdrawn,
- overemphasized,
- overemphatic,
- overestimated,
- overflowing,
- overgenerous,
- overgreat,
- overlarge,
- overlavish,
- overliberal,
- overpraised,
- oversold,
- overstated,
- overstressed,
- overwrought,
- packed,
- penny-wise and pound-foolish,
- plenitudinous,
- plenteous,
- plentiful,
- plenty,
- pleonastic,
- populous,
- pound-foolish,
- prevailing,
- prevalent,
- princely,
- prodigal,
- productive,
- profligate,
- profusive,
- proliferating,
- prolific,
- puffed,
- rampant,
- redundant,
- reiterative,
- repetitive,
- replete,
- rich,
- rife,
- riotous,
- running over,
- spendthrift,
- stintless,
- stretched,
- studded,
- superabundant,
- superlative,
- swarming,
- tautologous,
- teeming,
- thick,
- thick as hail,
- thick with,
- thick-coming,
- thriving,
- thronged,
- thronging,
- touted,
- ungrudging,
- unselfish,
- unsparing,
- unstinted,
- unstinting,
- wasteful,
- wealthy,
- well-found,
- well-furnished,
- well-provided,
- well-stocked,
- wholesale