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Lavish

  1. verb

    expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns

    “He was showered with praise”

    Similar: shower

  2. adjective

    characterized by extravagance and profusion

    “a lavish buffet”

    Similar: lucullan, lush, plush, plushy

  3. adjective

    very generous

    “distributed gifts with a lavish hand”

    Similar: munificent, overgenerous, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting

Word family

lavishment · lavishness · lavishly · lavished · lavishing

Words that mean the same

Excessive · Generous

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