Synonyms:1. See plentiful. 2. generous, free, abounding, lavish, plenteous, overflowing.
Ample, liberal, copious, profuse describe degrees of abundant provision.
Ample implies a plentiful provision:
to give ample praise. Liberal implies provision from a generous supply (more than
ample but less than
copious):
Liberal amounts of food were distributed to the needy. Copious implies an apparently inexhaustible and lavish abundance:
a copious flow of tears. Profuse implies a still more unrestrained abundance of provision or flow:
profuse in his apologies. 3. extensive, vast, great, capacious.
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