Munificent

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Munificent \Mu*nif"i*cent\, a. [L. munificus; munus service,
     gift + -ficare (in comp.) to make. Cf. {Immunity}, {-fy}.]
     Very liberal in giving or bestowing; lavish; as, a munificent
     benefactor. -- {Mu*nif"i*cent*ly}, adv.
  
     Syn: Bounteous; bountiful; liberal; generous.


          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  munificent
       adj : 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}, {overgenerous}, {prodigal}, {too-generous},
              {unsparing}, {unstinted}, {unstinting}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  28 Moby Thesaurus words for "munificent":
     bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, free, freehanded, freehearted,
     generous, giving, gracious, greathearted, handsome, hospitable,
     large, largehearted, lavish, liberal, magnanimous, open,
     openhanded, openhearted, princely, profuse, stintless, ungrudging,
     unselfish, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting