lavish, munificent, overgenerous, too-generous, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting
(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”
lavish, lucullan, plush, plushy
(adjective) characterized by extravagance and profusion; “a lavish buffet”; “a lucullan feast”
lavish, shower
(verb) expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns; “He was showered with praise”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
lavish (comparative lavisher or more lavish, superlative lavishest or most lavish)
Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal.
Superabundant; excessive
• (expending profusely): profuse, prodigal, wasteful, extravagant, exuberant, immoderate
• See also prodigal
lavish (third-person singular simple present lavishes, present participle lavishing, simple past and past participle lavished)
(transitive) To give out extremely generously; to squander.
(transitive) To give out to (somebody) extremely generously.
• Vishal
Source: Wiktionary
Lav"ish, a. Etym: [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.
2. Superabundant; excessive; as, lavish spirits. Let her have needful, but not lavish, means. Shak.
Syn.
– Profuse; prodigal; wasteful; extravagant; exuberant; immoderate. See Profuse.
Lav"ish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lavished; p. pr. & vb. n. Lavishing.]
Definition: To expend or bestow with profusion; to use with prodigality; to squander; as, to lavish money or praise.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
7 May 2025
(noun) a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents; “he sent a runner over with the contract”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
