He was profuse in his praise of his teacher.
Source: tatoeba (302509)
Profuse
//pɹəˈfjuːs//
Synonyms for "profuse" (177 found)
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Strong matches (53)
Related words (88)
magnanimousmagnifiedmanymaximalmuchmunificentnumerousopenopenhandedopenheartedopulentoverdoneoverdrawnoveremphasizedoveremphaticoverestimatedoverflowingovergenerousovergreatoverlarge
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overlavishoverliberaloverpraisedoversoldoverstatedoverstressedoverwroughtpackedpenny-wise and pound-foolishplenitudinousplenteousplentypleonasticpopulouspound-foolishprevailingprevalentprincelyprodigalproductiveprofligateprofusiveproliferatingprolificpuffedpuffed uprampantrankredundantreiterativerepetitiverepleterichriferiotousrunning overspendthriftstintlessstretchedstuddedsuperabundantsuperlativeswarmingtautologousteemingthickthick as hailthick withthick-comingthrivingthrongedthrongingtoutedungrudgingunselfishunsparingunstintedunstintingvolublewastefulwealthywell-foundwell-furnishedwell-plannedwell-providedwell-stockedwholesale
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Translations
36 translations across 21 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- богат adj (In great quantity or abundance)
- изобилен adj (In great quantity or abundance)
Catalan
1 entries- profús adj (In great quantity or abundance)
Faroese
1 entries- ógvisligur adj (In great quantity or abundance)
Finnish
1 entries- ylenpalttinen adj (In great quantity or abundance)
Galician
1 entries- profuso adj (In great quantity or abundance)
German
4 entries- enorm adj (In great quantity or abundance)
- freigebig adj (In great quantity or abundance)
- freigiebig adj (In great quantity or abundance)
- reichlich adj (In great quantity or abundance)
Hungarian
1 entries- bőséges adj (In great quantity or abundance)
Irish
1 entries- raidhsiúil adj (In great quantity or abundance)
Latin
1 entries- profūsus adj (In great quantity or abundance)
Macedonian
3 entries- бо́гат adj (In great quantity or abundance)
- изо́билен adj (In great quantity or abundance)
- о́билен adj (In great quantity or abundance)
Māori
1 entries- ranea adj (In great quantity or abundance)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- كور adj (In great quantity or abundance)
Persian
1 entries- فراوان adj (In great quantity or abundance)
Portuguese
1 entries- profuso adj (In great quantity or abundance)
Romanian
2 entries- abundent adj (In great quantity or abundance)
- îmbelșugat adj (In great quantity or abundance)
Russian
1 entries- оби́льный adj (In great quantity or abundance)
Slovak
4 entries- bohatý adj (In great quantity or abundance)
- rozsiahly adj (In great quantity or abundance)
- veľkorysý adj (In great quantity or abundance)
- štedrý adj (In great quantity or abundance)
Spanish
1 entries- profuso adj (In great quantity or abundance)
Swedish
1 entries- överflödande adj (In great quantity or abundance)
Tocharian B
1 entries- īte adj (In great quantity or abundance)
Turkish
3 entries- bol adj (In great quantity or abundance)
- bolca adj (In great quantity or abundance)
- çok adj (In great quantity or abundance)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
She was profuse in praises.
Source: tatoeba (312377)
She grew profuse amounts of zucchini and pumpkins.
Source: wiktionary
profuse hospitality; profuse apologies; profuse expenditure
Source: wiktionary
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