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luxuriant

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of LUXURIANT

covered with a thick, healthy natural growth <an older man who still has a luxuriant head of hair>

Synonyms green, grown, leafy, luxuriant, overgrown, verdant

Related Words fat, fecund, fertile, fruitful, productive, prolific, rich; dense, tangled

Near Antonyms bleak, depleted, impoverished, infertile, poor, stark, unproductive; arid, dead, desert, dry, parched, sere (also sear), waterless

Antonyms barren, leafless

growing thickly and vigorously <a luxuriant coat of fur>

Synonyms lush, luxuriant, prosperous, rampant, weedy

Related Words lavish, profuse; overgrown, overrun, verdant; close, dense, tangled, thick

Near Antonyms dormant; blighted, stunted

Antonyms sparse

producing abundantly <luxuriant soil that yields endless fields of grain>

Synonyms cornucopian, fat, fecund, fructuous, fruitful, lush, luxuriant, productive, prolific, rich

Near Antonyms meager (or meagre), scant, scanty, skimp, skimpy, spare, sparse

Antonyms barren, dead, infertile, sterile, unfertile, unfruitful, unproductive

showing obvious signs of wealth and comfort <the fashion model always wore the most luxuriant outfits>

Synonyms Babylonian, deluxe, lavish, Lucullan (also Lucullian), luxe, luxuriant, luxury, opulent, palace, palatial, plush, plushy, silken, sumptuous

Near Antonyms economical, frugal, meager (or meagre), spare, stingy, thrifty

Antonyms ascetic (also ascetical), austere, humble, no-frills, spartan

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