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munificent
Meaning: extremely generous in giving money or gifts
munificent in a sentence
How munificent is used in real sentences:
A munificent donor paid for the library's entire renovation.
The prince earned public respect through his munificent support of hospitals and schools.
“A munificent foundation paid the entire cost of a visitor center and endowed its staff, but Mara rejected its glowing exhibit as deceptively effortless.”
— from the passage The Ninth Spring
“Indeed, proceeds from his recent retrospective had funded a munificent grant, large enough to keep three neighborhood studios open for years.”
— from the passage The Late Correction
Synonyms for munificent
Other words for munificent — generous, bountiful and charitable — carry the same meaning.
- generous
- bountiful
- charitable
Antonyms of munificent
Words that mean the opposite of munificent:
- stingy
- miserly
- parsimonious
Where it comes from
From Latin munificus, meaning 'bountiful or generous.'
Memory hook
MUNIFICENT sounds like 'many gifts sent': a munificent person gives plenty.
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