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bounty

bounty

12 9.5
Kindness in giving gifts or help freely
  • noun
  • /ˈbaʊnti/
  • Literature
translation icon : generosidad
  • The villagers celebrated the bounty of the harvest with a big festival and shared their produce.

Examples

  • Thank you Lord for these gifts we are about to receive from your bounty.

  • "Father in heaven, I thank you for the beauty of this day and the bounty of this food."

    Fiction book (1991)
  • "Thank you, Lord," Emily said in a quiet voice, "for the bounty we are about to receive."

    Fiction book (2001)
  • I say my prayers and thank God for His bounty.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • Praise the Lord for bringing us this generous bounty.

  • Bless us, O' lord, and these thy gifts which we are about to receive from thy bounty through Christ our lord.

  • Bless us, O Lord, in these thy gifts which we are about to receive from thy bounty through Christ, our Lord.

  • Bless us, O Lord, and these thy gifts, which we are about to receive from thy bounty, through Christ the Lord.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • We thank thee, Lord, for these thy gifts received from thy bounty.

  • I may enjoy the bounty of your table and the pleasures of your company, Mr. Tweed...

    Fiction book (2002)

Synonyms

generosity
vsbounty
128 2.1

Being kind and ready to give money, time, or help to others

is more literary and focused on bestowing gifts
charity
vsbounty
76 1.4

Being kind and forgiving toward other people

is more about ready giving and bestowing material gifts
philanthropy
vsbounty
35 6.3

A wish to help people by giving money or time to good causes

is more personal and literary, focusing on freely bestowing gifts
benevolence
vsbounty
16 6.1

Kind feelings and actions that help other people

focuses more on giving freely as a ready act rather than kind intent
largess
vsbounty
  • Formal
5 7.9

Giving a lot of money or gifts to people

is broader, naming a general readiness to give gifts freely
magnanimity
vsbounty
  • Formal
3 8.5

Showing great kindness and forgiveness to an opponent or someone weaker

is about readiness to give gifts rather than moral nobility or forgiveness
beneficence
vsbounty
  • Formal
2 8.4

Kind acts that help other people

centres on gift bestowal and the readiness to give
unselfishness
vsbounty
2 3.4

Caring about other people and putting their needs before your own

is narrower, highlighting a literary willingness to give gifts freely
munificence
vsbounty
  • Formal
1 9.9

A very generous giving of money or gifts

is about general generosity rather than unusually large donations
bountifulness
vsbounty
1 7.3

A large amount of good things, often food or gifts

focuses more narrowly on the willingness to bestow gifts
bounteousness
vsbounty
  • Literature
9.9

Willingness to give freely and a lot to others

is the literary readiness to give gifts freely
generousness
vsbounty
3.4

Willingness to give money, time, or help to other people without asking for anything

has a literary tone highlighting gift bestowal rather than general help
magnanimousness
vsbounty
  • Formal
9.0

Being kind and generous to people with less power

focuses more on the act of freely bestowing gifts than noble motive

Antonyms

50 3.0

Caring only about yourself and not about other people

1 6.8

A habit of not wanting to give or spend money

Compounds

68 5.4

A person who finds and captures people or animals to get a reward

bounty hunter
  • Jargon
4.0

A person who finds and reports security bugs in software to earn money

How Generous

munificence
  • Formal
1 9.9
magnanimity
  • Formal
3 8.5
bounty
  • Literature
12 9.5
liberality
1 7.0
generosity
128 2.1
kindness
297 1.0

Surface Forms

bounty singular
bounties plural

Etymology

Bounty comes from an old word for 'good' (bonus, like English bonus). That idea of being 'good' and giving freely led to the meaning of bounty as generosity or a readiness to give gifts.