Bounteous and Scant

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Bounteous adjective - Being more than enough without being excessive.

Usage example: offered a bounteous reward for finding the lost ring

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Scant is an antonym for bounteous.

Nearby Words: bounty, bountiful, bounteously

Scant adjective - Less plentiful than what is normal, necessary, or desirable.

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Bounteous is an antonym for scant.

Nearby Words: scanty, scanted, scanting

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