1. (adj)lavish, munificent, overgenerous, too-generous, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting very generous "distributed gifts with a lavish hand"; "the critics were lavish in their praise"; "a munificent gift"; "his father gave him a half-dollar and his mother a quarter and he thought them munificent"; "prodigal praise"; "unsparing generosity"; "his unstinted devotion"; "called for unstinting aid to Britain"
2. (adj)lavish, lucullan, lush, plush, plushy characterized by extravagance and profusion "a lavish buffet"; "a lucullan feast"
3. (verb)lavish, shower expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns "He was showered with praise"
Definition of 'lavish'
