munificent

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

munificent
    adj 1: 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" [syn:
           {lavish}, {munificent}, {overgenerous}, {too-generous},
           {unsparing}, {unstinted}, {unstinting}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Munificent \Mu*nif"i*cent\, a. [L. munificus; munus service,
   gift + -ficare (in comp.) to make. Cf. {Immunity}, {-fy}.]
   Very liberal in giving or bestowing; lavish; as, a munificent
   benefactor. -- {Mu*nif"i*cent*ly}, adv.

   Syn: Bounteous; bountiful; liberal; generous.
        [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

28 Moby Thesaurus words for "munificent":
      bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, free, freehanded, freehearted,
      generous, giving, gracious, greathearted, handsome, hospitable,
      large, largehearted, lavish, liberal, magnanimous, open,
      openhanded, openhearted, princely, profuse, stintless, ungrudging,
      unselfish, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting

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