Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beneficial |
| Synonyms: | altruistic, benevolent, benign, big-hearted, charitable, compassionate, generous, helpful, humanitarian, kind, philanthropic |
| Antonyms: | cold-hearted, maleficent, malicious, misanthropic, uncharitable |
| Main Entry: | benevolent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | charitable, kind |
| Synonyms: | all heart, altruistic, beneficent, benign, big, big-hearted, bounteous, bountiful, caring, chivalrous, compassionate, considerate, generous, helpful, humane, humanitarian, kindhearted, liberal, magnanimous, philanthropic, tenderhearted, warmhearted, well-disposed |
| Antonyms: | greedy, malevolent, mean, selfish, spiteful, unkind |
| Main Entry: | benign |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | kindly |
| Synonyms: | amiable, beneficent, benevolent, benignant, complaisant, congenial, favorable, friendly, generous, genial, gentle, good, goodhearted, gracious, kind, liberal, merciful, mild, obliging, sympathetic |
| Notes: | benign refers to a trait or characteristic; benignant to a tendency or disposition |
| Antonyms: | hateful, hostile, hurtful, injurious, malignant, unkind |
| Main Entry: | benign |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | advantageous |
| Synonyms: | auspicious, beneficent, benevolent, bright, charitable, dexter, encouraging, favorable, fortunate, good, lucky, merciful, propitious, salutary, smiling |
| Notes: | benign refers to a trait or characteristic; benignant to a tendency or disposition |
| Antonyms: | disadvantageous, harmful, hurtful |
| Main Entry: | charitable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | giving, generous |
| Synonyms: | accommodating, all heart, altruistic, beneficent, benevolent, benign, big*, bighearted, bountiful, eleemosynary, good, helpful, humane, humanitarian, kind, kindly, lavish, liberal, obliging, philanthropic, sympathetic |
| Antonyms: | inhumane, malevolent, mean, uncharitable, unkind, unsympathetic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | generous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | giving, big-hearted |
| Synonyms: | acceptable, altruistic, beneficent, benevolent, big, bounteous, bountiful, charitable, considerate, easy, equitable, excellent, fair, free, good, greathearted, helpful, high-minded, honest, honorable, hospitable, just, kind, kindhearted, kindly, lavish, liberal, lofty, loose, magnanimous, moderate, munificent, noble, open-handed, philanthropic, prodigal, profuse, reasonable, soft-touch, thoughtful, tolerant, ungrudging, unselfish, unsparing, unstinting, willing |
| Antonyms: | greedy, mean, miserly, selfish, stingy |
| Main Entry: | good |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | kind, giving |
| Synonyms: | altruistic, approving, beneficent, benevolent, charitable, considerate, friendly, gracious, humane, humanitarian, kindhearted, merciful, obliging, philanthropic, tolerant, well-disposed |
| Notes: | using good as an adverb in place of well ("she dances real good," "he did good") is nonstandard usage - so, it would be best to say "she dances very well," "he did well" well is an adverb to describe an activity; good is an adjective to describe a condition or state |
| Antonyms: | bad, mean, vicious |
| Main Entry: | gracious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | kind, giving |
| Synonyms: | accommodating, affable, amiable, amicable, approachable, beneficent, benevolent, benign, benignant, big-hearted, bland, bonhomous, charitable, chivalrous, civil, compassionate, complaisant, congenial, considerate, cordial, courteous, courtly, easy, forthcoming, friendly, gallant, genial, good-hearted, good-natured, hospitable, indulgent, lenient, loving, merciful, mild, obliging, pleasing, polite, sociable, stately, suave, tender, unctuous, urbane, well-mannered |
| Notes: | graceful means characterized by beauty of movement, style, or form; gracious means characterized by charm, good taste, kindness, and generosity of spirit |
| Antonyms: | discourteous, hateful, mean, nasty, rude, sarcastic, severe, ungiving, ungracious, unkind, vulgar |
| Main Entry: | humanitarian |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | giving, compassionate |
| Synonyms: | altruistic, beneficent, benevolent, charitable, eleemosynary, generous, good, humane, idealistic, kindly, philanthropic, public-spirited |
| Antonyms: | egoistic, egotistic, inhumanitarian, uncompassionate, ungiving |
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