big-hearted [big-hahr-tid]
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big-hearted [big-hahr-tid]
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: very kind
Synonyms: altruistic, benevolent, compassionate, generous, giving, gracious, noble
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: free
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: generous, unsparing
Synonyms: big, big-hearted, bounteous, bountiful, charitable, eager, handsome, hospitable, lavish, liberal, munificent, open-handed, prodigal, unstinging, willing
Antonyms: mean, niggardly, tight-fisted
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: munificent
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: giving, generous
Synonyms: beneficent, benevolent, big, big-hearted, bounteous, bountiful, charitable, free, handsome, kind, lavish, liberal, loose, magnanimous, openhanded, philanthropic, rich, unsparing, unstinting
Antonyms: careful, greedy, mean, selfish, stingy
Main Entry: openhanded
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: generous
Synonyms: altruistic, benevolent, big, big-hearted, bountiful, charitable, considerate, giving, helpful, hospitable, kind, kindhearted, kindly, liberal, magnanimous, philanthropic, thoughtful, unselfish
Main Entry: philanthropic
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: charitable, giving
Synonyms: altruistic, beneficent, benevolent, benignant, big-hearted, bountiful, contributing, donating, eleemosynary, generous, good, gracious, helpful, humane, humanitarian, kind, kindhearted, liberal, magnanimous, munificent, openhanded, patriotic, public- spirited
Antonyms: misanthropic, miserly, stingy, uncharitable
Main Entry: softhearted
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: tender
Synonyms: all heart, benevolent, big-hearted, bleeding-heart, caring, charitable, compassionate, considerate, emotional, forgiving, generous, gentle, kind, lenient, merciful, moving, sensitive, sentimental, soft, sympathetic, tenderhearted, warm, warmhearted
Main Entry: beneficent
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
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