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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | generous |
| Synonyms: | benevolent, charitable, gratuitous, philanthropic |
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| 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 |
| Main Entry: | kind |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | generous, good |
| Synonyms: | affectionate, all heart, altruistic, amiable, amicable, beneficent, benevolent, benign, big, bleeding-heart, bounteous, charitable, clement, compassionate, congenial, considerate, cordial, courteous, eleemosynary, friendly, gentle, good-hearted, gracious, heart in right place, humane, humanitarian, indulgent, kindhearted, kindly, lenient, loving, mild, neighborly, obliging, philanthropic, propitious, soft touch, softhearted, sympathetic, tenderhearted, thoughtful, tolerant, understanding |
| Antonyms: | bad, bitter, cruel, inconsiderate, mean, unfriendly, ungenerous, unkind |
| Main Entry: | liberal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | giving, generous |
| Synonyms: | altruistic, beneficent, benevolent, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, casual, charitable, eleemosynary, exuberant, free, free-and-easy, handsome, kind, lavish, loose, munificent, openhanded, openhearted, philanthropic, princely, prodigal, profuse, soft-touch, unselfish, unsparing, unstinging |
| Antonyms: | economical, greedy, mean, thrifty, ungenerous |
| 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: | philanthropical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | benevolent |
| Synonyms: | all heart, altruistic, beneficent, benign, big*, big-hearted, bounteous, bountiful, caring, charitable, chivalrous, compassionate, considerate, eleemosynary, generous, helpful, humane, humanitarian, kindhearted, liberal, magnanimous, philanthropic, tenderhearted, warmhearted, well-disposed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | humanitarian |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, noun |
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chivalric, cosmopolitan, generous, humane, humanitarian, large-hearted, patriotic, philanthropic, public-spirited, utilitarian
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