| Main Entry: |
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| Part of Speech: |
adjective |
| Definition: |
giving and kind |
| Synonyms: |
Santa Claus, all heart,
altruistic,
beneficent,
benevolent,
big, bighearted,
bountiful,
charitable,
considerate, forgiving,
free,
generous,
great, greathearted,
handsome, has heart in right place, high-minded,
kindly, knightly,
liberal,
lofty,
loose, munificent,
noble, openhanded,
selfless,
soft*, soft-touch, ungrudging,
unselfish, unstinting
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| Notes: |
magnanimous means noble and generous in spirit; munificent means very liberal in giving or bestowing - very generous - lavish |
| Antonyms: |
petty, stingy, suspicious
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* = informal/non-formal usage
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