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| Main Entry: | |
| 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 |
| Notes: | magnanimous means noble and generous in spirit; munificent means very liberal in giving or bestowing - very generous - lavish |
| Antonyms: | petty, stingy, suspicious |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | appreciative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | understanding, recognizing worth |
| Synonyms: | admiring, affectionate, alive, aware, cognizant, conscious, considerate, cooperative, cordial, enlightened, enthusiastic, favorable, friendly, generous, keen, kindly, knowledgeable, magnanimous, mindful, perceptive, pleased, receptive, regardful, respectful, responsive, satisfied, sensitive, supportive, sympathetic, understanding |
| Antonyms: | ignorant, neglectful |
| 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: | big |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | generous |
| Synonyms: | altruistic, benevolent, bighearted, chivalrous, considerate, free, gracious, greathearted, heroic, liberal, lofty, magnanimous, noble, princely, unselfish |
| Antonyms: | selfish, ungenerous, ungiving |
| Main Entry: | bountiful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abundant |
| Synonyms: | ample, aplenty, bounteous, copious, crawling with, dime a dozen, exuberant, free, galore, generous, handsome, lavish, liberal, luxuriant, magnanimous, munificent, no end of, plenteous, plentiful, plenty, prolific, stink with, unsparing |
| Antonyms: | insufficient, lacking, meagre, sparse, wanting |
| Main Entry: | charitable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | kind, lenient |
| Synonyms: | all heart, benevolent, big*, bighearted, broad-minded, clement, considerate, easy, favorable, forbearing, forgiving, gracious, humane, indulgent, kindly, lenient, magnanimous, merciful, sympathetic, thoughtful, tolerant, understanding |
| Antonyms: | hard, harsh, inhumane, mean, rough, severe, tough |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | chivalrous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | valiant |
| Synonyms: | benevolent, big, bold, brave, considerate, courageous, courteous, courtly, gallant, gentlemanlike, great-hearted, heroic, high-minded, honorable, intrepid, lofty, magnanimous, manly, noble-minded, polite, quixotic, spirited, sublime, true, valorous |
| Antonyms: | afraid, cowardly, fearful, frightened, humble, unchivalrous |
| Main Entry: | considerate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | respectful of others |
| Synonyms: | accommodating, amiable, attentive, benevolent, big, charitable, chivalrous, circumspect, compassionate, complaisant, concerned, cool, discreet, forbearing, generous, kind, kindly, like a sport, magnanimous, mellow, mindful, obliging, patient, polite, solicitous, sympathetic, tactful, tender, thoughtful, unselfish, warmhearted |
| Antonyms: | disrespectful, impatient, inattentive, inconsiderate, mean, scornful, selfish, thoughtless, unfeeling, unmindful |
| Main Entry: | gallant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brave, splendid |
| Synonyms: | attentive, bold, considerate, courageous, courteous, courtly, daring, dashing, dauntless, dignified, doughty, fearless, fire-eating, game*, glorious, gracious, grand, gritty, hairy*, heroic, honorable, intrepid, lionhearted, lofty, magnanimous, noble, plucky, polite, quixotic, stately, stouthearted, suave, thoughtful, urbane, valiant, valorous |
| Antonyms: | afraid, cowardly, fearful, timid, ungentlemanly, unmannerly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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