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| Main Entry: | |
| 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 |
| Notes: | magnanimous means noble and generous in spirit; munificent means very liberal in giving or bestowing - very generous - lavish |
| Antonyms: | careful, greedy, mean, selfish, stingy |
| 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: | 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 |
Example Sentences
- For the hired help in the classrooms and labs at these and other universities, the coaches' pay is beyond munificent.
- The core idea of applying human intelligence to aid searches has a long and munificent history on the web.
- Rather, they would be munificent givers of foreign aid, vigorous investors abroad and profuse lenders.
| Main Entry: | handsome |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abundant |
| Synonyms: | ample, bounteous, bountiful, considerable, extensive, full, generous, gracious, large, lavish, liberal, magnanimous, munificent, openhanded, plentiful, princely, sizable, unsparing |
| Antonyms: | insignificant, poor, small, stingy, ungiving |
| Main Entry: | lavish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | profuse; splendid |
| Synonyms: | abundant, bountiful, copious, effusive, exaggerated, excessive, extravagant, exuberant, first-class, free, generous, gorgeous, grand, immoderate, impressive, improvident, inordinate, intemperate, liberal, lush, luxuriant, luxurious, munificent, openhanded, opulent, plentiful, plush, posh, prodigal, profligate, profusive, prolific, riotous, ritzy, sumptuous, swanky, thriftless, unreasonable, unrestrained, unsparing, unstinging, wasteful, wild |
| Antonyms: | economical, scanty, scarce, small, spare |
| 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: | liberal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abundant, profuse |
| Synonyms: | ample, aplenty, bounteous, bountiful, copious, dime a dozen, galore, generous, handsome, lavish, munificent, no end, plentiful, plenty, rich |
| Antonyms: | lacking, poor, wanting |
| Main Entry: | magnanimous |
| 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: | 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 |
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