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| Main Entry: | |
| 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 |
| 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: | large-hearted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | generous |
| Synonyms: | acceptable, altruistic, beneficent, benevolent, big*, big-hearted, bounteous, bountiful, charitable, considerate, easy, equitable, excellent, fair, free, good, great-hearted, 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unstinting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | generous |
| Synonyms: | altruistic, beneficent, benevolent, big*, bounteous, bountiful, charitable, considerate, easy, equitable, excellent, fair, free, freehanded, good, greathearted, handsome, helpful, high-minded, honest, honorable, hospitable, just, kind, kindhearted, kindly, lavish, liberal, lofty, loose*, magnanimous, moderate, munificent, noble, open-handed, openhanded, philanthropic, prodigal, profuse, reasonable, soft-touch, thoughtful, tolerant, ungrudging, unselfish, unsparing, willing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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