Synonyms for beneficent
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Benevolent — given to acts that are kind, charitable, philanthropic or beneficial
benevolent, charitable, generous, philanthropic, magnanimous, altruistic, kind, bountiful, gracious, eleemosynary, benign, humane, benignant dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Given to acts that are kind, charitable, philanthropic or beneficial.
Near-synonyms: benevolent, generous, magnanimous
Example sentences
- generous You're one of the most generous people I ever met.
- charitable Charitable donations aren't always tax-deductible.
- benevolent I think most of them are benevolent but misguided.
- philanthropic Donations to philanthropic programs are tax-exempt.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| beneficent | steady | |
| generous | steady | |
| charitable | steady | |
| benevolent | steady | |
| philanthropic | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- kind1
- 6 letters
- humane2, benign2
- 8 letters
- generous3, gracious2
- 9 letters
- bountiful3, benignant
- 10 letters
- charitable4, benevolent4, altruistic4
- 11 letters
- magnanimous4
- 12 letters
- eleemosynary6
- 13 letters
- philanthropic4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (humane2 = 2 syllables).