Synonyms for charity
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Noun
1. Charitable organization
charitable organization, generosity, philanthropy, beneficence, benevolence, almsgiving, alms, gift, kindness, kindliness, humanity, dole, liberality, pittance, affection, brotherly love, bounty, agape, benefaction, love dated, benignity rare
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- n. 1
An organization, the objective of which is to carry out a charitable purpose.
He donated half his earnings to charity.
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- Plural
- charities → generosities, philanthropies, beneficences, benevolences…
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Charity, which originally meant the purest love for God and man (as in 1 Cor. xiii), is now almost universally applied to some form of almsgiving, and is much more limited in meaning than benevolence. Kindness and tenderness are personal; benevolence and charity are general.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- generosity Two traits of Americans are generosity and energy.
- philanthropy Zoroastrians value education and philanthropy.
- welfare We did everything for the welfare of our children.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| charity | rising | |
| generosity | rising | |
| philanthropy | rising | |
| beneficence | rising | |
| welfare | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- love1, gift1, dole1, alms1
- 5 letters
- agape2
- 6 letters
- bounty2
- 7 letters
- welfare2
- 8 letters
- humanity4, kindness2, pittance2
- 9 letters
- tolerance3, affection3, benignity
- 10 letters
- generosity5, liberality5, almsgiving, kindliness
- 11 letters
- benevolence4, beneficence4, benefaction
- 12 letters
- philanthropy4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (agape2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- charité
- Italiano
- carità
- Español
- caridad
- Deutsch
- Nächstenliebe
- Català
- caritat