Synonyms for generosity
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Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Kindness — the trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time
kindness, liberality, beneficence, charity, benevolence, munificence, magnanimity, largesse, altruism, bounty, high-mindedness, bounteousness, bountifulness, philanthropy
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Definitions
- n. 1
The trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time.
- n. 2
A desire to give or share without expecting payment; charity; an eager willingness to demonstrate openness and empathy or to provide a charitable outlook on something; a desire to share either emotionally or in resources, time, etc.
Forms
- Plural
- generosities → kindnesses, liberalities, beneficences, charities…
Example sentences
- charity The street had a charity run for cancer awareness.
- kindness Kyoko had the kindness to carry my baggage for me.
- humanism The poet always takes account of humanism before everything.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| generosity | rising | |
| charity | rising | |
| kindness | rising | |
| beneficence | rising | |
| liberality | falling | |
| humanism | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- bounty2
- 7 letters
- charity3
- 8 letters
- kindness2, nobility4, humanism4, altruism4, largesse2
- 9 letters
- greatness2, nobleness
- 10 letters
- liberality5
- 11 letters
- benevolence4, magnanimity, beneficence4, munificence
- 12 letters
- philanthropy4, generousness
- 13 letters
- unselfishness, bounteousness, bountifulness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (bounty2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- générosité
- Italiano
- generosità
- Español
- generosidad
- Deutsch
- Großzügigkeit