Synonyms for generous
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Magnanimous — willing to give and share unsparingly; showing a readiness to give more (especially money) than is expected…
magnanimous, munificent, large, bounteous, bountiful, unselfish, giving, ample, kindly, big informal, charitable, lavish, abundant, open-handed, handsome, great, gurt UK, plentiful, free, liberal, kind, beneficent, hospitable
Other
big-hearted, free-hearted, ungrudging, allocentric, unmean rare
Definitions
- adj. 1
Willing to give and share unsparingly; showing a readiness to give more (especially money) than is expected or needed.
She's been extremely generous with her winnings.
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- Word family
- generously generousness generosity
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One may be free with another's money; he can be generous only with his own. Disinterested suggests rather the thought of one's own self-denial; generous, of one's hearty interest in another's welfare or happiness.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- bountiful Farmers harvested a bountiful oat crop this season.
- magnanimous Let's be magnanimous toward our rivals.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| generous | steady | |
| bountiful | rising | |
| magnanimous | rising | |
| bounteous | steady | |
| munificent | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- big1
- 4 letters
- free1, kind1, gurt
- 5 letters
- great1, large1, ample2
- 6 letters
- giving2, kindly2, lavish2, unmean
- 7 letters
- liberal3
- 8 letters
- handsome2, abundant3
- 9 letters
- plentiful3, bountiful3, unselfish, bounteous
- 10 letters
- charitable4, hospitable4, beneficent4, munificent, ungrudging
- 11 letters
- magnanimous4, allocentric
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ample2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- généreux
- Italiano
- generoso
- Deutsch
- freigiebig
- Català
- generós