Synonyms for magnanimous
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Generous
generous, unselfish, noble, high-minded, beneficent, chivalrous, heroic, great, gurt UK, magnificent, big, charitable, handsome, lofty, liberal, exalted, large, elevated, gallant, noble-minded, bountiful, idealistic, sublime
Definitions
- adj. 1
Noble and generous in spirit.
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One is magnanimous by a greatness of soul (L.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- noble The country was governed by a French noble family.
- generous You're one of the most generous people I ever met.
- unselfish These unselfish trees share nutrients through a vast network of roots.
By length
- 3 letters
- big1
- 4 letters
- gurt
- 5 letters
- great1, large1, noble2, lofty2
- 6 letters
- heroic3
- 7 letters
- liberal3, sublime2, gallant2, exalted3
- 8 letters
- generous3, handsome2, elevated4
- 9 letters
- bountiful3, unselfish
- 10 letters
- charitable4, idealistic5, chivalrous, beneficent4
- 11 letters
- magnificent4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (noble2 = 2 syllables).