Synonyms for generous
ˈdʒɛn ər əsgen·er·ous

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 6 votes

1. generous

   Generous (Latin genus, a race) primarily signifies having the qualities worthy of noble or honorable birth; hence, free and abundant in giving, giving freely, heartily, and self-sacrificingly. As regards giving, generous refers rather to the self-sacrificing heartiness of the giver, liberal to the amount of the gift; a child may show himself generous in the gift of an apple, a millionaire makes a liberal donation; a generous gift, however, is commonly thought of as both ample and hearty. A munificent gift is vast in amount, whatever the motive of its bestowal. 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. One is magnanimous by a greatness of soul (Latin magnus, great, and animus, soul) that rises above all that is poor, mean, or weak, especially above every petty or ignoble motive or feeling pertaining to one's self, and thus above resentment of injury or insult; one is generous by a kindness of heart that would rejoice in the welfare rather than in the punishment of the offender.

   Synonyms:
   bountiful, chivalrous, disinterested, free, free-handed, free-hearted, liberal, magnanimous, munificent, noble, open-handed, open-hearted

   Antonyms:
   avaricious, close, covetous, greedy, ignoble, illiberal, mean, miserly, niggardly, parsimonious, penurious, petty, rapacious, stingy

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.1 / 8 votes

1. generous

   Synonyms:
   noble, chivalrous, liberal, disinterested, bountiful, magnanimous, open-hearted, munificent, honorable

   Antonyms:
   mean, ignoble, illiberal, selfish, churlish

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. generousadjective

   willing to give and share unstintingly

   "a generous donation"

   Antonyms:
   niggardly, meager, cheap, meagerly, scrimpy, cheeseparing, near, hardfisted, tightfisted, skinny, stingy, close, scrimy, chinchy, tight, grudging, closefisted, mingy, ungenerous, penurious, penny-pinching, meagre, beggarly, parsimonious, mean, meanspirited, miserly, chintzy

2. generousadjective

   not petty in character and mind

   "unusually generous in his judgment of people"

   Antonyms:
   ungenerous, hardfisted, chintzy, stingy, mingy, near, chinchy, tight, meanspirited, meagre, penny-pinching, cheeseparing, cheap, tightfisted, scrimpy, parsimonious, closefisted, grudging, beggarly, close, meager, mean, niggardly, penurious, miserly, skinny, scrimy, meagerly

3. generousadjective

   more than adequate

   "a generous portion"

   Antonyms:
   mingy, mean, cheeseparing, stingy, tight, close, meager, ungenerous, penny-pinching, chinchy, meanspirited, scrimpy, closefisted, chintzy, cheap, hardfisted, skinny, parsimonious, near, miserly, tightfisted, scrimy, beggarly, penurious, niggardly, meagerly, grudging, meagre

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1. contributive

   generally unusually inclined to contribute money, time, or other forms of support.

   mrs. smith is dependably contributive.

   Submitted by rinat on June 5, 2017  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. generousadjective

   Synonyms:
   noble, magnanimous, honorable, high-minded

2. generousadjective

   Synonyms:
   liberal, bountiful, beneficent, munificent, charitable, open-handed, free-hearted

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. generousadjective

   Synonyms:
   magnanimous, noble, highminded, ingenuous, munificent, bountiful, open-handed, liberal, lavish, charitable, unstinted, abundant, plentiful, overflowing

   Antonyms:
   illiberal, ungenerous, stingy, scant, miserly, penurious

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "generous":

   généreux, generously, bountiful, generosity, unstinting, unselfish, magnanimous, selfless

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1. Matthew Stover:

   The dark is generous and it is patient and it always wins – but in the heart of its strength lies its weakness: one lone candle is enough to hold it back. Love is more than a candle. Love can ignite the stars.”

2. Imad Alarnab:

   Syrians... are some of the most generous people ever, i visited most of the villages all over Syria and once I visited North Aleppo and we were asking( for) directions and instead of telling us where to go they asked us to come inside, eat their food and then one of them led us the way -- without even knowing who we were.

3. Lao-tzu, The Way of Lao-tzu:

   I have three treasures. Guard and keep them:The first is deep love,The second is frugality,And the third is not to dare to be ahead of the world.Because of deep love, one is courageous.Because of frugality, one is generous.Because of not daring to be ahead of the world, one becomes the leader of the world.

4. Junius:

   How much easier is it to be generous than just.

5. Eric Swalwell:

   I've come back here to Dublin, backed by my neighbors who have always been in my corner to declare my candidacy for President of the United States of America, only in a country as generous as ours could a moment like this even be possible.