Synonyms for philanthropic
ˌfɪl ənˈθrɒp ɪkphil·an·thropic

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1. philanthropicadjective

   Synonyms:
   goodhearted, bighearted, philanthropical, humanitarian, altruistic, generous, giving, charitable, benevolent

   Antonyms:
   hateful, misanthropic, nasty, mean

2. philanthropicadjective

   Of or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy; loving or helping mankind; as, a philanthropic enterprise.

   Synonyms:
   benevolent, generous, charitable, altruistic, humanitarian, bighearted, giving, philanthropical, goodhearted

   Antonyms:
   hateful, mean, nasty, misanthropic

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1. philanthropic

   Synonyms:
   humane, large-hearted, public-spirited, charitable, kind

   Antonyms:
   selfish, cynical, egotistical, morose, misanthropic

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1. beneficent, benevolent, eleemosynary, philanthropicadjective

   generous in assistance to the poor

   "a benevolent contributor"; "eleemosynary relief"; "philanthropic contributions"

   Synonyms:
   large-hearted, kindly, sympathetic, benevolent, charitable, good-hearted, eleemosynary, freehearted, openhearted, beneficent

   Antonyms:
   uncharitable

2. philanthropicadjective

   of or relating to or characterized by philanthropy

   "a philanthropic society"

   Synonyms:
   beneficent, eleemosynary, benevolent

   Antonyms:
   uncharitable

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1. philanthropicnoun

   Synonyms:
   benevolent, kind, benignant, gracious, humane

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1. List of paraphrases for "philanthropic":

   charitable, philanthropy, charity, charities

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1. Bradley Beychok:

   I think in some cases they treat this as a philanthropic piece, they feel very strongly that Donald Trump shouldn't be president and in 150-some odd days, that has to change, and so that requires an investment now.

2. Susan Wilson:

   We are pleased to make philanthropic donations to support this important work.

3. Gayle Stever:

   Those kinds of role models encourage people to be philanthropic and to care about others, i think this serves a huge cultural purpose … all of these people have accumulated a huge amount of positive social capital that inspires their fans to support the good works that these admired celebrities support. We need that.

4. New York Blood Center:

   NYBC's support of the chimpanzees was entirely voluntary, offered on a philanthropic basis to permit discussions regarding Liberia's need to fulfill their responsibilities until the Government of Liberia could take over, the Government of Liberia and animal rights organizations knew all along that our support was voluntary and could not continue.

5. Stella Binkenvich -LRB- center -RRB-:

   To me, that's a real charge to make this all mean something, and it's also a story that fuels a lot of … my philanthropic commitments, my political involvement, my drive to stand up for other communities.