Antonyms for munificent
myuˈnɪf ə səntmu·nif·i·cent

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1. munificentadjective

   Synonyms:
   liberal

2. munificentadjective

   Very liberal in giving or bestowing; lavish; as a munificent benefactor.

   Synonyms:
   liberal

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1. munificent

   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.

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

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

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1. munificent

   Antonyms:
   niggardly, beggarly

   Synonyms:
   liberal, princely, bounteous, generous

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1. lavish, munificent, overgenerous, too-generous, unsparing, unstinted, unstintingadjective

   very generous

   "distributed gifts with a lavish hand"; "the critics were lavish in their praise"; "a munificent gift"; "his father gave him a half-dollar and his mother a quarter and he thought them munificent"; "prodigal praise"; "unsparing generosity"; "his unstinted devotion"; "called for unstinting aid to Britain"

   Antonyms:
   ungenerous, stingy

   Synonyms:
   lucullan, unstinting, lavish, overgenerous, too-generous, lush, plush, unsparing, unstinted, plushy

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