Magnanimous

  • 91great — I (Major) adjective able, absolute, adroit, august, big, bulky, capacious, celebrated, chief, clever, colossal, commanding, compelling, complete, consequential, crackerjack, critical, dandy, dignified, distinguished, elevated, eminent, enormous,… …

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  • 92philanthropic — I adjective accommodating, almsgiving, altruistic, beneficent, benevolent, benign, benignant, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, brotherly, charitable, civic minded, considerate, devoted to others, eleemosynary, free, freehanded, generous, giving …

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  • 93generous — [16] Generous comes via Old French genereux from Latin generōsus, which originally meant ‘of noble birth’ (a sense which survived in English into the late 17th century – Richard Knolles, for instance, in his General history of the Turks 1603,… …

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  • 94generosity — n. 1) to demonstrate, display, show generosity 2) great, lavish, magnanimous, unstinting generosity 3) (misc.) to abuse smb. s generosity * * * [ˌdʒenə rɒsɪtɪ] display lavish magnanimous show generosity unstinting generosity …

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  • 95big — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. large, bulky, huge; mountainous, enormous; massive, impressive; important, weighty. See greatness, size. Ant., small. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Of Great size] Syn. large, huge, great; see high 1 ,… …

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  • 96handsome — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. attractive, comely, good looking, personable; fine; generous, ample; striking. See beauty, liberality.Ant., ugly. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Beautiful or elegant] Syn. fine, attractive, good looking …

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  • 97humane — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. kind, merciful, tender, sympathetic; civilized. See benevolence, pity. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Kindly] Syn. benevolent, sympathetic, understanding, pitying, compassionate, kindhearted, human,… …

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  • 98philanthropic — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. charitable, humanitarian, altruistic, benevolent, public spirited, liberal, bountiful, magnanimous, generous, munificent, beneficent, helpful, humane, kindly, kindhearted, unselfish, giving, civic minded, openhanded,… …

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  • 99big-hearted — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. kind, generous, giving, benevolent, noble, compassionate, gracious, forgiving, altruistic, magnanimous, sweet. ANT.: cold hearted, mean, malevolent, selfish II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Willing to give of… …

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  • 100magnanimity — mag·na·nim·i·ty || ‚mægnÉ™ nɪmÉ™tɪ n. quality of being magnanimous, nobility of feeling, quality of being unselfishly forgiving; magnanimous act, generous and unselfish act …

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