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Generous

Generous Meaning & Definition
Generous Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Generous?

[adj] more than adequate; "a generous portion"
[adj] willing to give and share unstintingly; "a generous donation"
[adj] not petty in character and mind; "unusually generous in his judgment of people"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Generous: ample | benevolent | big | bighearted | bounteous | bountiful | freehanded | freehearted | giving | handsome | kind | large | lavish | liberal | magnanimous | munificent | openhanded | overgenerous | prodigal | too-generous | ungrudging | unselfish | unsparing | unstinted | unstinting

Related Terms | Find terms related to Generous: abounding | abundant | accommodating | affable | affluent | agreeable | all-sufficing | almsgiving | altruistic | amiable | ample | aplenty | beneficent | benevolent | benign | benignant | big | bighearted | blooming | bottomless | bounteous | bountiful | broad | bursting | bursting out | capacious | charitable | chivalrous | complaisant | compliant | comprehensive | conciliatory | considerate | copious | cordial | countless | creative | decent | diffuse | disinterested | effuse | eleemosynary | elevated | epidemic | exalted | exhaustless | expansive | extensive | extravagant | exuberant | fair | fat | fecund | fertile | flourishing | flush | forbearant | forbearing | forgiving | free | freehanded | freehearted | friendly | fructiferous | fruitful | full | galore | genial | giving | good | gracious | great | great of heart | greathearted | handsome | hearty | helpful | heroic | high | high-minded | honest | hospitable | humane | humanitarian | idealistic | in plenty | in quantity | indulgent | inexhaustible | kind | kindhearted | kindly | knightly | large | largehearted | lavish | lenient | liberal | lofty | longanimous | long-suffering | lush | luxuriant | magnanimous | many | maximal | much | multitudinous | munificent | neighborly | noble | noble-minded | numerous | obliging | open | openhanded | open-handed | openhearted | opulent | overflowing | overindulgent | overpermissive | patient | permissive | philanthropic | placable | plenitudinous | plenteous | plentiful | plenty | pregnant | prevailing | prevalent | princely | prodigal | productive | profuse | profusive | proliferous | prolific | rampant | receptive | replete | rich | rife | riotous | running over | seminal | spacious | sparing | stintless | sublime | superabundant | swarming | teeming | thoughtful | thriving | tolerant | tolerating | uberous | ungrudging | unprejudiced | unresentful | unrevengeful | unselfish | unsparing | unstinted | unstinting | voluminous | warm | warmhearted | wealthy | welcoming | welfare | welfare statist | welfarist | well-found | well-furnished | well-provided | well-stocked | wholesale | wide | willing

See Also | charitable | generous

Generous In Webster's Dictionary

\Gen"er*ous\, a. [F. g['e]n['e]reux, fr. L. generous of noble birth, noble, excellent, magnanimous, fr. genus birth, race: cf. It. generoso. See 2d {Gender}.] 1. Of honorable birth or origin; highborn. [Obs.] The generous and gravest citizens. --Shak. 2. Exhibiting those qualities which are popularly reregarded as belonging to high birth; noble; honorable; magnanimous; spirited; courageous. ``The generous critic.'' --Pope. ``His generous spouse.'' --Pope. ``A generous pack [of hounds].'' --Addison. 3. Open-handed; free to give; not close or niggardly; munificent; as, a generous friend or father. 4. Characterized by generosity; abundant; overflowing; as, a generous table. --Swift. 5. Full of spirit or strength; stimulating; exalting; as, generous wine. Syn: Magnanimous; bountiful. See {Liberal}. -- {Gen"er*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Gen"er*ous*ness}, n.

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