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Benevolent

Having a disposition to do good; possessing or manifesting love to mankind, and a desire to promote their prosperity and happiness; disposed to give to good objects; kind; charitable.

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Charitable 84% connected

Full of love and good will; benevolent; kind.

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Charitable 84% connected

Full of love and good will; benevolent; kind.

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Generous 84% connected

Of honorable birth or origin; highborn.

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Generous 84% connected

Of honorable birth or origin; highborn.

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Kind 84% connected

Characteristic of the species; belonging to one's nature; natural; native.

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Kind 84% connected

Characteristic of the species; belonging to one's nature; natural; native.

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Benefaction 74% connected

The act of conferring a benefit.

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Benefaction 74% connected

The act of conferring a benefit.

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Charitableness 74% connected

The quality of being charitable; the exercise of charity.

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Charitableness 74% connected

The quality of being charitable; the exercise of charity.

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Benefaction 66% connected

The act of conferring a benefit.

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Synonym 7

Beneficent 92% connected

Doing or producing good; performing acts of kindness and charity; characterized by beneficence.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Charitable 92% connected

Full of love and good will; benevolent; kind.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Eleemosynary 92% connected

Relating to charity, alms, or almsgiving; intended for the distribution of charity; as, an eleemosynary corporation.

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Kindly 92% connected

According to the kind or nature; natural.

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Large-hearted 92% connected

Having a large or generous heart or disposition; noble; liberal.

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Philanthropic 92% connected

Alt. of Philanthropical

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Sympathetic 92% connected

Inclined to sympathy; sympathizing.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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