Thesaurus:generous

Thesaurus:generous

THESAURUS

generous

English

Synonyms

• charitable

• fouthy (UK, dialect)

• free

• frolic (obsolete)

• generous

• giving

• goodwilly (obsolete)

• handsome

• jannock (UK, dialect)

• liberal

• munificent

• open-handed

Antonyms

• stingy    [WS]

Various

• beneficent

• beneficient

• magnanimous

• philanthropic

• unselfish

See also

• Thesaurus:prodigal
• Thesaurus:spendthrift

Further reading

• “816. liberality” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “generous” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.