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generous

adj. more than adequate; "a generous portion"

generous

adj. willing to give and share unstintingly; "a generous donation"

generous

adj. not petty in character and mind; "unusually generous in his judgment of people"

abundant

adj. present in great quantity; "an abundant supply of water"

extreme, Olympian, great, exceptional, prodigious, exceeding, surpassing

adj. far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree; "a night of exceeding darkness"; "an exceptional memory"; "olympian efforts to save the city from bankruptcy"; "the young Mozart's prodigious talents"

giving, liberal, big, handsome, bountiful, bounteous, openhanded, free-handed, big-hearted

adj. given or giving freely; "was a big tipper"; "the bounteous goodness of God"; "bountiful compliments"; "a freehanded host"; "a handsome allowance"; "Saturday's child is loving and giving"; "a liberal backer of the arts"; "a munificent gift"; "her fond and openhanded grandfather"

plush, lush, lavish, lucullan, plushy

adj. characterized by extravagance and profusion; "a lavish buffet"; "a lucullan feast"

galore, abounding

adj. existing in abundance; "abounding confidence"; "whiskey galore"

replete, full

adj. filled to satisfaction with food or drink; "a full stomach"

outermost, outmost

adj. situated at the farthest possible point from a center

copious, extensive

adj. large in number or quantity (especially of discourse); "she took copious notes"; "a subject of voluminous legislation"

plentiful

adj. existing in great number or quantity; "rhinoceroses were once plentiful here"

altruistic, selfless

adj. showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others

beneficent, benevolent, eleemosynary, philanthropic

adj. generous in assistance to the poor; "a benevolent contributor"; "eleemosynary relief"; "philanthropic contributions"

considerate

adj. showing concern for the rights and feelings of others; "friends considerate enough to leave us alone"

big, large, magnanimous

adj. generous and understanding and tolerant; "a heart big enough to hold no grudges"; "that's very big of you to be so forgiving"; "a large and generous spirit"; "a large heart"; "magnanimous toward his enemies"

free

adj. able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint; "free enterprise"; "a free port"; "a free country"; "I have an hour free"; "free will"; "free of racism"; "feel free to stay as long as you wish"; "a free choice"

abundant

adj. present in great quantity; "an abundant supply of water"

ample, copious, plenteous, plentiful, rich

adj. affording an abundant supply; "had ample food for the party"; "copious provisions"; "food is plentiful"; "a plenteous grape harvest"; "a rich supply"

plentiful, bountiful

adj. producing in abundance; "the bountiful earth"; "a plentiful year"; "fruitful soil"

good, benevolent

adj. showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity; "was charitable in his opinions of others"; "kindly criticism"; "a kindly act"; "sympathetic words"; "a large-hearted mentor"

friendly

adj. characteristic of or befitting a friend; "friendly advice"; "a friendly neighborhood"; "the only friendly person here"; "a friendly host and hostess"

helpful

adj. providing assistance or serving a useful function

neighborly, neighbourly

adj. exhibiting the qualities expected in a friendly neighbor

good, full

adj. having the normally expected amount; "gives full measure"; "gives good measure"; "a good mile from here"

excess, long

adj. having or being more than normal or necessary:"long on brains"; "in long supply"

wide, wide-cut

adj. having ample fabric; "the current taste for wide trousers"; "a full skirt"

charitable

adj. full of love and generosity; "charitable to the poor"; "a charitable trust"

generous

adj. not petty in character and mind; "unusually generous in his judgment of people"

unselfish

adj. disregarding your own advantages and welfare over those of others

generous

adj. willing to give and share unstintingly; "a generous donation"

ungenerous, stingy

adj. unwilling to spend; "she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds"

cheap, chinchy, chintzy

adj. embarrassingly stingy

selfish

adj. concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others; "Selfish men were...trying to make capital for themselves out of the sacred cause of civil rights"- Maria Weston Chapman

grudging, niggardly, scrimy

adj. petty or reluctant in giving or spending; "a niggardly tip"

parsimonious, penurious

adj. excessively unwilling to spend; "parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses"; "lived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence"

ungenerous

adj. lacking in magnanimity; "it seems ungenerous to end this review of a splendid work of scholarship on a critical note"- Times Litt. Sup.; "a meanspirited man unwilling to forgive"

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