Nouns (2)
giving
n. disposing of property by voluntary transfer without receiving value in return; "the alumni followed a program of annual giving"
gift
n. the act of giving
Verbs (0)
Adverbs (0)
Adjectives (8)
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"
Fuzzynyms (109)
alms, alms-giving
n. making voluntary contributions to aid the poor
provision, providing, supply, supplying
n. the activity of supplying or providing something
initiation, founding, foundation, institution, origination, creation, instauration
n. the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new; "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society"; "he regards the fork as a modern introduction"
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"
charitable
adj. full of love and generosity; "charitable to the poor"; "a charitable trust"
plentiful, bountiful
adj. producing in abundance; "the bountiful earth"; "a plentiful year"; "fruitful soil"
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"
generous
adj. more than adequate; "a generous portion"
abundant
adj. present in great quantity; "an abundant supply of water"
exuberant, excessive, overweening, extravagant
adj. unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings; "extravagant praise"; "exuberant compliments"; "overweening ambition"; "overweening greed"
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"
steep, exorbitant, extortionate, outrageous, unconscionable, usurious
adj. greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; "exorbitant rent"; "extortionate prices"; "spends an outrageous amount on entertainment"; "usurious interest rate"; "unconscionable spending"
expensive
adj. high in price or charging high prices; "expensive clothes"; "an expensive shop"
overpriced
adj. too costly for the value; "overpriced items at resort shops"
incongruous, unreasonable, absurd
adj. inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense; "the absurd predicament of seeming to argue that virtue is highly desirable but intensely unpleasant"- Walter Lippman
hideous, horrid, outrageous
adj. grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror; "subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern of injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining industry"
blind, unreasonable, unreasoning
adj. not based on reason or evidence; "blind hatred"; "blind faith"; "unreasoning panic"
thin, sparse
adj. not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse"
scotch, sparing, economical, frugal, stinting
adj. avoiding waste; "an economical meal"; "an economical shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a sparing father and a spending son"; "sparing in their use of heat and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts"; "thrifty because they remember the great Depression"; "`scotch' is used only informally"
moderate, temperate
adj. not extreme; "a moderate penalty"; "temperate in his response to criticism"
fair, fairish, reasonable
adj. not excessive or extreme; "a fairish income"; "reasonable prices"
outermost, outmost
adj. situated at the farthest possible point from a center
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"
copious, extensive
adj. large in number or quantity (especially of discourse); "she took copious notes"; "a subject of voluminous legislation"
bleached, faded, washed-out, washy
adj. having lost freshness or brilliance of color; "sun-bleached deck chairs"; "faded jeans"; "a very pale washed-out blue"; "washy colors"
pale, pastel, whitish, palish, light-colored, light-coloured
adj. delicate and pale in color; "pastel pink"
lush, exuberant, luxuriant, profuse, riotous, teeming, teeming with
adj. produced or growing in extreme abundance; "their riotous blooming"
plentiful
adj. existing in great number or quantity; "rhinoceroses were once plentiful here"
fertile, prolific
adj. bearing in abundance especially offspring; "flying foxes are extremely prolific"; "a prolific pear tree"
gilded, deluxe, luxurious, princely, opulent, sumptuous
adj. rich and superior in quality; "a princely sum"; "gilded dining rooms"
fat, rich, fertile, productive
adj. marked by great fruitfulness; "fertile farmland"; "a fat land"; "a productive vineyard"; "rich soil"
Synonyms (10)
benevolent, free-hearted
adj. generous in providing aid to others
lavish, unsparing, munificent, overgenerous, unstinted, unstinting, too generous
adj. very generous; "distributed gifts with a lavish hand"; "the critics were lavish in their praise"; "a munificent gift"; "his father gave him a half-dollar and his mother a quarter and he thought them munificent"; "prodigal praise"; "unsparing generosity"; "his unstinted devotion"; "called for unstinting aid to Britain"
unselfish
adj. not greedy
Antonyms (2)
ungenerous, stingy
adj. unwilling to spend; "she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds"
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