Synonyms for giving
giv·ing

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1. giving, giftnoun

   the act of giving

   Synonyms:
   talent, natural endowment, endowment, gift

   Antonyms:
   stingy, ungenerous

2. givingnoun

   the imparting of news or promises etc.

   "he gave us the news and made a great show of the giving"; "giving his word of honor seemed to come too easily"

   Synonyms:
   gift

   Antonyms:
   stingy, ungenerous

3. givingadjective

   disposing of property by voluntary transfer without receiving value in return

   "the alumni followed a program of annual giving"

   Synonyms:
   gift

   Antonyms:
   stingy, ungenerous

4. big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, handsome, giving, liberal, openhandedadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   plentiful, magnanimous, bountiful, prominent, big, vainglorious, cock-a-hoop, free, braggy, good-looking, with child(p), fine-looking, large-minded, grownup, grown, large(p), enceinte, well-favoured, bounteous, liberal, self-aggrandizing, broad, swelled, handsome, fully grown, braggart(a), bighearted, expectant, freehand, tolerant, heavy(a), great(p), large, bragging(a), bad, freehanded, heavy(p), well-favored, big(a), better-looking, self-aggrandising, boastful, full-grown, openhanded, adult, gravid, big(p), crowing, loose

   Antonyms:
   ungenerous, stingy

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1. • Conveyance
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Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. givingnoun

   Synonyms:
   conferring, bestowal, granting, benefaction

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1. List of paraphrases for "giving":

   give, providing, granting, provide, offering, dar, don, grant, paying, conferring

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1. Gerry Alfonso:

   The sentiment seems to be rather positive in the market with the SDR news apparently giving investors considerable confidence in the long term outlook for the economy.

2. Rivnai Bahir:

   It’s a fight, and the most important aspect is that this fight is not over, when we go to protests on the street, even if it doesn’t fully protect us, it gives us more confidence, or a way of thinking that we are not fully giving ourselves to the cameras.

3. Nick Kyrgios:

   I decided that I needed to play for something bigger than Nick Kyrgios and I decided to start the NK foundation, i tried to really just put everything I do into just giving and helping and just trying to do good every day and that's what drives me to play now.

4. Sound Choices Coalition:

   This is abhorrent to us, many polygamist victims and other Utahn's who recognize that religious polygamy, as practiced in Utah and around the country, is responsible for many serious human rights violations, most who are living in these fundamentalist polygamous groups and families, are treated as property, forced to work without pay, traded as daughters, coerced into having unwanted sex, and into giving birth to numerous children they can not care for.

5. Jules Renard:

   The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving any excuse.