Antonyms for generous
ˈdʒɛn ər əsgen·er·ous

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1. generous

   Generous (Latin genus, a race) primarily signifies having the qualities worthy of noble or honorable birth; hence, free and abundant in giving, giving freely, heartily, and self-sacrificingly. As regards giving, generous refers rather to the self-sacrificing heartiness of the giver, liberal to the amount of the gift; a child may show himself generous in the gift of an apple, a millionaire makes a liberal donation; a generous gift, however, is commonly thought of as both ample and hearty. A munificent gift is vast in amount, whatever the motive of its bestowal. One may be free with another's money; he can be generous only with his own. Disinterested suggests rather the thought of one's own self-denial; generous, of one's hearty interest in another's welfare or happiness. One is magnanimous by a greatness of soul (Latin magnus, great, and animus, soul) that rises above all that is poor, mean, or weak, especially above every petty or ignoble motive or feeling pertaining to one's self, and thus above resentment of injury or insult; one is generous by a kindness of heart that would rejoice in the welfare rather than in the punishment of the offender.

   Antonyms:
   avaricious, close, covetous, greedy, ignoble, illiberal, mean, miserly, niggardly, parsimonious, penurious, petty, rapacious, stingy

   Synonyms:
   bountiful, chivalrous, disinterested, free, free-handed, free-hearted, liberal, magnanimous, munificent, noble, open-handed, open-hearted

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.1 / 8 votes

1. generous

   Antonyms:
   mean, ignoble, illiberal, selfish, churlish

   Synonyms:
   noble, chivalrous, liberal, disinterested, bountiful, magnanimous, open-hearted, munificent, honorable

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. generousadjective

   willing to give and share unstintingly

   "a generous donation"

   Antonyms:
   niggardly, meager, cheap, meagerly, scrimpy, cheeseparing, near, hardfisted, tightfisted, skinny, stingy, close, scrimy, chinchy, tight, grudging, closefisted, mingy, ungenerous, penurious, penny-pinching, meagre, beggarly, parsimonious, mean, meanspirited, miserly, chintzy

2. generousadjective

   not petty in character and mind

   "unusually generous in his judgment of people"

   Antonyms:
   ungenerous, hardfisted, chintzy, stingy, mingy, near, chinchy, tight, meanspirited, meagre, penny-pinching, cheeseparing, cheap, tightfisted, scrimpy, parsimonious, closefisted, grudging, beggarly, close, meager, mean, niggardly, penurious, miserly, skinny, scrimy, meagerly

3. generousadjective

   more than adequate

   "a generous portion"

   Antonyms:
   mingy, mean, cheeseparing, stingy, tight, close, meager, ungenerous, penny-pinching, chinchy, meanspirited, scrimpy, closefisted, chintzy, cheap, hardfisted, skinny, parsimonious, near, miserly, tightfisted, scrimy, beggarly, penurious, niggardly, meagerly, grudging, meagre

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1. generousadjective

   Antonyms:
   illiberal, ungenerous, stingy, scant, miserly, penurious

   Synonyms:
   magnanimous, noble, highminded, ingenuous, munificent, bountiful, open-handed, liberal, lavish, charitable, unstinted, abundant, plentiful, overflowing

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   Submitted by anonymous on February 23, 2021  

How to use generous in a sentence?

1. Ron Lieber:

   That way it ratchets up, so the more generous they're willing to be with their own funds, they will have exponentially more impact.

2. Author Unknown:

   It is usually best to be generous with praise, but cautious with criticism.

3. United States:

   I have the amazing blessing of being the foreign minister for the most generous nation in the history of civilization.

4. Lao-tzu, The Way of Lao-tzu:

   I have three treasures. Guard and keep them:The first is deep love,The second is frugality,And the third is not to dare to be ahead of the world.Because of deep love, one is courageous.Because of frugality, one is generous.Because of not daring to be ahead of the world, one becomes the leader of the world.

5. William Ewart Gladstone:

   Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to hunt for happiness.

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