2. (adj)charitable, benevolent, kindly, sympathetic, good-hearted, openhearted, large-hearted showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity Synonyms: kindly, philanthropic, sympathetic, benevolent, beneficent, likeable, good-hearted, harmonic, large-hearted, likable, charitable, freehearted, appealing, openhearted, eleemosynary Antonyms: ungenerous, uncharitable, unkind, stingy
3. (adj)benevolent, freehearted generous in providing aid to others Synonyms: kindly, philanthropic, sympathetic, benevolent, beneficent, good-hearted, large-hearted, charitable, freehearted, openhearted, eleemosynary Antonyms: uncharitable, stingy, unkind, ungenerous
4. (adj)beneficent, benevolent, eleemosynary, philanthropic generous in assistance to the poor Synonyms: large-hearted, kindly, sympathetic, benevolent, charitable, good-hearted, philanthropic, eleemosynary, freehearted, openhearted, beneficent Antonyms: uncharitable, stingy, unkind, ungenerous
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'benevolent'
English Synonyms and Antonyms
1. benevolent Human denotes what pertains to mankind, with no suggestion as to its being good or evil; as, the human race; human qualities; we speak of human achievements, virtues, or excellences, human Synonyms: humane, benevolent, compassionate, human, pitying, benignant, forgiving, kind, sympathetic, charitable, gentle, kind-hearted, tender, clement, gracious, merciful, tender-hearted
Synonyms for benevolent 
