Synonyms for philanthropic
ˌfɪl ənˈθrɒp ɪkphil·an·thropic

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1. philanthropicadjective

   Synonyms:
   goodhearted, bighearted, philanthropical, humanitarian, altruistic, generous, giving, charitable, benevolent

   Antonyms:
   hateful, misanthropic, nasty, mean

2. philanthropicadjective

   Of or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy; loving or helping mankind; as, a philanthropic enterprise.

   Synonyms:
   benevolent, generous, charitable, altruistic, humanitarian, bighearted, giving, philanthropical, goodhearted

   Antonyms:
   hateful, mean, nasty, misanthropic

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1. philanthropic

   Synonyms:
   humane, large-hearted, public-spirited, charitable, kind

   Antonyms:
   selfish, cynical, egotistical, morose, misanthropic

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1. beneficent, benevolent, eleemosynary, philanthropicadjective

   generous in assistance to the poor

   "a benevolent contributor"; "eleemosynary relief"; "philanthropic contributions"

   Synonyms:
   large-hearted, kindly, sympathetic, benevolent, charitable, good-hearted, eleemosynary, freehearted, openhearted, beneficent

   Antonyms:
   uncharitable

2. philanthropicadjective

   of or relating to or characterized by philanthropy

   "a philanthropic society"

   Synonyms:
   beneficent, eleemosynary, benevolent

   Antonyms:
   uncharitable

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1. philanthropicnoun

   Synonyms:
   benevolent, kind, benignant, gracious, humane

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1. List of paraphrases for "philanthropic":

   charitable, philanthropy, charity, charities

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1. Bradley Beychok:

   I think in some cases they treat this as a philanthropic piece, they feel very strongly that Donald Trump shouldn't be president and in 150-some odd days, that has to change, and so that requires an investment now.

2. Thom Weisel:

   I'm still doing what I've been doing for 40 years - investment banking. But I'm also able to spend a fair amount of time with philanthropic activities, with my art, and time with my kids is incredibly rewarding. I like what I'm doing.

3. Adewale Ogunleye:

   Financial education, dealing with our financial advisors, make sure they understand, that our athletes need to have a legacy, and then also, lastly, dealing with our clients themselves, the athletes themselves and entertainers, making sure that we get behind them, their philanthropic endeavors, the life after the stage, after sports. Because even if you are a Tom Brady, you still have the rest of your life to live, right? What are you going to do with that? Even if you’re an anomaly like myself and played 11 years in the league, I was done in my 30s. I’m still fairly young, so I haven’t retired from life. And I think that what we’re going to do at UBS is we’re going to look at our athletes as businessmen, business women, entrepreneurs, knowing that this is just a small segment of their life. And once those 15 minutes of fame are up on the on the field, we want to make sure that you have a much longer, longer life to live toward getting that legacy for you and your family, maybe the communities that you’ve come from.

4. Gayle Stever:

   Those kinds of role models encourage people to be philanthropic and to care about others, i think this serves a huge cultural purpose … all of these people have accumulated a huge amount of positive social capital that inspires their fans to support the good works that these admired celebrities support. We need that.

5. Stella Binkenvich -LRB- center -RRB-:

   To me, that's a real charge to make this all mean something, and it's also a story that fuels a lot of … my philanthropic commitments, my political involvement, my drive to stand up for other communities.