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English adjective: generous

1. generous willing to give and share unstintingly


SamplesA generous donation.


Similarbenevolent, big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, freehearted, giving, handsome, lavish, liberal, munificent, openhanded, overgenerous, too-generous, unselfish, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting


See alsocharitable, generous, unselfish


Attributegenerosity, generousness


Antonymsstingy, ungenerous

2. generous not petty in character and mind


SamplesUnusually generous in his judgment of people.


Similarbig, large, magnanimous, ungrudging


See alsogenerous


Antonymsmeanspirited, ungenerous

3. generous more than adequate


SamplesA generous portion.


Similarample


Antonymsmeager, meagerly, meagre, scrimpy, stingy









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