generous
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Adjective (3)
- willing to give and share unstintingly“a generous donation”Opposite stingySimilar big, lavish, unselfish, benevolentRelates to generosity, generousnessSee also charitable, unselfish
- not petty in character and mind“unusually generous in his judgment of people”Opposite meanspiritedSimilar big, ungrudging
- more than is usual or necessary“a generous portion”Opposite meagerSimilar ample
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Translations
Adjective willing to give and share unsparingly
- Spanish
- generoso
- French
- généreux
- German
- großzügig
- Italian
- generoso
- Portuguese
- generoso
- Turkish
- cömert
- Russian
- ще́дрый ščédryj
- Arabic
- كَرِيم karīm
- Chinese
- 大方 dàfang
- Japanese
- 気前のいい kimae no ii
25 more languages
- Dutch
- vrijgevig
- Polish
- hojny
- Swedish
- generös
- Greek
- γενναιόδωρος gennaiódoros
- Indonesian
- dermawan
- Vietnamese
- rộng lượng
- Hungarian
- nagyvonalú
- Portuguese (PT)
- generoso
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 大方 dàfang
- Albanian
- dhënës
- Catalan
- generós
- Czech
- štědrý
- Danish
- generøs
- Esperanto
- malavara
- Finnish
- antelias
- Georgian
- გულუხვი guluxvi
- Hebrew
- נדיב nadív
- Kurdish
- merd
- Latvian
- dāsns
- Norwegian
- sjenerøs
- Romanian
- generos
- Serbo-Croatian
- darežljiv
- Slovak
- štedrý
- Swahili
- karimu
- Welsh
- hael
Adjective noble in behaviour, magnanimous
- Spanish
- generoso
- French
- généreux
- Italian
- magnanimo
- Russian
- великоду́шный velikodúšnyj
- Chinese
- 慷慨 kāngkǎi
- Swedish
- ädelmodig
- Korean
- 관대하다 gwandaehada
- Vietnamese
- rộng lượng
- Hungarian
- nagylelkű
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 慷慨 kāngkǎi
5 more languages
- Albanian
- bujar
- Catalan
- generós
- Esperanto
- grandanima
- Georgian
- დიდსულოვანი didsulovani
- Romanian
- generos
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: F. généreux, fr. L. generous of noble birth, noble, excellent, magnanimous, fr. genus birth, race: cf. It. generoso. See 2d Gender.
1. Of honorable birth or origin; highborn. obsolete
The generous and gravest citizens.— William Shakespeare
2. Exhibiting those qualities which are popularly regarded as belonging to high birth; noble; honorable; magnanimous; spirited; courageous. “The generous critic.” Alexander Pope “His generous spouse.” Alexander Pope “A generous pack [of hounds].” Joseph Addison
3. Open-handed; free to give; not close or niggardly; munificent; as, a generous friend or father.
4. Characterized by generosity; abundant; overflowing; as, a generous table. Jonathan Swift
5. Full of spirit or strength; stimulating; exalting; as, generous wine.
Synonyms: Magnanimous; bountiful. See Liberal.
— Gen′wb-a1′>′er·ous·ly, adverb — Gen′wb-a1′>′er·ous·ness, noun
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54