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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. generous in assistance to the poor;
- Example: "a benevolent contributor"
- Example: "eleemosynary relief"
- Example: "philanthropic contributions"
[syn: beneficent, benevolent, eleemosynary, philanthropic]

2. of or relating to or characterized by philanthropy;
- Example: "a philanthropic society"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Philanthropic \Phil`an*throp"ic\, Philanthropical \Phil`an*throp"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. philanthropique.] Of or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy; loving or helping mankind; as, a philanthropic enterprise. -- Phil`an*throp"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

philanthropic adj 1: generous in assistance to the poor; "a benevolent contributor"; "eleemosynary relief"; "philanthropic contributions" [syn: beneficent, benevolent, eleemosynary, philanthropic] 2: of or relating to or characterized by philanthropy; "a philanthropic society"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

30 Moby Thesaurus words for "philanthropic": almsgiving, altruistic, beneficent, benevolent, bighearted, charitable, contributing, donating, eleemosynary, freehanded, freehearted, generous, giving, good, greathearted, humane, humanitarian, kindhearted, largehearted, magnanimous, munificent, open-handed, openhearted, public, spirited, ungrudging, unstinting, welfare, welfare statist, welfarist