bighearted

adjective

big·​heart·​ed ˈbig-ˈhär-təd 

: generous, charitable

bigheartedly adverb

bigheartedness noun

Synonyms of bighearted

• generous
• charitable

Examples of bighearted in a Sentence

a bighearted guy who can't seem to ever say “no”

Recent Examples on the Web

Shunichi, the bighearted patriarch, passed away a few years later. — Matt Goulding, Travel + Leisure, 24 Nov. 2024

What’s so special about Britain’s patron wanker of bighearted buffoonery? — Joe Reid, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025

But people who knew him then recall a boisterous, bighearted student at the center of Yale’s social life. — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024

So began a campaign that fused blunt political messaging with bighearted moving images—a sensibility not unlike that of Nair’s films. — Eric Lach, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1846, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for bighearted

• departed
• halfhearted
• imparted
• kindhearted
• lighthearted
• restarted
• uncharted
• warmhearted
• wholehearted
• brokenhearted
• carted
• charted