as in generous
giving or sharing in abundance and without hesitation
a bighearted guy who can't seem to ever say "no"
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Recent Examples of bighearted
So began a campaign that fused blunt political messaging with bighearted moving images—a sensibility not unlike that of Nair’s films.
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Eric Lach, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
And while thespians who play, say, Superman or Captain America might be forever tied to those roles, there's a certain amount of anonymity in playing a bighearted orange rock monster.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 24 July 2025
Alma — who receives minimal attention from her author — marries a bighearted chicken farmer named Izzy, and later grieves the early loss of her husband, and the absence of children.
—Leigh Haber, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
What’s so special about Britain’s patron wanker of bighearted buffoonery?
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
Shunichi, the bighearted patriarch, passed away a few years later.
—Matt Goulding, Travel + Leisure, 24 Nov. 2024
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
Eric Lach, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
And while thespians who play, say, Superman or Captain America might be forever tied to those roles, there's a certain amount of anonymity in playing a bighearted orange rock monster.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 24 July 2025
Alma — who receives minimal attention from her author — marries a bighearted chicken farmer named Izzy, and later grieves the early loss of her husband, and the absence of children.
—Leigh Haber, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
What’s so special about Britain’s patron wanker of bighearted buffoonery?
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
Shunichi, the bighearted patriarch, passed away a few years later.
—Matt Goulding, Travel + Leisure, 24 Nov. 2024
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bighearted
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Our expert take The Blue Cash Preferred® Card from American Express is a low-fee card with generous cash-back rewards and useful ongoing benefits, such as a monthly Disney Bundle credit.—
Liz Knueven,
CNBC,
2 May 2026
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Add in a generous dose or worm castings and organic granular vegetable fertilizer.—
Nan Sterman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 May 2026
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Over the coming two decades, baby boomers and older generations are projected to transfer around $84 trillion to younger heirs and charitable causes by 2045.—
Ed Smith-Lewis,
Fortune,
2 May 2026
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Conversations might turn to metaphysical issues or charitable activities.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
2 May 2026
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“Bighearted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bighearted. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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