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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Yet there’s also a lot of love in the doc, particularly in the generous passages that explore his friendship with Reiner (who died in 2020) and his singular bond with second wife and sometime leading lady Anne Bancroft, who’s been gone for more than two decades.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
30 Jan. 2026
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For expats interested in sustainable living, this region is especially appealing thanks to its fertile land, generous rainfall, sunny growing conditions, and plentiful fruit trees and farmland.—
Kathleen Peddicord,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Schemmel, a devout Christian, has done charitable work for decades, ever since that awful day in July 1989 when 112 people died in a fiery crash of United Airlines Flight 232 in Sioux City, Iowa.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
31 Jan. 2026
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Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust's portfolio.—
Natasha Abellard,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Bighearted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bighearted. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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