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charitable

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of charitable

1 having or showing a concern for the welfare of others

  • a charitable couple who have donated a sizable chunk of their fortune to the local university
Synonyms of charitable

altruistic, beneficent, benevolent, do-good, eleemosynary, good, humanitarian, philanthropic (also philanthropical)
Words Related to charitable

selfless, self-sacrificing

bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, free, freehanded, generous, greathearted, handsome, liberal, magnanimous, munificent, openhanded, openhearted, unselfish, unsparing

compassionate, humane, kind, kindhearted

social-minded
Near Antonyms of charitable

self-indulgent, self-seeking

cheap, closefisted, miserly, niggardly, parsimonious, stingy, tight, tightfisted

hard-hearted, pitiless, unfeeling

self-obsessed
Antonyms of charitable

self-centered, self-concerned, selfish

2 giving or sharing in abundance and without hesitation

  • a charitable woman who helped everyone who needed it
Synonyms of charitable

bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, free, freehanded, freehearted, fulsome, generous, liberal, munificent, open, openhanded, unselfish, unsparing, unstinting
Words Related to charitable

extravagant, handsome, lavish, overgenerous, profuse

altruistic, beneficent, benevolent, hospitable, humanitarian, philanthropic (also philanthropical)

big, greathearted, largehearted, magnanimous, openhearted

compassionate, good-hearted, kind, kindly, samaritan, sympathetic
Near Antonyms of charitable

mean, petty, small

frugal, spare, sparing, thrifty

chary, stinting

acquisitive, avaricious, avid, coveting, covetous, desirous, grasping, hoggish, itchy, mercenary, rapacious

begrudging, envious, grudging, resentful
Antonyms of charitable

cheap, close, closefisted, costive, illiberal [archaic], mingy, miserly, niggardly, parsimonious, penurious, selfish, stingy, stinting, tight, tightfisted, uncharitable, ungenerous

3 tolerant and kind in the judgment of and expectations for others

  • her best friend, who was inclined towards a more charitable interpretation of her actions, let it pass
Synonyms of charitable

clement, easy, indulgent, soft
Words Related to charitable

accommodating, acquiescent, amenable, obliging

easygoing, laid-back, undemanding
Near Antonyms of charitable

demanding

uncharitable, unforgiving

inflexible, intolerant, unbending, uncompromising, unyielding
Antonyms of charitable

hard, harsh, severe, stern, strict

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