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generosity

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of generosity

the quality or state of being generous

a sidewalk beggar who benefited from the generosity of kindhearted passersby

Synonyms of generosity

bigheartedness, bountifulness, bounty, generousness, largesse (also largess), liberality, munificence, openhandedness, openheartedness, philanthropy, unselfishness

Words Related to generosity

beneficence, charity, kindliness, selflessness

gift, gratuity, lagniappe

extravagance, improvidence, lavishness, prodigality, wastefulness

dissipating, squandering

Near Antonyms of generosity

conserving, economizing, economy, frugality, husbandry, providence, scrimping, skimping, thrift

conservation, saving

husbanding, managing

Antonyms of generosity

cheapness, closeness, meanness, miserliness, parsimony, penuriousness, pinching, selfishness, stinginess, tightness, ungenerosity

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