Synonyms of largesse

largesse

noun

lär-ˈzhes 

variants also largess

1

as in gift

something given to someone without expectation of a return

the alumna's huge bequest was an unexpected largess

Synonyms & Similar Words

• gift
• donation
• presentation
• present
• bestowal
• contribution
• offering
• reward
• bonus
• comp
• giveaway
• generosity
• donative
• fairing
• subsidy
• grant
• award
• beneficence
• dole
• handsel
• benefaction
• freebie
• benevolence
• lagniappe
• windfall
• prize
• alms
• courtesy
• tithe
• handout
• philanthropy
• tribute
• oblation
• charity
• sacrifice
• legacy
• tip
• care package
• boon
• gratuity
• valentine
• bequest
• box
• dowry
• remembrance
• foy
• favor
• propine

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• loan
• advance
• sop
• bribe
• peace offering
• douceur

2

as in generosity

the quality or state of being generous

the philanthropist was known for his largess to all of the city's cultural institutions

Synonyms & Similar Words

• generosity
• philanthropy
• munificence
• liberality
• kindness
• bounty
• unselfishness
• bountifulness
• generousness
• gift
• beneficence
• openhandedness
• openheartedness
• selflessness
• tribute
• bigheartedness
• lavishness
• extravagance
• wastefulness
• kindliness
• gratuity
• charity
• prodigality
• spendthrift
• improvidence
• squandering
• lagniappe
• dissipating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• selfishness
• economy
• meanness
• cheapness
• stinginess
• miserliness
• parsimony
• closeness
• tightness
• providence
• thrift
• frugality
• husbandry
• pinching
• conservation
• saving
• economizing
• conserving
• penuriousness
• ungenerosity
• skimping
• husbanding
• managing
• scrimping
• scraping
• cutting back

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of largesse

Clark’s later offer to pay for their son’s private-school tuition is a more complicated largesse. — Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 22 July 2026

Venezuela has run aground under a Chavista regime since 1999, when Hugo Chavez rose to power and created a regime combining left-wing populism, authoritarianism, petro-state largesse, and anti-Americanism. — Rafael Osío Cabrices, Time, 20 July 2026

Once sufficient displays of submission had been extracted, would the bankrollers of the civic-education movement redirect their largesse back toward places like that? — Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026

Yet these easy luxuries have simultaneously raised the entitlement of citizens and their expectations of largesse from their underfunded, over-bureaucratized, overpromising governments, which are left seeming slow and inept. — Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026

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