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openhanded

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of openhanded

giving or sharing in abundance and without hesitation

in the aftermath of the disaster, many people were exceptionally openhanded with their donations to charity

Synonyms of openhanded

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

Words Related to openhanded

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 openhanded

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 openhanded

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

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