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samaritan

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Synonyms & Antonyms of samaritan

as in compassionate, sympathetic

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for samaritan

compassionate,
good-hearted,
kind,
kindly,
sympathetic

big,
greathearted,
largehearted,
magnanimous,
openhearted

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

extravagant,
handsome,
lavish,
overgenerous,
profuse

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for samaritan

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

mean,
petty,
small

frugal,
spare,
sparing,
thrifty

chary,
stinting

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

begrudging,
envious,
grudging,
resentful

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“Samaritan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/samaritan. Accessed 25 Jun. 2022.

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