Benevolent

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Characterized by or suggestive of doing good.
  • adj. Of, concerned with, or organized for the benefit of charity.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Having a disposition to do good.
  • adj. Possessing or manifesting love for mankind.
  • adj. altruistic or charitable.
  • adj. generous.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Having a disposition to do good; possessing or manifesting love to mankind, and a desire to promote their prosperity and happiness; disposed to give to good objects; kind; charitable.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Having or manifesting a desire to do good; possessing or characterized by love toward mankind, and a desire to promote their prosperity and happiness; kind: as, a benevolent disposition or action.
  • Intended for the conferring of benefits, as distinguished from the making of profit: as, a benevolent enterprise; a benevolent institution.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity
  • adj. generous in providing aid to others
  • adj. generous in assistance to the poor
  • adj. intending or showing kindness
  • Equivalent
    kind    generous    charitable   
    Antonym
    malevolent   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    beneficent    kind    charitable   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    malevolent    prevalent   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    humane    charitable    amiable    kindly    pious    enlighten    disinterested    patriotic    benign