Benevolent Synonyms and Antonyms

bə-nĕvə-lənt
Of or concerned with charity
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. altruistic
  2. charitable
  3. eleemosynary
  4. philanthropic
  5. philanthropical
Generous in providing aid to others
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. freehearted

Words Related to Benevolent

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Benevolent Sentence Examples

  • Long Cross Farm is reputedly haunted by a very benevolent spirit.

  • The benevolent gentleman left a further sum of $5000 to be divided among the poor.

  • It turns out, however, their motives are not so benevolent.

  • Their benevolent disposition often made them enter the cottages of the poor.

  • She was at first a benevolent spirit, the counterpart of Hulda in North German myth.

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