benevolent
Meaning of benevolent
- well meaning and kindly.
he was something of a benevolent despot
a benevolent smile
late Middle English: from Old French benivolent, from Latin bene volent- ‘well wishing’, from bene ‘well’ + velle ‘to wish’.
Information about benevolent
- It is an adjective.
- Languages in which benevolent is used:
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CatalanHyphenation of benevolent
benev-o-lent
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- benevolent is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
benevolent synonyms
Meaning kindness:
Meaning charitable:
charitable, kindly, sympathetic, openhearted
Meaning freehearted:
Meaning beneficent:
beneficent, eleemosynary, philanthropic
Meaning a group of people or things having similar characteristics:
Meaning showing kindness:
Meaning courteous, kind, and pleasant, especially towards someone of lower social status:
Meaning showing willingness to allow the existence of opinions or behaviour that one does not necessarily agree with:
Meaning gentle and kindly:
Meaning feeling or showing sympathy and concern for others:
Meaning displaying kindness and concern for others:
Meaning careful not to inconvenience or harm others:
Meaning showing consideration for the needs of other people:
Meaning willing to do a service or kindness; helpful:
Meaning willing to fit in with someone's wishes or needs:
Meaning giving or ready to give help:
Meaning conforming with generally accepted standards of respectable or moral behaviour:
Meaning showing a disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others; unselfish:
Meaning having or showing compassion or benevolence:
Meaning concerned with or seeking to promote human welfare:
Meaning showing kindness towards others:
Meaning generous or forgiving, especially towards a rival or less powerful person:
Meaning characterized by or displaying great generosity:
Meaning willing to put the needs or wishes of others before one's own:
Meaning not grudging:
Meaning given or giving without restraint; unsparing:
Meaning able to act or be done as one wishes; not under the control of another:
Meaning (of a person) giving generously:
Meaning sumptuously rich, elaborate, or luxurious:
Meaning giving generously:
Meaning having or indicating a readiness or over-readiness to be generous to or lenient with someone:
Meaning generously given or giving; bountiful:
Meaning kindly and benevolent:
benevolent antonyms
Meaning inconsiderate and harsh to others:
Words that rhyme with benevolent
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