Canadian English Meaning of benevolent

benevolent

Other Canadian English words related to benevolent

synonyms

• compassionate
• humane
• kind
• sympathetic
• attentive
• Beneficent
• benign
• benign
• friendly
• generous
• gentle
• good
• Good-hearted
• gracious
• humanitarian
• kindhearted
• kindly
• merciful
• nice
• pleasant
• softhearted
• sweet
• tender
• Tender-hearted
• thoughtful
• Warm-hearted
• Affable
• altruistic
• amicable
• brotherly
• charitable
• mild
• companionable
• comradely
• considerate
• cordial
• forbearing
• forgiving
• brilliant
• good-natured
• Good-natured
• lenient
• liberal
• magnanimous
• mild
• generous
• neighbourly
• noble
• patient
• philanthropic
• philanthropic
• pity
• selfless
• soft
• caring
• tolerant
• understanding
• unselfish
• unforgiving
• warm

antonyms

• Atrocious
• barbaric
• barbaric
• bestial
• brutal
• brutal
• brutish
• callous
• cruel
• fiendish
• heartless
• inhuman
• inhumane
• Unfeeling, insensitive
• merciless
• pitiless
• ruthless
• sadistic
• savage
• truculent
• unfeeling
• unkind
• unsympathetic
• vicious
• cold-blooded
• grim
• Hard-hearted
• harsh
• inconsiderate
• insensitive
• malevolent
• malicious
• malignant
• Malignant
• mean
• severe
• spiteful
• stern
• thoughtless
• tough
• indifferent
• uncompassionate
• unkind
• unsentimental
• unthinking
• Virulent
• wanton
• hard-boiled
• heavy-handed
• really bad
• Stony-hearted
• uncharitable
• iron-hearted

Definitions and Meaning of benevolent in English

Wordnet

benevolent (a)

intending or showing kindness

Wordnet

benevolent (s)

showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity

generous in providing aid to others

generous in assistance to the poor

Webster

benevolent (a.)

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.

FAQs About the word benevolent

What is the Canadian English meaning of the word benevolent

benevolent

What is the English meaning of the word benevolent

intending or showing kindness, showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity, generous in providing aid to others, generous in assistance to

What are the synonyms of the word benevolent

compassionate,humane,kind,sympathetic,attentive,Beneficent,benign,benign,friendly,generous

What are the antonyms of the word benevolent

Atrocious,barbaric,barbaric,bestial,brutal,brutal,brutish,callous,cruel,fiendish