magnanimous[adjective]Synonyms: generous, big-hearted, bountiful, charitable, kind, noble, selfless, unselfish
Contrasted words: measly, paltry, petty, picayune, picayunish
Related Words: altruistic,
liberal,
unselfish,
great,
highminded,
knightly,
noble,
nobleminded,
princely [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
mag‧nan‧i‧mous /mæɡˈnænəməs, mæɡˈnænɪməs/
adjective[
Date: 1500-1600;
Language: Latin;
Origin: magnanimus, from magnus 'great' + animus 'spirit']
kind and generous, especially to someone that you have defeated:
a magnanimous gesture—magnanimously adverb—magnanimity /ˌmæɡnəˈnɪməti, ˌmæɡnəˈnɪmɪti/
noun [uncountable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲