generous 音标拼音: [dʒ'ɛnɚəs]
a . 有雅量的,量大的,大量的,丰富的,慷慨的
有雅量的,量大的,大量的,丰富的,慷慨的
generous adj 1 :
willing to give and share unstintingly ; "
a generous donation " [
ant : {
stingy }, {
ungenerous }]
2 :
not petty in character and mind ; "
unusually generous in his judgment of people " [
ant : {
meanspirited }, {
ungenerous }]
3 :
more than adequate ; "
a generous portion "
Generous \
Gen "
er *
ous \,
a . [
F .
g ['
e ]
n ['
e ]
reux ,
fr .
L .
generous of noble birth ,
noble ,
excellent ,
magnanimous ,
fr .
genus birth ,
race :
cf .
It .
generoso .
See 2d {
Gender }.]
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1913 Webster ]
1 .
Of honorable birth or origin ;
highborn . [
Obs .]
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The generous and gravest citizens . --
Shak .
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2 .
Exhibiting those qualities which are popularly reregarded as belonging to high birth ;
noble ;
honorable ;
magnanimous ;
spirited ;
courageous . "
The generous critic ." --
Pope . "
His generous spouse ." --
Pope . "
A generous pack [
of hounds ]."
--
Addison .
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1913 Webster ]
3 .
Open -
handed ;
free to give ;
not close or niggardly ;
munificent ;
as ,
a generous friend or father .
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4 .
Characterized by generosity ;
abundant ;
overflowing ;
as ,
a generous table . --
Swift .
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5 .
Full of spirit or strength ;
stimulating ;
exalting ;
as ,
generous wine .
Syn :
Magnanimous ;
bountiful .
See {
Liberal }. --
{
Gen "
er *
ous *
ly },
adv . -- {
Gen "
er *
ous *
ness },
n .
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1913 Webster ]
183 Moby Thesaurus words for "
generous ":
abounding ,
abundant ,
accommodating ,
affable ,
affluent ,
agreeable ,
all -
sufficing ,
almsgiving ,
altruistic ,
amiable ,
ample ,
aplenty ,
beneficent ,
benevolent ,
benign ,
benignant ,
big ,
bighearted ,
blooming ,
bottomless ,
bounteous ,
bountiful ,
broad ,
bursting ,
bursting out ,
capacious ,
charitable ,
chivalrous ,
complaisant ,
compliant ,
comprehensive ,
conciliatory ,
considerate ,
copious ,
cordial ,
countless ,
creative ,
decent ,
diffuse ,
disinterested ,
effuse ,
eleemosynary ,
elevated ,
epidemic ,
exalted ,
exhaustless ,
expansive ,
extensive ,
extravagant ,
exuberant ,
fair ,
fat ,
fecund ,
fertile ,
flourishing ,
flush ,
forbearant ,
forbearing ,
forgiving ,
free ,
freehanded ,
freehearted ,
friendly ,
fructiferous ,
fruitful ,
full ,
galore ,
genial ,
giving ,
good ,
gracious ,
great ,
great of heart ,
greathearted ,
handsome ,
hearty ,
helpful ,
heroic ,
high ,
high -
minded ,
honest ,
hospitable ,
humane ,
humanitarian ,
idealistic ,
in plenty ,
in quantity ,
indulgent ,
inexhaustible ,
kind ,
kindhearted ,
kindly ,
knightly ,
large ,
largehearted ,
lavish ,
lenient ,
liberal ,
lofty ,
long -
suffering ,
longanimous ,
lush ,
luxuriant ,
magnanimous ,
many ,
maximal ,
much ,
multitudinous ,
munificent ,
neighborly ,
noble ,
noble -
minded ,
numerous ,
obliging ,
open ,
open -
handed ,
openhanded ,
openhearted ,
opulent ,
overflowing ,
overindulgent ,
overpermissive ,
patient ,
permissive ,
philanthropic ,
placable ,
plenitudinous ,
plenteous ,
plentiful ,
plenty ,
pregnant ,
prevailing ,
prevalent ,
princely ,
prodigal ,
productive ,
profuse ,
profusive ,
proliferous ,
prolific ,
rampant ,
receptive ,
replete ,
rich ,
rife ,
riotous ,
running over ,
seminal ,
spacious ,
sparing ,
stintless ,
sublime ,
superabundant ,
swarming ,
teeming ,
thoughtful ,
thriving ,
tolerant ,
tolerating ,
uberous ,
ungrudging ,
unprejudiced ,
unresentful ,
unrevengeful ,
unselfish ,
unsparing ,
unstinted ,
unstinting ,
voluminous ,
warm ,
warmhearted ,
wealthy ,
welcoming ,
welfare ,
welfare statist ,
welfarist ,
well -
found ,
well -
furnished ,
well -
provided ,
well -
stocked ,
wholesale ,
wide ,
willing
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GENEROUS Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of GENEROUS is liberal in giving : openhanded How to use generous in a sentence Synonym Discussion of Generous
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Generous Definition Meaning | YourDictionary Generous definition: Liberal in giving or sharing Origin of Generous French genereux of noble birth, magnanimous from Latin generōsus from genus gener- birth genə- in Indo-European roots From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition From Middle French genereux, and its source, Latin generōsus (“of noble birth”), from genus (“race, stock”) From Wiktionary
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generous - Wiktionary, the free dictionary Adjective generous (comparative more generous, superlative most generous) Noble in behaviour or actions; principled, not petty; kind, magnanimous [from 16th c ] Thank you for your generous words