philanthropic

philanthropic
I
(Roget's IV) modif.
Syn. charitable, humanitarian, altruistic, benevolent, public-spirited, liberal, bountiful, magnanimous, generous, munificent, beneficent, helpful, humane, kindly, kindhearted, unselfish, giving, civic-minded, openhanded, eleemosynary, nonprofit, patriotic; see also generous 1 , humane 1 , kind .
Ant. misanthropic, hardhearted, selfish.
Syn.- philanthropic implies interest in the general human welfare, esp. as shown in large-scale gifts to charities or the endowment of institutions for human advancement; humanitarian implies more direct concern with promoting the welfare of humanity, esp. through reducing pain and suffering; charitable usually implies the giving of money or other help to those in need; altruistic implies a putting of the welfare of others before one's own interests and therefore stresses freedom from selfishness
II
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.
charitable, benevolent, giving, humane, humanitarian, altruistic, kind, generous, beneficent, magnanimous.
ANT.: selfish, miserly, misanthropic
III
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective Of or concerned with charity: altruistic, benevolent, charitable, eleemosynary, philan-thropical. See GIVE, KIND.

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