benevolent 音标拼音: [bən'ɛvələnt]
a . 慈善的
慈善的
benevolent adj 1 :
intending or showing kindness ; "
a benevolent society "
2 :
showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity ; "
was charitable in his opinions of others ";
"
kindly criticism "; "
a kindly act "; "
sympathetic words "; "
a large -
hearted mentor " [
synonym : {
charitable }, {
benevolent },
{
kindly }, {
sympathetic }, {
good -
hearted }, {
openhearted },
{
large -
hearted }]
3 :
generous in providing aid to others [
synonym : {
benevolent },
{
freehearted }]
4 :
generous in assistance to the poor ; "
a benevolent contributor "; "
eleemosynary relief "; "
philanthropic contributions " [
synonym : {
beneficent }, {
benevolent },
{
eleemosynary }, {
philanthropic }]
Benevolent \
Be *
nev "
o *
lent \,
a . [
L .
benevolens , -
entis ;
bene well (
adv .
of bonus good )
volens ,
p .
pr .
of volo I will ,
I wish .
See {
Bounty },
and {
Voluntary }.]
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 . -- {
Be *
nev "
o *
lent *
ly },
adv .
[
1913 Webster ]
Syn : {
Benevolent }, {
Beneficent }.
Usage :
Etymologically considered ,
benevolent implies wishing well to others ,
and beneficent ,
doing well .
But by degrees the word benevolent has been widened to include not only feelings ,
but actions ;
thus ,
we speak of benevolent operations ,
benevolent labors for the public good ,
benevolent societies .
In like manner ,
beneficent is now often applied to feelings ;
thus ,
we speak of the beneficent intentions of a donor .
This extension of the terms enables us to mark nicer shades of meaning .
Thus ,
the phrase "
benevolent labors "
turns attention to the source of these labors ,
viz .,
benevolent feeling ;
while beneficent would simply mark them as productive of good .
So , "
beneficent intentions "
point to the feelings of the donor as bent upon some specific good act ;
while "
benevolent intentions "
would only denote a general wish and design to do good .
[
1913 Webster ]
108 Moby Thesaurus words for "
benevolent ":
accommodating ,
advantageous ,
affable ,
agreeable ,
almsgiving ,
altruistic ,
amiable ,
amicable ,
auspicious ,
beneficent ,
beneficial ,
benign ,
benignant ,
big ,
bighearted ,
bon ,
bonny ,
braw ,
bueno ,
capital ,
caring ,
charitable ,
chivalrous ,
cogent ,
commendable ,
compassionate ,
complaisant ,
compliant ,
conciliatory ,
considerate ,
cooperative ,
decent ,
eleemosynary ,
elegant ,
estimable ,
excellent ,
expedient ,
fair ,
famous ,
favorable ,
fine ,
forbearing ,
forgiving ,
freehearted ,
friendly ,
generous ,
good ,
goodly ,
gracious ,
grand ,
greathearted ,
healthy ,
helpful ,
humane ,
humanitarian ,
indulgent ,
kind ,
kindly ,
kindly -
disposed ,
largehearted ,
laudable ,
liberal ,
lofty ,
long -
suffering ,
longanimous ,
magnanimous ,
neighborly ,
nice ,
noble ,
obliging ,
open -
handed ,
openhanded ,
overindulgent ,
overpermissive ,
patient ,
permissive ,
philanthropic ,
placable ,
pleasant ,
profitable ,
propitious ,
public -
spirited ,
regal ,
royal ,
salutary ,
skillful ,
sound ,
sparing ,
splendid ,
sympathetic ,
tenderhearted ,
thoughtful ,
tolerant ,
unresentful ,
unrevengeful ,
useful ,
valid ,
very good ,
virtuous ,
warm -
hearted ,
welfare ,
welfare statist ,
welfarist ,
well -
affected ,
well -
disposed ,
well -
intentioned ,
well -
meaning ,
well -
meant
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