Synonyms and Antonyms of benevolence
1
an act of kind assistance
- self-effacing as well as selfless, he refused all public acknowledgement of his many benevolences to the community
2
kindly concern, interest, or support
- her benevolence towards her employees was such that she actually let one live in her home temporarily
amity, brotherhood, charity, cordiality, cordialness, fellowship, friendliness, friendship, gemütlichkeit, good-fellowship, goodwill, kindliness, neighborliness
bonhomie, camaraderie, collegiality, community, companionship, company, comradeship
civility, comity, concord, harmony, rapport, rapprochement
charity, generosity
affinity, communion, empathy, kindness, sympathy, tolerance
altruism, philanthropy, selflessness, unselfishness
disfavor, intolerance
animosity, antagonism, antipathy, enmity, hate, hatred, hostility, incivility, malice, rancor
belligerency, quarrelsomeness, querulousness
3
sympathetic concern for the well-being of others
- an actress who was admired for her benevolence as for her beauty
beneficence, benignancy, benignity, compassionateness, good-heartedness, humaneness, kindheartedness, kindliness, kindness, softheartedness, tenderheartedness, tenderness, warmheartedness
attentiveness, considerateness, thoughtfulness
affability, friendliness, good-naturedness, good-temperedness, warmth
graciousness, niceness, pleasantness
clemency, leniency, mercifulness
patience, tolerance, understanding
altruism, charitableness, charity
generosity, greatheartedness, magnanimity, philanthropy, unselfishness
mercilessness, pitilessness, ruthlessness
inconsiderateness, insensitivity, thoughtlessness
grimness, harshness, severity, sternness, toughness
hatefulness, malevolence, maliciousness, meanness, spitefulness, virulence, vitriol
barbarity, barbarousness, bestiality, brutality, brutishness, callousness, cold-bloodedness, cruelty, hard-heartedness, heartlessness, inhumanity, savageness, savagery, unfeelingness, unkindliness, unkindness
