Synonyms and Antonyms of charitable
1
having or showing a concern for the welfare of others
- a charitable couple who have donated a sizable chunk of their fortune to the local university
selfless, self-sacrificing
bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, free, freehanded, generous, greathearted, handsome, liberal, magnanimous, munificent, openhanded, openhearted, unselfish, unsparing
compassionate, humane, kind, kindhearted
social-minded
self-indulgent, self-seeking
cheap, closefisted, miserly, niggardly, parsimonious, stingy, tight, tightfisted
hard-hearted, pitiless, unfeeling
self-obsessed
2
giving or sharing in abundance and without hesitation
- a charitable woman who helped everyone who needed it
bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, free, freehanded, freehearted, fulsome, generous, liberal, munificent, open, openhanded, unselfish, unsparing, unstinting
extravagant, handsome, lavish, overgenerous, profuse
altruistic, beneficent, benevolent, hospitable, humanitarian, philanthropic (also philanthropical)
big, greathearted, largehearted, magnanimous, openhearted
compassionate, good-hearted, kind, kindly, samaritan, sympathetic
mean, petty, small
frugal, spare, sparing, thrifty
chary, stinting
acquisitive, avaricious, avid, coveting, covetous, desirous, grasping, hoggish, itchy, mercenary, rapacious
begrudging, envious, grudging, resentful
cheap, close, closefisted, costive, illiberal [archaic], mingy, miserly, niggardly, parsimonious, penurious, selfish, stingy, stinting, tight, tightfisted, uncharitable, ungenerous
3
tolerant and kind in the judgment of and expectations for others
- her best friend, who was inclined towards a more charitable interpretation of her actions, let it pass
