Synonyms and Antonyms of generous
1
giving or sharing in abundance and without hesitation
- a civic leader who is very generous with his money and time
bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, charitable, free, freehanded, freehearted, fulsome, 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
2
being more than enough without being excessive
- mashed potatoes with a generous serving of butter
abundant, ample, aplenty, bounteous, bountiful, comfortable, cornucopian, galore, liberal, plenteous, plentiful, plenty
extra, supernumerary, surplus
abounding, blooming, overflowing, plump, replete, rich, rife, teeming, wealthy
adequate, enough, sufficient
fat, fecund, fertile, fruitful, luxuriant, prodigal, prolific
copious, fulsome, lavish, profuse
deficient, inadequate, insufficient, lacking, wanting
meager (or meagre), niggardly, stingy
skimpy
least, minimum
light, slight, small
barren, infertile, sterile, unfruitful, unproductive
