Definition of generous Generous

/ʤɛˈnɚʌs/ - [jenerus] - gen•er•ous

We found 13 definitions of generous from 5 different sources.

What does generous mean?

WordNet

Adjective
generous - willing to give and share unstintingly; "a generous donation"
		stingy, ungenerous unwilling to spend; "she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds"
		charitable full of love and generosity; "charitable to the poor"; "a charitable trust"
		generous more than adequate; "a generous portion"
		unselfish not greedy
		generousness, generosity acting generously
		freehearted, benevolent generous in providing aid to others
		bighearted, bounteous, giving, openhanded, bountiful, freehanded, handsome, liberal, big producing in abundance; "the bountiful earth"; "a plentiful year"; "fruitful soil"
		munificent, overgenerous, too-generous, unstinted, unstinting, lavish, unsparing very generous; "distributed gifts with a lavish hand"; "the critics were lavish in their praise"; "a munificent gift"; "his father gave him a half-dollar and his mother a quarter and he thought them munificent"; "prodigal praise"; "unsparing generosity"; "his unstinted devotion"; "called for unstinting aid to Britain"
generous - not petty in character and mind; "unusually generous in his judgment of people"
		meanspirited, ungenerous lacking in magnanimity; "it seems ungenerous to end this review of a splendid work of scholarship on a critical note"- Times Litt. Sup.; "a meanspirited man unwilling to forgive"
		generous more than adequate; "a generous portion"
		magnanimous, large, big having broad power and range and scope; "taking the large view"; "a large effect"; "a large sympathy"
generous - more than adequate; "a generous portion"

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Wiktionary

generous (Adjective)
Noble in behaviour or actions; principled, not petty; kind, magnanimous.
generous (Adjective)
Willing to give and share unsparingly; showing a readiness to give more especially money than is expected or needed.
generous (Adjective)
Large, more than ample, copious.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

generous (a.)
Of honorable birth or origin; highborn.
generous (a.)
Exhibiting those qualities which are popularly reregarded as belonging to high birth; noble; honorable; magnanimous; spirited; courageous.
generous (a.)
Open-handed; free to give; not close or niggardly; munificent; as, a generous friend or father.
generous (a.)
Characterized by generosity; abundant; overflowing; as, a generous table.
generous (a.)
Full of spirit or strength; stimulating; exalting; as, generous wine.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

generous
Very liberal in giving or bestowing.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

generous
jen′ėr-us, adj. of a noble nature: courageous: liberal: bountiful: invigorating in its nature, as wine: (obs.) nobly born.—adv. Gen′erously.—ns. Gen′erousness, Generos′ity, nobleness or liberality of nature: (arch.) nobility of birth. [Fr. généreux—L. generosus, of noble birth—genus, birth.]