|
|
1. (adj.) generous
liberal in giving or sharing; unselfish.
2. generous
free from meanness or pettiness; magnanimous.
3. generous
large; abundant:
a generous piece of pie.
4. generous
rich or strong in flavor:
a generous wine.
5. generous
fertile; prolific:
generous soil.
Etymology: (1580–90; < MF généreux < L generōsus of noble birth <gener-, genus genus+-ōsus -ous)
|
| Definition of 'generous' |
Princeton's WordNet |
|
1. (adj) generous
willing to give and share unstintingly
"a generous donation"
2. (adj) generous
not petty in character and mind
"unusually generous in his judgment of people"
3. (adj) generous
more than adequate
"a generous portion"
|
|
|
1. (adjective) generous
kind with your money or time
It's very generous of him to offer his help.
2. generous
large or plentiful
a generous helping of dessert
|
| Definition of 'generous' |
Webster Dictionary |
|
1. (adj) generous
of honorable birth or origin; highborn
2. (adj) generous
exhibiting those qualities which are popularly reregarded as belonging to high birth; noble; honorable; magnanimous; spirited; courageous
3. (adj) generous
open-handed; free to give; not close or niggardly; munificent; as, a generous friend or father
4. (adj) generous
characterized by generosity; abundant; overflowing; as, a generous table
5. (adj) generous
full of spirit or strength; stimulating; exalting; as, generous wine
|
|
|
Sense: willing to give a lot of money, time etc for some purpose
a generous giver; It is very generous of you to pay for our holiday.
|
 Afrikaans: vrygewig |
 Arabic: كَريم |
 Bulgarian: щедър |
 Brazilian: generoso |
 Czech: štědrý, velkorysý |
 German: freigiebig |
 Danish: gavmild; generøs |
 Greek: γενναιόδωρος |
 Spanish: generoso |
 Estonian: helde(käeline) |
 Farsi: بخشنده؛ با سخاوت |
 Finnish: antelias |
 French: généreux |
 Hebrew: נדיב |
 Hindi: उदार |
 Croatian: velikodušan |
 Hungarian: nagylelkű |
 Indonesian: dermawan |
 Icelandic: örlátur |
 Italian: generoso |
 Japanese: 気前のよい |
 Korean: 돈을 아끼지 않는 |
 Lithuanian: dosnus |
 Latvian: devīgs; dāsns |
 Malay: pemurah |
 Dutch: vrijgevig |
 Norwegian: gavmild, raus, sjenerøs |
 Polish: szczodry, hojny |
 Persian: بخشنده؛ با سخاوت |
 Pashto: سخي، دوركړى څښتن |
 Portuguese: generoso |
 Romanian: generos |
 Russian: щедрый; великодушный |
 Slovak: štedrý |
 Slovenian: radodaren |
 Serbian: velikodušan |
 Swedish: generös, frikostig |
 Thai: โอบอ้อมอารี |
 Turkish: cömert |
 Taiwanese: 慷慨的 |
 Ukrainian: щедрий |
 Urdu: سخی |
 Vietnamese: hào phóng |
 Chinese: 大方的 |
Get even more translations for generous...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Alternative search options for 'generous' |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Definitions of generous 
