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Definitions

open-handed

ADJECTIVE
free
Synonyms
STRONGEST
big eager willing
STRONG
lavish liberal prodigal
WEAK
big-hearted bounteous bountiful charitable handsome hospitable munificent unstinging
Antonyms
STRONG
parsimonious penny-pinching stingy thrifty tight-fisted ungenerous
WEAK
mean
ADJECTIVE
generous
Synonyms
STRONGEST
acceptable benevolent big charitable considerate fair good helpful honest hospitable lavish reasonable thoughtful tolerant unselfish willing
WEAK
altruistic beneficent bounteous bountiful easy equitable excellent free greathearted high-minded honorable just kind kindhearted kindly liberal lofty loose magnanimous moderate munificent noble philanthropic prodigal profuse soft-touch ungrudging unsparing unstinting
Antonyms
STRONGEST
biased disagreeable greedy inattentive inconsiderate malevolent mean prejudiced selfish small stupid thoughtless uncharitable unkind unmindful unreasonable
WEAK
depleted miserly stingy wanting
ADJECTIVE
large-hearted
Synonyms
WEAK
acceptable altruistic beneficent benevolent big big-hearted bounteous bountiful charitable considerate easy equitable excellent fair free good great-hearted helpful high-minded honest honorable hospitable just kind kindhearted kindly lavish liberal lofty loose magnanimous moderate munificent noble philanthropic prodigal profuse reasonable soft-touch thoughtful tolerant ungrudging unselfish unsparing unstinting willing
ADJECTIVE
self-denying
Synonyms
WEAK
altruistic benevolent charitable chivalrous denying devoted disinterested extroverted generous helpful humanitarian incorruptible indulgent liberal loving magnanimous noble self-effacing self-forgetful self-forgetting self-sacrificing unselfish
ADJECTIVE
self-forgetful
Synonyms
WEAK
altruistic benevolent charitable chivalrous denying devoted disinterested extroverted generous helpful humanitarian incorruptible indulgent liberal loving magnanimous noble self-denying self-effacing self-forgetting self-sacrificing unselfish
ADJECTIVE
self-forgetting
Synonyms
WEAK
altruistic benevolent charitable chivalrous denying devoted disinterested extroverted generous helpful humanitarian incorruptible indulgent liberal loving magnanimous noble self-denying self-effacing self-forgetful unselfish
ADJECTIVE
selfless
Synonyms
STRONGEST
altruistic charitable generous humanitarian loving magnanimous noble self-effacing
WEAK
benevolent chivalrous denying devoted disinterested extroverted helpful incorruptible indulgent liberal self-denying self-forgetful self-forgetting self-sacrificing
Antonyms
STRONGEST
mean selfish stingy
ADJECTIVE
unselfish
Synonyms
STRONGEST
generous noble self-effacing selfless
WEAK
altruistic benevolent charitable chivalrous denying devoted disinterested extroverted helpful humanitarian incorruptible indulgent liberal loving magnanimous self-forgetting self-sacrificing
Antonyms
WEAK
greedy selfish uncharitable
ADJECTIVE
unstinting
Synonyms
STRONGEST
magnanimous philanthropic unselfish unsparing
WEAK
altruistic beneficent benevolent big bounteous bountiful charitable considerate easy equitable excellent fair free freehanded good greathearted handsome helpful high-minded honest honorable hospitable just kind kindhearted kindly lavish liberal lofty loose moderate munificent noble openhanded prodigal profuse reasonable soft-touch thoughtful tolerant ungrudging willing
Antonyms
STRONGEST
stingy uncharitable

Example Sentences

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Andrea Robinson, an 18-year-old psychology major at the University of Kansas, hollered while doing the open-handed chop with the crowd.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 15, 2023

You’re not dishonoring him by being open-handed with what you’ve received, and it’s not wrong to want to help out a woman who’s struggling to make ends meet.

From Slate • Nov. 16, 2015

The army remained "open-handed to receive LRA defectors who abandon violence", he said.

From BBC • Dec. 11, 2013

It doesn't help that the actors seem swallowed up by the big stage and make little use of the proximity of the groundlings beyond a strange, open-handed entreaty to the audience at the end.

From The Guardian • May 25, 2012

The Mad King was open-handed with them as pleased him.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin