Benevolence
Synonyms for benevolence
noun charity
compassion
generosity
altruism
kindness
gift
kindheartedness
friendliness
amity
sympathy
goodness
feeling
friendship
humanity
good will
comity
Antonyms for benevolence
cruelty
harshness
incompatibility
hatred
animosity
ill will
selfishness
spite
meanness
greediness
malevolence
unkindness
Concept Thesaurus for word benevolence
2. Diffusive sympathetic affections
Synonyms – noun
benevolence
good will
good feeling
loving-kindness
humanity
warmth of heart
milk of human kindness
toleration
charitableness
beneficence
a good turn
good Samaritan
Christian charity
philanthropy
good wishes
benignity
fellow-feeling
bonhomie
tenderness
consideration
bounty
“the luxury of doing good”
good offices
sympathizer
God’s love
unselfishness
kindness
brotherly love
sympathy
kind-heartedness
love
generosity
almsgiving
[Goldsmith].
kind offices good treatment
bon enfant
God’s grace
good nature
kindliness
charity
goodness of heart
amiability
friendship
mercy (pity)
good works
acts of kindness
kind treatment.
altruist.
Synonyms – verbs
be benevolent
wish Godspeed
take an interest in
sympathize with
do as you would be done by
smooth the bed of death
render a service
have one’s heart in the right place
view with an eye of favor
feel an interest in
feel for
meet halfway.
do good
be of use
bear good will
regard with an eye of favor
be interested in
fraternize (be friendly)
treat well
do a good turn
aid
wish well
take in good part
feel interested in
enter into the feelings of others
give comfort
benefit (goodness)
Synonyms – adjectives
benevolent
amiable
gracious
kind-hearted
merciful
benignant
well-natured
complaisant (courteous)
motherly
maternal
kind
obliging
complacent
tender-hearted
charitable
bounteous
spleenless
well-meant
brotherly
fraternal
kindly
accommodating
good-humored.
large-hearted
beneficent
bountiful.
sympathizing
well-intentioned.
sisterly
sororal
well-meaning
indulgent
warm-hearted
broad- hearted
humane
good-natured
sympathetic
fatherly
paternal
friendly
Synonyms – phrases
“act a charity sometimes” [Lamb]; “a tender heart, a will inflexible” [Longfellow]; de mortuis nil nisi bonum; “kind words are more than coronets” [Tennyson]; quando amigo pide no hay mañana; “the social smile, the sympathetic tear”
Antonyms
malevolence
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