Generous ˈdʒenərəs Adjective Gallery Named Benefactor Donation/Gift/Offer Incredibly

• the gallery was named after its most generous benefactor.
• a generous donation/gift/offer
• you've been incredibly generous with your time.
• he was generous to his friends and family.

generous

1. giving or willing to give freely; given freely
• OPPOSITE mean
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• The gallery was named after its most generous benefactor.
• a generous donation/gift/offer
• You've been incredibly generous with your time.
• He was generous to his friends and family.
• She was generous in her praise for her co-stars.
• They were very generous in giving help
• Thank you for your donation. It was very generous of you.
• It was extremely generous of him to offer to pay for us both.

Extra Examples

• John's getting very generous with the wine!
• She's quite generous with her praise.
• They have been extremely generous to the church.
• He's a kind and generous man.
• The director thanked the chairman for his generous gift.
2. more than is necessary; large
• SYNONYM lavish
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• a generous helping of meat
• The car has a generous amount of space.
• The review panel criticized the payments as overly generous.
3. kind in the way you treat people; willing to see what is good about somebody/something
• a generous mind
• He wrote a very generous assessment of my work.
• Her generous spirit shone through in everything she did.

Word Origin

• late 16th cent.: via Old French from Latin generosus ‘noble, magnanimous’, from genus, gener- ‘stock, race’. The original sense was ‘of noble birth’, hence ‘characteristic of noble birth, courageous, magnanimous, not mean’ (a sense already present in Latin).