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- pronunciation:
- b
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fih
snt
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
tending to do good; kindly; charitable.
His beneficent aunt had not only taken him in but raised him lovingly as her own son.- antonyms:
- baleful, mean
- similar words:
- benevolent, big, charitable, generous, good, propitious
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| definition 2: |
expressing or seeming to express kindliness.
Her beneficent smile made everyone trust her. |
| definition 3: |
resulting in an improvement or advantage; beneficial.
Do you believe that colonialism was in any way beneficent to India?- antonyms:
- maleficent
- similar words:
- beneficial
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| related words: |
altruistic, bighearted, bounteous, eleemosynary, good, magnanimous, merciful, propitious |
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| derivation: |
beneficently (adv.) |
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