generous

generous is a 8-letter English word with 8 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Of honorable birth or origin; highborn. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 12 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Of honorable birth or origin; highborn.
2. adjective. Exhibiting those qualities which are popularly reregarded as belonging to high birth; noble; honorable; magnanimous; spirited; courageous.
3. adjective. Open-handed; free to give; not close or niggardly; munificent; as, a generous friend or father.
4. adjective. Characterized by generosity; abundant; overflowing; as, a generous table.
5. adjective. Full of spirit or strength; stimulating; exalting; as, generous wine.
6. adjective. more than adequate

   "a generous portion"

7. adjective. willing to give and share unstintingly

   "a generous donation"

8. adjective. not petty in character and mind

   "unusually generous in his judgment of people"

Common word forms

generously, generousness

Words from these letters

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