generous
adjectiveHow many syllables in generous?
There are 3 syllables in the word generous.How to pronounce generous:
Definition of generous:
- generous (adjective):
- liberal in giving openhanded
- willing to give and share unstintingly.
Synonyms for generous:
beneficent
benevolent
big
bighearted
bounteous
bountiful
charitable
compassionate
free
free-handed
freehanded
freehearted
fulsome
generosity
generousness
giving
handsome
hospitable
kind
kindly
lavish
liberal
munificent
open
open-handed
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Antonyms for generous:
acquisitive
avaricious
bad
begrudging
biased
careful
cautious
chary
cheap
chintzy
churlish
close
close-fisted
closefisted
cold-hearted
costive
covetous
curmudgeonly
deleterious
depleted
detestable
disagreeable
economical
egoistic
egotistic
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Here are some other common 3-syllable words.
- terribly
- coaxing
- staggering
- improvise
- sand-castle
- proudly
- goofiness
- misstepping
- unending
- splendidly
- quarreling
- overwhelms
- anytime
- recognise
- deterrence
- wondering
- Phaeacia
- assembled
- geogu'eb
- inscription
- minuend
- liberate
- disdainful
- acquaintance
- astounded
- assuage
- secular
- stunningly
- lovable
- acquiesce
- exclaiming
- genuinely
- painfully
- proudest
- pleasantries
- sheepishly
- mindlessly
- serenely
- merciful
- hierarchal
- fraudulence
- rivulet
- rapier
- double-u
- famously
- plausibly
- lighthearted
- sensibly
- nonetheless
- diminish
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