Philanthropic \Phil`an*throp"ic\, Philanthropical
\Phil`an*throp"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. philanthropique.]
Of or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by
philanthropy; loving or helping mankind; as, a philanthropic
enterprise. --
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
philanthropic
adj 1: generous in assistance to the poor; "a benevolent
contributor"; "eleemosynary relief"; "philanthropic
contributions" [syn: beneficent, benevolent, eleemosynary]
2: of or relating to or characterized by philanthropy; "a
philanthropic society"
WordNet (r) 2.0
30 Moby Thesaurus words for "philanthropic":
almsgiving, altruistic, beneficent, benevolent, bighearted,
charitable, contributing, donating, eleemosynary, freehanded,
freehearted, generous, giving, good, greathearted, humane,
humanitarian, kindhearted, largehearted, magnanimous, munificent,
open-handed, openhearted, public, spirited, ungrudging, unstinting,
welfare, welfare statist, welfarist
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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