Definition for Benevolent:

• Wishing well to others, and doing them good; kind.

Synonyms for Benevolent:

• adj.

  •beneficial (adjective)
  • beneficent.
  •benevolent (adjective)
  • alms-giving,
  • munificent,
  • neighborly,
  • bountiful,
  • motherly,
  • high-minded.
  •charitable, kind (adjective)
  • bounteous,
  • liberal,
  • helpful,
  • big.
  •forgiving (adjective)
  • clement.
  •friendly (adjective)
  • peaceful,
  • propitious,
  • affable,
  • peaceable.
  •generosity (adjective)
  • largess.
  •generous (adjective)
  • Open-handed,
  • Kind-hearted,
  • bighearted,
  • hospitable,
  • freehanded,
  • openhanded,
  • ungrudging,
  • Great-hearted,
  • unstinting,
  • expansive.
  •mild (adjective)
  • libertarian,
  • sweet,
  • genial,
  • lenient,
  • forbearing,
  • broad-minded,
  • mild,
  • open-minded,
  • moderate,
  • quiet,
  • meek,
  • soft,
  • permissive,
  • gentle,
  • lax,
  • amiable,
  • even,
  • insipid,
  • cordial.
  •parental (adjective)
  • maternal,
  • patriarchal.
  •paternal (adjective)
  • indulgent,
  • solicitous.

• n.

  •
  • nice,
  • Warm-hearted,
  • warm,
  • caring,
  • sensitive.
  •benevolent (noun)
  • freehearted,
  • kindly,
  • good-hearted,
  • eleemosynary.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • Philanthropical,
  • social,
  • goodhearted.
  •
  • benignant,
  • kindhearted.
  •fraternal
  • brotherly.
  •Other relevant words:
  • fondness,
  • effective,
  • welfare,
  • humble,
  • accommodating,
  • forgiveness,
  • fine,
  • natural,
  • good-humored,
  • sound,
  • snowy,
  • grave,
  • placable,
  • Bon,
  • unprejudiced,
  • lenity,
  • Almsgiving,
  • regal,
  • With,
  • cushioned,
  • virtuous,
  • complacent,
  • dear,
  • mercy,
  • clemency,
  • courteous,
  • practical,
  • splendid,
  • productive,
  • reassuring,
  • beneficial,
  • Large-hearted,
  • kindliness,
  • adept,
  • benignity,
  • secure,
  • empathic,
  • serviceable,
  • full,
  • tolerance,
  • profitable,
  • disinterested,
  • forgiving,
  • cogent,
  • capital,
  • human,
  • Beneficently,
  • lenience,
  • aid,
  • supportive,
  • large,
  • well-meaning,
  • constructive,
  • bounty,
  • valuable,
  • useful,
  • compliant,
  • estimable,
  • liberality,
  • bonny,
  • cooperative,
  • serious,
  • clean,
  • royal,
  • unsullied,
  • appealing,
  • valid,
  • sociality,
  • benevolently,
  • elegant,
  • leniency,
  • sparing,
  • feel for,
  • benefit,
  • safe,
  • merciful,
  • lofty,
  • companionable,
  • benignly,
  • loving-kindness,
  • sociable,
  • long-suffering,
  • expert,
  • proficient,
  • commiserative,
  • obliging,
  • humaneness,
  • commendable,
  • fraternize,
  • favourable,
  • grace,
  • decent,
  • have dealings with,
  • goodly,
  • welfarist,
  • liberally,
  • affectionate,
  • ashen,
  • likable,
  • be interested in,
  • be friends,
  • auspicious,
  • favor,
  • mercifulness,
  • overindulgent,
  • complaisant,
  • advantageous,
  • white,
  • thorough,
  • neighbourly,
  • laudable,
  • condescension,
  • skilful,
  • make much of,
  • well-meant,
  • right,
  • gallant,
  • congenial,
  • make friends,
  • indulgence,
  • lavish,
  • upright,
  • understanding,
  • skillful,
  • keep company with,
  • respectable,
  • famous,
  • fond,
  • ripe,
  • well-wishing,
  • tenderness,
  • blanched,
  • unresentful,
  • befriend,
  • honorable,
  • empathetic,
  • salutary,
  • wish well,
  • humanely,
  • pleasant,
  • be friendly,
  • do good,
  • courtesy,
  • very good,
  • free,
  • pragmatic,
  • agreeable,
  • utilitarian,
  • know,
  • airy,
  • harmonic,
  • pity,
  • amicable,
  • unmalicious,
  • conciliatory,
  • achromatic,
  • giving,
  • unspoiled,
  • approachable,
  • bueno,
  • generously,
  • softhearted,
  • unspoilt,
  • empathize with,
  • grand,
  • longanimous,
  • sympathetic,
  • just,
  • whitened,
  • good-tempered,
  • healthy,
  • benevolence,
  • graciousness,
  • excellent,
  • Unrevengeful,
  • dependable,
  • love,
  • overpermissive,
  • braw,
  • thoughtful,
  • blank,
  • expedient,
  • Tender-hearted,
  • patient,
  • considerately,
  • compassionately,
  • bloodless,
  • protective,
  • be acquainted with,
  • likeable,
  • graciously,
  • polite,
  • become friendly,
  • decency,
  • sympathize with,
  • livid.

Paraphrases for Benevolent:

• Independent

  • Adjective
    sympathetic, compassionate, caring, gracious, friendly, beneficial, favourable, philanthropic.
  • Proper noun, singular
    philanthropic.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    philanthropic, philanthropy.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    benign, well-intentioned, well-meaning, merciful, charitable, Kind-hearted, volunteer.
  • Proper noun, singular
    charitable, charity, Charities.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    charity.

Antonyms for Benevolent:

• adj.

  • charitable, kind
    malevolent, selfish, stingy, mean, merciless, unkind, miserly, spiteful, greedy, hateful, cruel.
  • Other antonyms:
    wanton, pitiless, tough, uncaring, severe, ruthless, harsh, sadistic, mean, grim, savage, heavy-handed, unkindly, barbarous, self-indulgent, inconsiderate, thoughtless, stern, ungenerous, uncompassionate, atrocious, unsentimental, self-seeking, unthinking, barbaric.