Definition for Philanthropy:

• Love to mankind; benevolence toward the whole human family; universal good will; desire and readiness to do good to all men; - opposed to misanthropy.

Synonyms for Philanthropy:

• n.

  •
  • charitable,
  • cause,
  • community service,
  • community chest,
  • donate,
  • collection box,
  • aid.
  •
  • attitude,
  • kind,
  • grace.
  •
  • favor,
  • office,
  • give.
  •altruism (noun)
  • public spirits,
  • humanitarianisms,
  • social consciences,
  • selflessnesses.
  •benevolence (noun)
  • compassion,
  • bountifulness,
  • magnanimity,
  • good will,
  • motherliness,
  • neighborliness,
  • benevolence.
  •benignity (noun)
  • warm heartednesses,
  • warm heartedness,
  • warmheartednesses,
  • warm-heartednesses.
  •big-heartedness (noun)
  • big heartedness,
  • great heartedness.
  •bounteousness (noun)
  • freehandednesses.
  •charity (noun)
  • alms-givings,
  • writeoff,
  • alms giving,
  • alms givings,
  • re-lief,
  • hand outs,
  • giftings,
  • re lief,
  • almsgivings,
  • write offs,
  • writeoffs.
  •donation (noun)
  • do one part,
  • be-quest,
  • a hands,
  • be quest,
  • pre sent,
  • do one parts,
  • do one's parts,
  • do parts,
  • do ones parts,
  • helping hand largesses,
  • be-quests,
  • pre-sent,
  • do part,
  • pre-sents,
  • do ones part,
  • be quests.
  •generosity (noun)
  • greatness,
  • charitableness,
  • hospitality,
  • hospitableness,
  • largess,
  • Freeness,
  • bigness.
  •gift (noun)
  • hand-me-down,
  • giveaways,
  • donation,
  • giveaway,
  • Remittances,
  • Fairing,
  • remittance,
  • Offertories,
  • offertory,
  • goodie,
  • hand-me-downs.
  •humanitarianism (noun)
  • relief,
  • endowment,
  • good works,
  • alms,
  • helping hand,
  • fund,
  • dole,
  • assistance,
  • contribution.
  •philanthropic gift (noun)
  • philanthropic gift.
  •pity (noun)
  • empathy,
  • Condolement.
  •unselfishness (noun)
  • un selfishnesses,
  • un selfishness,
  • un-selfishnesses,
  • un-selfishness.
  •unsparingness (noun)
  • un sparingnesses,
  • un sparingness,
  • un-sparingnesses,
  • un-sparingness.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • benignancy.
  •
  • kindheartedness,
  • oblation.
  •welfare work
  • social service.

Paraphrases for Philanthropy:

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    sponsorship, benevolent.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    philanthropic.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    philanthropic.

Antonyms for Philanthropy:

• n.

  • humanitarianism
    hurt, injury.
  • Other antonyms:
    harshness, barbarity, conserving, illiberality, niggardliness, scraping, Husbanding, meanness, selfishness, self-seeking, economy, brutality, saving, greediness, thrift, Skimping, unkindness, malevolence, malignity, inhumanity, conservation, husbandry, Pinching, frugality.

Philanthropy Sentence Examples:

• The first was Tory philanthropy.

• Indeed, so far as known, he never even visited the United States, and yet no account of American philanthropy would be complete without him.