Synonyms of openhanded

openhanded

adjective

ˌō-pən-ˈhan-dəd 

as in generous

giving or sharing in abundance and without hesitation

in the aftermath of the disaster, many people were exceptionally openhanded with their donations to charity

Synonyms & Similar Words

• generous
• charitable
• benevolent
• munificent
• bounteous
• bountiful
• liberal
• unselfish
• bighearted
• unstinting
• open
• fulsome
• unsparing
• handsome
• freehanded
• compassionate
• free
• kind
• lavish
• hospitable
• kindly
• extravagant
• philanthropic
• profuse
• magnanimous
• altruistic
• freehearted
• humanitarian
• sympathetic
• philanthropical
• beneficent
• overgenerous
• openhearted
• big
• good-hearted
• greathearted
• samaritan
• largehearted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ungenerous
• stingy
• selfish
• parsimonious
• small
• tightfisted
• miserly
• cheap
• penurious
• close
• tight
• uncharitable
• niggardly
• petty
• costive
• mingy
• thrifty
• frugal
• illiberal
• sparing
• spare
• mean
• chary
• closefisted
• stinting
• acquisitive
• avaricious
• covetous
• hoggish
• desirous
• grasping
• rapacious
• mercenary
• avid
• grudging
• resentful
• envious
• itchy
• begrudging
• stinting
• coveting

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of openhanded

The price tag for the expansion is $450 million, more than $200 million of which comes from the estate of David Rockefeller, MoMA’s most openhanded donor, who died in 2017 at age 101. —Terry Teachout, WSJ, 13 Feb. 2019