alms-giving

1. 1.

   making voluntary contributions to aid the poor

   Synonymsalmsgiving

   Broadergiving

Questions about alms-giving

What does alms-giving mean?

alms-giving means "making voluntary contributions to aid the poor".

How many syllables are in alms-giving?

alms-giving has 3 syllables and divides as alms--gi-ving under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for alms-giving?

Close synonyms include almsgiving. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.