beneficent

Questions about beneficent

What does beneficent mean?

beneficent means "doing or producing good". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in beneficent?

beneficent has 4 syllables: ben-e-fic-ent. The stress falls on "fic". In IPA it is /ˌbɛnəˈfɪʃənt/.

What is another word for beneficent?

Close synonyms include benevolent, eleemosynary, philanthropic. 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.

What is the opposite of beneficent?

The recorded antonyms are maleficent.

Is beneficent a common word?

beneficent is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with beneficent?

8 words rhyme with beneficent. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.