benevolence

Other forms of benevolence

plural

benevolences·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about benevolence

What does benevolence mean?

benevolence means "disposition to do good". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in benevolence?

benevolence has 4 syllables: be-nev-o-lence. The stress falls on "nev". In IPA it is /bəˈnɛvələns/.

What is another word for benevolence?

Close synonyms include benefaction. 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 benevolence?

The recorded antonyms are malevolence.

Is benevolence a common word?

benevolence 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.