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say it: buh-NEV-uh-luhnt
benevolent is an adjective meaning "intending or showing kindness". It is pronounced /bəˈnɛvələnt/ — buh-NEV-uh-luhnt. It carries 4 recorded senses.
intending or showing kindness
“a benevolent society”
showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity
“was charitable in his opinions of others”
“kindly criticism”
“a kindly act”
“sympathetic words”
“a large-hearted mentor”
generous in providing aid to others
generous in assistance to the poor
“a benevolent contributor”
“eleemosynary relief”
“philanthropic contributions”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for benevolent come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.