charitable

Questions about charitable

What does charitable mean?

charitable means "relating to or characterized by charity". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in charitable?

charitable has 4 syllables: char-i-ta-ble. The stress falls on "char". In IPA it is /ˈtʃæɹətəbəl/.

What is another word for charitable?

Close synonyms include benevolent, kindly, sympathetic, good-hearted, openhearted. 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 charitable?

The recorded antonyms are uncharitable.

Is charitable a common word?

charitable is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.