magnanimous

Questions about magnanimous

What does magnanimous mean?

magnanimous means "noble and generous in spirit". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in magnanimous?

magnanimous has 4 syllables: mag-nan-i-mous. The stress falls on "nan". In IPA it is /mæɡˈnænəməs/.

What is another word for magnanimous?

Close synonyms include greathearted, big, large. 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.

Is magnanimous a common word?

magnanimous 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 magnanimous?

1 word rhymes with magnanimous. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.