munificence

Questions about munificence

What does munificence mean?

munificence means "liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit".

How many syllables are in munificence?

munificence has 4 syllables and divides as mu-ni-fi-cence under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for munificence?

Close synonyms include largess, largesse, magnanimity, openhandedness. 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 munificence a common word?

munificence is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.