openhearted

1. 1.

   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”

   Synonymscharitablebenevolentkindlysympatheticgood-heartedlarge-hearted

   Similarkind
2. 2.

   freely communicative; candidly straightforward

   “openhearted advice”

   Similarcommunicative

Questions about openhearted

What does openhearted mean?

openhearted means "showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in openhearted?

openhearted has 5 syllables: o-pen-he-ar-ted. The stress falls on "he".

What is another word for openhearted?

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

openhearted 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.