philanthropic

1. 1.

   generous in assistance to the poor

   “a benevolent contributor”

   “eleemosynary relief”

   “philanthropic contributions”

   Synonymsbeneficentbenevolenteleemosynary

   Similarcharitable
2. 2.

   of or relating to or characterized by philanthropy

   “a philanthropic society”

Questions about philanthropic

What does philanthropic mean?

philanthropic means "generous in assistance to the poor". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in philanthropic?

philanthropic has 4 syllables: phil-an-thro-pic. The stress falls on "thro". In IPA it is /ˌfɪlənˈθɹɑpɪk/.

What is another word for philanthropic?

Close synonyms include beneficent, benevolent, eleemosynary. 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 philanthropic a common word?

philanthropic 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.