philanthropist

Other forms of philanthropist

plural

philanthropists·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about philanthropist

What does philanthropist mean?

philanthropist means "someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being".

How many syllables are in philanthropist?

philanthropist has 4 syllables: phi-lan-thro-pist. The stress falls on "lan". In IPA it is /fəˈlænθɹəpəst/.

What is another word for philanthropist?

Close synonyms include altruist. 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 philanthropist a common word?

philanthropist 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.