ungenerous

Questions about ungenerous

What does ungenerous mean?

ungenerous means "lacking in magnanimity". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ungenerous?

ungenerous has 4 syllables: un-ge-ne-rous. The stress falls on "ge".

What is another word for ungenerous?

Close synonyms include meanspirited, stingy. 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.

What is the opposite of ungenerous?

The recorded antonyms are generous.

Is ungenerous a common word?

ungenerous 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.