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Adjective benevolent has 5 senses
- beneficent, benevolent, gracious - doing or producing good
Antonyms: evil, wicked (indirect, via good)
- benevolent - intending or showing kindness; "a benevolent society"
- benevolent, good - having or showing or arising from a desire to promote the welfare or happiness of others; "his benevolent smile"; "a benevolent nature"
Antonyms: malevolent, malicious, beady-eyed, bitchy, catty, cattish, poisonous, venomous, vicious, venomed
- benevolent, freehearted - generous in providing aid to others
Antonyms: stingy, ungenerous (indirect, via generous)
- beneficent, benevolent, eleemosynary, philanthropic - generous in assistance to the poor; "a benevolent contributor"; "eleemosynary relief"; "philanthropic contributions"
Antonym: uncharitable (indirect, via charitable)
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