philanthropic

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒpɪk

Adjective

philanthropic (comparative more philanthropic, superlative most philanthropic)

1. Of or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy; loving or helping mankind; as, a philanthropic enterprise.

Synonyms

• generous
• philanthropical
• charitable
• benevolent
• humanitarian
• bighearted
• giving
• goodhearted
• altruistic

Antonyms

• misanthropic
• nasty
• mean
• hateful (of human race)

Translations

of or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy

Catalan: filantròpic (ca) Croatian: filàntropskī (hr), čovjekoljùbiv (hr) Czech: filantropický (cs) m. Dutch: filantropisch (nl) French: philanthropique (fr) German: philanthropisch (de)

Japanese: 博愛の, 慈善の, 情け深い Korean: 인정 많은, 인자한, 박애의, 동포애의 Romanian: filantropic (ro) m. and n. Russian: филантропический (ru) Spanish: filantrópico (es) Swedish: filantropisk, människoälskande

See also

• altruism
• altruist
• altruistic
• altruistically
• misandry (hatred of males)
• misanthropist
• misanthropy (hatred of human race)
• misogyny (hatred of females)
• philanthropically
• philanthropist
• philanthropy (benevolence towards human race)