Word Meanings - MAGNANIMOUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Great of mind; elevated in soul or in sentiment; raised above what is low, mean, or ungenerous; of lofty and courageous spirit; as, a magnanimous character; a magnanimous conqueror. Be magnanimous in the enterprise. Shak. To give a kingdom hath

Additional info about word: MAGNANIMOUS

1. Great of mind; elevated in soul or in sentiment; raised above what is low, mean, or ungenerous; of lofty and courageous spirit; as, a magnanimous character; a magnanimous conqueror. Be magnanimous in the enterprise. Shak. To give a kingdom hath been thought Greater and nobler done, and to law down Far more magnanimousan to assume. Milton. 2. Dictated by or exhibiting nobleness of soul; honorable; noble; not selfish. Both strived for death; magnanimous debate. Stirling. There is an indissoluble union between a magnanimous policy and the solid rewards of public prosperity and felicity. Washington.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of MAGNANIMOUS)

• Generous
• Noble
• chivalrous
• liberal
• disinterested
• bountiful
• magnanimous
• open-hearted
• munificent
• honorable
• Great
• Big
• wide
• huge
• numerous
• protracted
• excellent
• large
• immense
• bulky
• majestic
• gigantic
• vast
• grand
• sublime
• august
• eminent
• noble
• powerful
• exalted
• noticeable
• magnificent
• Grand
• splendid
• superb
• imposing
• gorgeous
• stately
• dignified
• pompous
• aristocratic
• generous
• illustrious
• worthy
• lofty-minded
• fine

Related words: (words related to MAGNANIMOUS)

• MAGNIFICENTLY
  In a Magnificent manner.
• DISINTERESTING
  Uninteresting. "Disinteresting passages." Bp. Warburton.
• SPLENDIDIOUS
  Splendid.
• IMPOSABLE
  Capable of being imposed or laid on. Hammond.
• GRANDEUR
  The state or quality of being grand; vastness; greatness; splendor; magnificence; stateliness; sublimity; dignity; elevation of thought or expression; nobility of action. Nor doth this grandeur and majestic show Of luxury . . . allure mine eye.
• GORGEOUS
  Imposing through splendid or various colors; showy; fine; magnificent. Cloud-land, gorgeous land. Coleridge. Gogeous as the sun at midsummer. Shak. -- Gor"geous*ly, adv. -- Gor"geous*ness, n. (more info) luxurious; cf. OF. gorgias ruff,
• BULKY
  Of great bulk or dimensions; of great size; large; thick; massive; as, bulky volumes. A bulky digest of the revenue laws. Hawthorne.
• HONORABLE
  1. Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious. Thy name and honorable family. Shak. 2. High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation. 3. Proceeding from an
• GREAT-HEARTED
  1. High-spirited; fearless. Clarendon. 2. Generous; magnanimous; noble.
• GREAT-GRANDFATHER
  The father of one's grandfather or grandmother.
• GRANDEESHIP
  The rank or estate of a grandee; lordship. H. Swinburne.
• POWERFUL
  Large; capacious; -- said of veins of ore. Syn. -- Mighty; strong; potent; forcible; efficacious; energetic; intense. -- Pow"er*ful*ly, adv. -- Pow"er*ful*ness, n. (more info) 1. Full of power; capable of producing great effects of any
• IMMENSENESS
  The state of being immense.
• LIBERALIZE
  To make liberal; to free from narrow views or prejudices. To open and to liberalize the mind. Burke.
• GRANDMA; GRANDMAMMA
  A grand mother.
• BOUNTIFUL
  1. Free in giving; liberal in bestowing gifts and favors. God, the bountiful Author of our being. Locke. 2. Plentiful; abundant; as, a bountiful supply of food. Syn. -- Liberal; munificent; generous; bounteous. -- Boun"ti*ful*ly, adv.
• GRANDUNCLE
  father's or mother's uncle.
• NOBLEWOMAN
  A female of noble rank; a peeress.
• HONORABLENESS
  1. The state of being honorable; eminence; distinction. 2. Conformity to the principles of honor, probity, or moral rectitude; fairness; uprightness; reputableness.
• IMPOSINGNESS
  The quality of being imposing.
• INGREAT
  To make great; to enlarge; to magnify. Fotherby.
• INNUMEROUS
  Innumerable. Milton.
• ILLIBERALISM
  Illiberality.
• CONGENEROUS
  Allied in origin or cause; congeneric; as, congenerous diseases. Sir T. Browne. -- Con*gen"er*ous*ness, n. Hallywell.
• ENLARGEMENT
  1. The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion. 2. Expansion or extension, as of the powers of the mind; ennoblement, as of the feelings and character; as, an