benevolent
adjective
1. intending or showing kindness
- a benevolent society
2. showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity
Similar word(s): kind, charitable, kindly, openhearted, sympathetic
3. generous in providing aid to others
Similar word(s): generous, freehearted
4. generous in assistance to the poor
- a benevolent contributor
Similar word(s): charitable, beneficent, eleemosynary, philanthropic
Sentences with benevolent as an adjective:
- Chinese and Eastern mythologies describe dragons as benevolent.