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benevolent
[buh-nev-uh-luhnt]
adjective
characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings.
a benevolent attitude; her benevolent smile.
desiring to help others; charitable.
gifts from several benevolent alumni.
Synonyms: , , , , , , ,intended for benefits rather than profit.
a benevolent institution.
benevolent
/ ɪˈɛəəԳ /
adjective
intending or showing goodwill; kindly; friendly
a benevolent smile
a benevolent old man
doing good or giving aid to others, rather than making profit; charitable
a benevolent organization
Other 51Թ Forms
- benevolently adverb
- benevolentness noun
- nonbenevolent adjective
- nonbenevolently adverb
- pseudobenevolent adjective
- pseudobenevolently adverb
- quasi-benevolent adjective
- quasi-benevolently adverb
- superbenevolent adjective
- superbenevolently adverb
- unbenevolent adjective
- unbenevolently adverb
- ˈԱ𱹴DZԳٱ adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of benevolent1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of benevolent1
Example Sentences
Throughout, the characters routinely name-drop philosophers and authors they've obviously never read while indulging bizarre fantasies of living forever and ruling the universe as benevolent dictators.
LK: In California, I learned that nature is benevolent and magnanimous.
It's the little cues that make “Poker Face” a TV comfort quilt, joining highbrow humor and an accessible tone, with Lyonne’s benevolent energy and rumpled chic holding it all together.
As she says in the film, Graham had never met him, knew nothing about him and “worried that he wasn’t benevolent.”
I am 72 years old and have lived my life in the benevolent shadow of the postwar order.
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