big-heartedness
Spirit of giving
Big-heartedness is the quality of being generous, kind, and warmly sympathetic toward others.
It suggests an expansive capacity for compassion and giving—someone whose heart seems large enough to embrace many people's troubles: Her big-heartedness made her everyone's confidante.
The term carries connotations of genuine warmth rather than mere charity.
Prioritizing others' wellbeing
- benevolenceDisposition toward doing good
- philanthropyGenerous giving for others
- givingTransferring to another
- largesseGenerous gift-giving
munificence · magnanimity · liberality · openhandedness · bountifulness · beneficence · charity · donations
Considerate, caring disposition
- sympathyCompassionate understanding of others
- mercyCompassion toward offenders
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
- warmthHeat you feel
gentleness · caring · understanding · forgiveness · grace · solicitude · leniency · soft-heartedness
Responsiveness to stimuli
- attunementHarmonious receptive connection
- rapportHarmonious mutual connection
- intuitionInstinctive immediate understanding
- perceptivenessAbility to notice subtleties
identification · fellow-feeling · resonance · connection · receptiveness · open-mindedness · listening · validation
altruism
Prioritizing others' wellbeing
- benevolenceDisposition toward doing good
- philanthropyGenerous giving for others
- givingTransferring to another
largesse · munificence · magnanimity · liberality · openhandedness · bountifulness · beneficence · charity · donations · gifts
kindness
Considerate, caring disposition
- sympathyCompassionate understanding of others
- mercyCompassion toward offenders
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
warmth · gentleness · caring · understanding · forgiveness · grace · solicitude · leniency · soft-heartedness · pity
sensitivity
Responsiveness to stimuli
- attunementHarmonious receptive connection
- rapportHarmonious mutual connection
- intuitionInstinctive immediate understanding
perceptiveness · identification · fellow-feeling · resonance · connection · receptiveness · open-mindedness · listening · validation · presence
volunteerism
Unpaid community assistance
humanitarianism · nonprofit · community · outreach · activism · advocacy · mentoring · caregiving · support · uplift
- givinggift, give, donating, donation, donate
- giving backdonates, generosity, volunteering, volunteers, selflessness
- liberalitygenerosity, charity, giving, gifts, donation
big-heartednessstinginess
Excessive reluctance to spend
miserliness · tightfistedness · greed · cheapness · niggardliness
big-heartednesscold-heartedness
Unfeeling, pitiless nature
hard-heartedness · heartlessness · cruelty · hostility · meanness
big-heartednessselfishness
Excessive concern for oneself
egoism · self-centeredness · narcissism · egotism · self-absorption