bighearted
Quick to give
Bighearted means generous and kind, especially in giving help or showing compassion to others.
A bighearted person gives freely of their time, money, or sympathy: She made a bighearted donation to the shelter.
The word suggests warmth and openness rather than calculation.
Noble and forgiving
- munificentExtravagantly generous in giving
- openhandedGiving freely, ungrudgingly
- philanthropicDevoted to human welfare
- charitableGiving to those needing
liberal · bountiful · beneficent · lavish · giving · unsparing · largesse · benevolent
Feeling what others feel
- sympatheticFeeling others' emotions
- caringShowing kind concern
- tenderSoft or sore
- mercifulDisposed toward forgiveness
humane · understanding · sensitive · forgiving · tolerant · tenderhearted · pitying · consoling
magnanimous
Noble and forgiving
- munificentExtravagantly generous in giving
- openhandedGiving freely, ungrudgingly
- philanthropicDevoted to human welfare
charitable · liberal · bountiful · beneficent · lavish · giving · unsparing · largesse · benevolent · kindhearted
empathetic
Feeling what others feel
- sympatheticFeeling others' emotions
- caringShowing kind concern
- tenderSoft or sore
merciful · humane · understanding · sensitive · forgiving · tolerant · tenderhearted · pitying · consoling · comforting
affectionate
Showing warm regard
friendly · approachable · nurturing · good-natured · kindly · amicable · heartfelt · sincere · loving · hospitable
- Heart compoundswarmhearted, coldhearted, kindhearted, wholehearted, halfhearted
bigheartedstingy
Unwilling to spend freely
miserly · tightfisted · cheap · closefisted · ungenerous
bigheartedcoldhearted
Lacking empathy or kindness
heartless · hardhearted · unfeeling · callous · uncharitable
bigheartedselfish
Concerned only with oneself
mean · mean-spirited · petty · self-centered · smallminded