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- pronunciation:
- maeg
nae
nih
m
 s
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
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adjective |
| definition: |
having or showing a generous, forgiving, or noble nature.
Donating the priceless statue to the museum was a magnanimous act on the part of the private collector.It was magnanimous of you to help her out after all the hurtful things she did.- synonyms:
- bighearted, charitable, generous, gracious, largehearted, liberal, munificent, noble, philanthropic
- antonyms:
- bitter, churlish, petty, selfish
- similar words:
- altruistic, beneficent, benevolent, big, forgiving, obliging, openhanded, tolerant
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| related words: |
bounteous, bountiful, charitable, chivalrous, handsome, lenient, munificent, noble, unselfish |
adverb + (adj.)magnanimous
completely, enough, especially, generally, less
(adj.)magnanimous
+ noun
act, defeat, gesture, gift, knock, mood, nature, offer, owner, republican, self, soldier, style, victory, welcome
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| derivations: |
magnanimously (adv.), magnanimousness (n.) |
The word magnanimous
contains the following parts:
magn, magna, magni, maj
Latin
root
that means great, large
  Example words:
magnanimity, magnanimous, magnate, magnificent, magnify, magniloquent, magnitude, magnum, major, majority, majesty, majestic
- synonyms:
- maxi, mega, megal, megalo, -megaly, macro-
- antonyms:
- min, micro-
-ous, -ious
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means full of, characterized by
More about this word part:
The suffix "-ous
, -ious
" attaches to Latin, Greek, and native English roots
Example words:
adventurous, ambiguous, amorous, amorphous, anadromous, androgynous, anomalous, apetalous, apocarpous, apterous, aqueous, atrocious, auspicious, avaricious, azygous, captious, carnivorous, chromous, coterminous, covetous, curious, delicious, diadromous, diaphanous, dicephalous, dioecious, disingenuous, egregious, endogenous, enormous, epigynous, euphonious, extemporaneous, ferocious, fortuitous, generous, glorious, gracious, gregarious, heterogamous, heterogeneous, homogeneous, homogenous, homologous, homopterous, hydrous, hypogynous, illustrious, impecunious, impervious, incommodious, incongruous, inconspicuous, indecorous, infamous, infelicitous, innocuous, intravenous, isogenous, isomerous, joyous, judicious, laborious, ludicrous, lustrous, magnanimous, malicious, malodorous, monoclinous, monoecious, multiparous, nauseous, perigynous, poisonous, porous, precious, quadrumanous, ramous, rebellious, spacious, subaqueous, synchronous, tubuliflorous, unanimous, valorous, vicious, wondrous, xerophilous
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