ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsBbeneficent
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beneficent
Meaning: doing good or actively helping others
beneficent in a sentence
How beneficent is used in real sentences:
A beneficent donor funded the library without seeking public recognition.
The foundation's beneficent work provided clean water to dozens of remote villages.
“A beneficent foundation that supplied free flood-warning equipment to vulnerable coastal towns offered its high-altitude observatory for the campaign and paid local technicians.”
— from the passage The Drift Above
Synonyms for beneficent
Other words for beneficent — benevolent, charitable and generous — carry the same meaning.
- benevolent
- charitable
- generous
Antonyms of beneficent
Words that mean the opposite of beneficent:
- malevolent
- harmful
- cruel
Where it comes from
From Latin beneficent-, meaning 'doing good.'
Memory hook
BENEFICENT begins like BENEFIT: a beneficent person acts for others' benefit.
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