beneficent
UK/bəˈnɛ.fɪ.sənt//bəˈnɛ.fə.sənt/
beneficent adjective: given to acts that are kind, charitable, philanthropic or beneficial.
Adjective
beneficent (comparative more beneficent, superlative most beneficent)
- Given to acts that are kind, charitable, philanthropic or beneficial.
- Near-synonyms: benevolent, generous, magnanimous
- beneficent spirit
- Synonyms:
- benevolent, generous, magnanimous
- Antonyms:
- maleficent, maleficient, malevolent, malicious, evil, abandoned, arrant, bad, bad apple, bad seed
beneficent meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
beneficent in Tamil
- ஏழை, எளியோர்க்கு இரங்குபவர், கொடைவள்ளல்
beneficent in Urdu
- beneficent
- محسن muhsin
beneficent in Bengali
- দয়ালু, পরোপকারী
beneficent in Malayalam
- altruistic, benevolent, charitable
- ലോകോപകാരിയായ, പരോപകാരിയായ, ഹൃദയാലുവായ, ധർമ്മശീല, ഔദാര്യവാനായ, ധർമ്മപരായണനായ
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- beneficent in Kannada
- ದಯಾಳು, ಕರುಣಾಳು, ಉದಾರ
- beneficent in Arabic
- رَحِيم raḥīm, مُحْسِن muḥsin, مُتَصَدِّق mutaṣaddiq
- beneficent in Persian
- نیکوکار nikukâr, سودبخش sudbaxš
Examples of beneficent in a sentence
- beneficent influence
- The monk was remembered as a beneficent figure in the village.
Synonyms of beneficent
Antonyms
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Forms of beneficent
| comparative | more beneficent |
|---|---|
| superlative | most beneficent |
| alternative proscribed sometimes | beneficient |
Origin of beneficent
From Latin *beneficens, *beneficent-, from bene (“well, good”) + -ficens, combining form from faciens, present participle of facere (“to make or do”). Compare English beneficence.
Words formed from beneficent
Questions about beneficent
- What does beneficent mean?
- Beneficent means given to acts that are kind, charitable, philanthropic or beneficial.
- What is beneficent in Tamil?
- Beneficent in Tamil is ஏழை, எளியோர்க்கு இரங்குபவர், கொடைவள்ளல். See Beneficent meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use beneficent in a sentence?
- beneficent influence
- What part of speech is beneficent?
- Beneficent is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce beneficent?
- Beneficent is pronounced /bəˈnɛ.fɪ.sənt/ (UK).
Words near beneficent in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: beneficent (page history and authors); beneficent (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); محسن (Urdu) (page history and authors); beneficent (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); beneficent (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); beneficent (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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