charitable
UK/ˈt͡ʃæɹɪtəbəl//ˈt͡ʃæɹətəbəl/
charitable adjective: pertaining to charity.
Adjective
charitable (comparative more charitable, superlative most charitable)
- Pertaining to charity.
- Kind, generous.
- St. Martin [of Tours] looks round, first, deliberately;—becomes aware of a tatterdemalion and thirsty-looking soul of a beggar at his chair side, who has managed to get his cup filled somehow, also—by a charitable lacquey. St. Martin turns his back on the Empress, and hobnobs with him!1884, John Ruskin, “By the Rivers of Waters”, in “Our Fathers Have Told Us.”: Sketches of the History of Christendom for Boys and Girls who have been Held at Its Fonts, part I (The Bible of Amiens)...
- Pakistan can sometimes be a cruel environment, its residents caught between the dual pressures of poverty and violence. Yet it is also a place of great kindness, with a strong culture of charitable giving.2017 April 6, Samira Shackle, “On the frontline with Karachi’s ambulance drivers”, in the Guardian
- Having a purpose or character of a charity.
charitable meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
charitable in Hindi
- pertaining to charity
- पूर्त pūrt
charitable in Tamil
- kind, generous
- வள்ளல் vaḷḷal
charitable in Marathi
- charitable, generous
- दायक dāyak
charitable in Urdu
- charitable
- دیاوان dayāvān
More languagesFewer languages
- charitable in Bengali
- দাতব্য, দানশীল, দয়াশীল, কৃপালু
- charitable in Telugu
- ధర్మాత్ముడు dharmātmuḍu
- charitable in Malayalam
- പരോപകാരപരമായ, ധർമ്മപരമായ, പരോപകാരതൽപ്പരനായ, ഉദാരമായ
- charitable in Kannada
- ಧರ್ಮಾರ್ಥ dharmārtha
- charitable in Punjabi
- ਦਾਨੀ dānī
- charitable in Gujarati
- સખાવતી
- charitable in Persian
- خیریه xeyriye
Examples of charitable in a sentence
- I find that for me, my sponsorship of a child via a charitable NGO provides a sense of great satisfaction.
- He meanly refused to ever make a charitable donation.
- Her interest in his welfare was ostensibly charitable and magnanimous, but people began wondering who was going to inherit his assets when he died.
Synonyms of charitable
Forms of charitable
| comparative | more charitable |
|---|---|
| superlative | most charitable |
Origin of charitable
From Old French charitable.
Words formed from charitable
Phrases with charitable
Questions about charitable
- What does charitable mean?
- Charitable means pertaining to charity.
- What is charitable in Hindi?
- Charitable in Hindi is पूर्त (pūrt). See Charitable meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is charitable?
- Charitable is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce charitable?
- Charitable is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃæɹɪtəbəl/ (UK).
Words near charitable in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: charitable (page history and authors); दायक (Marathi) (page history and authors); دیاوان (Urdu) (page history and authors); charitable (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ధర్మాత్ముడు (Telugu) (page history and authors); charitable (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); ಧರ್ಮಾರ್ಥ (Kannada) (page history and authors); ਦਾਨੀ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); charitable (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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