philanthropic
Syllables: phil·an·thro·pic/ˌfɪl.ənˈθɹɒp.ɪk/US/ˌfɪl.ənˈθɹɑ.pɪk/
philanthropic adjective: of or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy; loving or helping mankind.
Adjective
philanthropic (comparative more philanthropic, superlative most philanthropic)
- Of or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy; loving or helping mankind
- a philanthropic enterprise
- At the same time, politics started spilling over into the philanthropic initiative.2025 June 28, Theodore Schleifer, Eli Tan, Mike Isaac, “Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan Narrow CZI’s Focus to Science Efforts”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
- Synonyms:
- generous, philanthropical, charitable, benevolent, humanitarian, bighearted, giving, goodhearted, altruistic
philanthropic meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
philanthropic in Hindi
- परोपकारी
philanthropic in Tamil
- ஈகை உள்ளத்துடன், கொடை உள்ளத்துடன், தாராள மனதுடன், தர்மசிந்தனையுடன், ஈரிய, ஈகையுள்ள
philanthropic in Marathi
- परोपकारी
philanthropic in Bengali
- পরোপকারী, জনহিতৈষী
More languagesFewer languages
- philanthropic in Malayalam
- മനുഷ്യസ്നേഹം സംബന്ധിച്ച
- philanthropic in Kannada
- ದಾನಶೀಲ, ಉದಾರ, ಉಪಕಾರ ಗುಣದ, ದಯಾಪರ
- philanthropic in Punjabi
- ਪਰਉਪਕਾਰੀ
- philanthropic in Gujarati
- પરોપકારી
- philanthropic in Odia
- ପରୋପକାରୀ
Examples of philanthropic in a sentence
- The philanthropic endowment that she bequeathed gave her an ongoing afterlife.
- Our extramural sports program was on life support until a generous philanthropic donation gave it a much-needed blood transfusion.
- She's garbed her philanthropic activities in anonymity.
Synonyms of philanthropic
- generous
- philanthropical
- charitable
- benevolent
- humanitarian
- bighearted
- giving
- goodhearted
- altruistic
Antonyms
Forms of philanthropic
| comparative | more philanthropic |
|---|---|
| superlative | most philanthropic |
Origin of philanthropic
From French philanthropique.
Words formed from philanthropic
Words that rhyme with philanthropic
- topic
- microscopic
- polytropic
- telescopic
- tropic
- catascopic
- megascopic
- monotropic
- myopic
- tonotopic
- allotopic
- diascopic
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- dystropic
- ectopic
- fibroscopic
- gonadotropic
- macroscopic
- microendoscopic
- monoscopic
- polytopic
- proctoscopic
- rhinoscopic
- thermoscopic
- thermotropic
- acroscopic
- adrenocorticotropic
- aerotropic
- Afrotropic
- allotropic
- amblyopic
- ametropic
- anascopic
- anoscopic
- anthropic
- antigonadotropic
- antitropic
- antroscopic
- apocopic
- arthroscopic
- arthrotropic
- asthenopic
- astroscopic
- atopic
- auriscopic
- autoscopic
- autostereoscopic
- baroscopic
- barotropic
- basiscopic
- bathmotropic
- bioscopic
- bronchoscopic
- brontoscopic
- chemotropic
- chromatophorotropic
- chromoendoscopic
- chromotropic
- chronoscopic
- chronotopic
- chronotropic
Questions about philanthropic
- What does philanthropic mean?
- Philanthropic means of or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy; loving or helping mankind.
- What is philanthropic in Hindi?
- Philanthropic in Hindi is परोपकारी. See Philanthropic meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is philanthropic?
- Philanthropic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce philanthropic?
- Philanthropic is pronounced /ˌfɪl.ənˈθɹɒp.ɪk/ (UK).
Words near philanthropic in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: philanthropic (page history and authors); philanthropic (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); philanthropic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); philanthropic (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); philanthropic (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); philanthropic (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); philanthropic (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); philanthropic (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); philanthropic (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); philanthropic (Odia, 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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