philanthropist
philanthropist noun: a person who loves humankind in general.
Noun
philanthropist (plural philanthropists)
- A person who loves humankind in general.
- Antonyms:
- misanthropist
- A person or institution who seeks to improve the world, especially by monetary gifts.
- […]and with a passing vague wonder as to what manner of man the ‘philanthropist’ might be who had more money than he knew what to do with,[…]1895, Marie Corelli, The Sorrows of Satan: or The Strange Experience of One Geoffrey Tempest, Millionaire […], 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, published...
- He was a noted philanthropist, and played a public-spirited part in the support of the Army during the Crimean War.1960 March, N. Caplan, “The Railway Member of Parliament”, in Railway Magazine, page 209
philanthropist meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
philanthropist in Tamil
- person who seeks to improve the world
- வள்ளல் vaḷḷal
philanthropist in Urdu
- انسان دوست
philanthropist in Bengali
- philanthropist
- মানবহিতৈষী manob'hitōiśi
philanthropist in Telugu
- philanthropist
- పరోపకారి parōpakāri
More languagesFewer languages
- philanthropist in Malayalam
- മനുഷ്യസ്നേഹി, ലോകോപകാരി
- philanthropist in Kannada
- ಲೋಕೋಪಕಾರಿ, ಮಾನವ ಹಿತಾಕಾಂಕ್ಷಿ, ಲೋಕಹಿತೈಷಿ, ದಾನಿ
- philanthropist in Arabic
- سَخِيّ saḵiyy
Antonyms of philanthropist
Forms of philanthropist
| plural | philanthropists |
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Origin of philanthropist
From philanthropy + -ist; compare French philanthrope.
Words formed from philanthropist
Questions about philanthropist
- What does philanthropist mean?
- Philanthropist means a person who loves humankind in general.
- What is philanthropist in Tamil?
- Philanthropist in Tamil is வள்ளல் (vaḷḷal). See Philanthropist meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is philanthropist?
- Philanthropist is a noun.
- What is the plural of philanthropist?
- The plural of philanthropist is philanthropists.
Words near philanthropist in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: philanthropist (page history and authors); philanthropist (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); মানবহিতৈষী (Bengali) (page history and authors); పరోపకారి (Telugu) (page history and authors); philanthropist (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); philanthropist (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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