GENEROUS


Meaning of GENEROUS in English

adj.

VERBS

▪ appear , be , feel , seem , sound

▪ become

John's become very ~ with the wine!

ADVERB

▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.

▪ exceedingly , extraordinarily , incredibly , most

You have been most ~.

▪ overly

The review panel criticized the payments as overly ~.

▪ reasonably , relatively

PREPOSITION

▪ of

Thank you for your donation. It was very ~ of you.

▪ to

They have been extremely ~ to the church.

▪ with

She's very ~ with her praise.

Generous is used with these nouns: ↑ allowance , ↑ benefactor , ↑ benefit , ↑ bequest , ↑ budget , ↑ character , ↑ contribution , ↑ contributor , ↑ discount , ↑ donation , ↑ donor , ↑ funding , ↑ gift , ↑ hand , ↑ help , ↑ helping , ↑ hospitality , ↑ host , ↑ incentive , ↑ interpretation , ↑ level , ↑ margin , ↑ measure , ↑ mood , ↑ offer , ↑ package , ↑ patron , ↑ payment , ↑ pension , ↑ portion , ↑ proportion , ↑ quantity , ↑ rebate , ↑ salary , ↑ settlement , ↑ slice , ↑ soul , ↑ spirit , ↑ sponsorship , ↑ subsidy , ↑ sum , ↑ support , ↑ tip , ↑ treatment , ↑ tribute

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