Philanthropic

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Philanthropic \Phil`an*throp"ic\, Philanthropical
  \Phil`an*throp"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. philanthropique.]
     Of or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by
     philanthropy; loving or helping mankind; as, a philanthropic
     enterprise. -- {Phil`an*throp"ic*al*ly}, adv.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  philanthropic
       adj 1: generous in assistance to the poor; "a benevolent
              contributor"; "eleemosynary relief"; "philanthropic
              contributions" [syn: {beneficent}, {benevolent}, {eleemosynary}]
       2: of or relating to or characterized by philanthropy; "a
          philanthropic society"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  30 Moby Thesaurus words for "philanthropic":
     almsgiving, altruistic, beneficent, benevolent, bighearted,
     charitable, contributing, donating, eleemosynary, freehanded,
     freehearted, generous, giving, good, greathearted, humane,
     humanitarian, kindhearted, largehearted, magnanimous, munificent,
     open-handed, openhearted, public, spirited, ungrudging, unstinting,
     welfare, welfare statist, welfarist