Meanings
adjectivephilanthropic (comparative more philanthropic, superlative most philanthropic)
comparative more philanthropic · superlative most philanthropic
- Of or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy; loving or helping mankind
a philanthropic enterprise
1 more example
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, →ISSNSynonyms: generous, philanthropical, charitable, benevolent, humanitarian, bighearted, giving, goodhearted
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy; loving or helping mankind
Opposite
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivegenerous in assistance to the poor
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Frenchphilanthropique
- Englishphilanthropic
From French philanthropique.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan filantròpic
- filantròpicof or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy
Chinese Mandarin 博爱的, 仁慈的
- 博爱的 (Bó'ài de)of or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy
- 仁慈的 (Réncí de)of or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy
Czech filantropický
- filantropickýof or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy
Dutch filantropisch
- filantropischof or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy
Esperanto filantropia
- filantropiaof or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy
Finnish filantropinen, hyväntekeväisyys-
- filantropinenof or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy
- hyväntekeväisyys-of or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy
French philanthropique
- philanthropiqueof or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy
German philanthropisch, menschenfreundlich
- philanthropischof or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy
- menschenfreundlichof or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy
Hungarian emberbaráti
- emberbarátiof or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy
Irish daonchairdiúil
- daonchairdiúilof or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy
Italian filantropico
- filantropicoof or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy
Japanese 博愛の, 慈善の
- 博愛のof or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy
- 慈善のof or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy
- 情け深いof or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy
Korean 인정 많은, 인자한
- 인정 많은 (injeong maneun)of or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy
- 인자한 (injahan)of or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy
- 박애의 (bagae'ui)of or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy
- 동포애의 (dongpoae'ui)of or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy
Latvian filantropisks
- filantropisksof or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy
Norwegian Bokmål filantropisk
- filantropiskof or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy
Polish filantropijny
- filantropijnyof or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy
Portuguese filantrópico
- filantrópicoof or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy
Romanian filantropic
- filantropicof or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy
Russian филантропи́ческий
- филантропи́ческий (filantropíčeskij)of or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy
Spanish filantrópico
- filantrópicoof or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy
Swedish filantropisk, människoälskande
- filantropiskof or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy
- människoälskandeof or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy
Ukrainian філантропі́чний
- філантропі́чний (filantropíčnyj)of or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy
Welsh dyngarol
- dyngarolof or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with philanthropic
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All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
philanthropic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/philanthropic
MLA
“philanthropic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/philanthropic. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “philanthropic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/philanthropic.
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