Synonyms of bigheartedness

bigheartedness

noun

1

as in kindness

the capacity for feeling for another's unhappiness or misfortune

because of the bigheartedness of her coworkers, she was able to present the charity with a fat check

Synonyms & Similar Words

• kindness
• sympathy
• heart
• compassion
• largeheartedness
• feeling
• mercy
• humanity
• feelings
• pity
• generosity
• softheartedness
• ruth
• sensitivity
• kindheartedness
• warmheartedness
• kindliness
• commiseration
• responsiveness
• good-heartedness
• charity
• love
• regard
• affection
• sensibility
• empathy
• affinity
• rapport
• humanitarianism
• humaneness
• humanism
• philanthropy
• altruism
• goodwill
• benignancy
• benevolence
• benignity

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• indifference
• inhumanity
• coldness
• coldheartedness
• inhumanness
• cruelty
• disinterest
• pitilessness
• callousness
• unconcern
• mercilessness
• hatred
• hard-heartedness
• hostility
• harshness
• animosity
• dislike
• antipathy

2

as in generosity

the quality or state of being generous

the commendable bigheartedness of that upscale restaurateur, who uses a portion of her profits to fund a soup kitchen

Synonyms & Similar Words

• generosity
• philanthropy
• kindness
• liberality
• unselfishness
• munificence
• openhandedness
• largess
• bounty
• bountifulness
• gift
• largesse
• openheartedness
• generousness
• selflessness
• beneficence
• kindliness
• charity
• tribute
• gratuity
• wastefulness
• lavishness
• extravagance
• spendthrift
• improvidence
• prodigality
• lagniappe
• dissipating
• squandering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• economy
• selfishness
• tightness
• cheapness
• closeness
• thrift
• meanness
• conservation
• parsimony
• pinching
• saving
• miserliness
• frugality
• stinginess
• husbandry
• providence
• ungenerosity
• conserving
• economizing
• managing
• penuriousness
• scraping
• skimping
• scrimping
• husbanding
• cutting back