charitable

Language: en

🇬🇧 /ˈtʃærɪtəbəl/ 🇺🇸 /ˈtʃærətəbəl/

📖 Definitions

  1. adjective
    Relating to the assistance of those in need; devoted to helping the poor, sick, or unfortunate.; Generous in giving to those in need; benevolent and philanthropic.; Lenient or kindly in judging others; inclined to think favorably of people rather than critically.; Of or relating to a charity or charitable organization; established for the purpose of doing good works.; Showing love and goodwill toward others; full of Christian charity.; Eligible for tax exemption or other benefits due to being organized for charitable purposes.

🔗 Details

Word forms

Comparative: more charitable Superlative: most charitable

Collocations

charitable organizationcharitable donationcharitable trustcharitable workcharitable givingcharitable foundation

Derivatives

charitycharitablyuncharitablecharitablenesscharitability

Synonyms

generousbenevolentphilanthropicaltruistickindmagnanimous

Antonyms

uncharitableselfishstingymean

Commonly confused

charity
EN: 'Charity' is the noun (the organization or the quality); 'charitable' is the adjective describing someone or something that shows generosity.
charitably
EN: 'Charitably' is the adverb form (modifying verbs); 'charitable' is the adjective form (modifying nouns).

Spelling tips

EN: Remember the 'i' before '-table': 'charitable', not 'charitible'. Also note the single 'r' after 'cha'.

💬 Examples

  1. She made a generous charitable donation to the local food bank.

  2. The charitable millionaire funded scholarships for underprivileged students.

  3. Let us be charitable and assume he simply forgot rather than deliberately ignored us.

  4. The charitable trust was established to support medical research.

  5. Her charitable spirit made her beloved by everyone in the community.

  6. Contributions to charitable organizations are often tax-deductible.