| Main Entry: | princely |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | royal |
Synonyms: |
grand, lavish, lordly, magnificent, noble, regal, sovereign, stately |
| Main Entry: | amiable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | friendly, agreeable |
Synonyms: |
affable, amicable, attractive, benign, breezy, buddy-buddy, charming, cheerful, clubby, complaisant, cool*, copacetic, cordial, cozy, delightful, downright neighborly, easy, engaging, friendly, genial, good-humored, good-natured, gracious, home cooking, kind, kindly, lenient, lovable, mellow, mild, obliging, palsy-walsy, pleasant, pleasing, princely, pussycat, responsive, right, righteous, sociable, sweet-tempered, swell*, tight*, warm, warmhearted, winning |
| Notes: | amicable implies being well disposed; amiable is acting well disposed and amiable is commonly applied only to people - though sometimes it is used for occasions, while amicable is not applied to people at all but to human interactions and their outcomes; amiable first meant 'kind' or 'lovely, lovable' and amicable first applied to things and meant 'pleasant, benign' |
Antonyms: |
crabby, disagreeable, gloomy, hateful, irritable, mean, quarrelsome, rude, surly, testy, unfriendly |
| Main Entry: | big |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | generous |
Synonyms: |
altruistic, benevolent, bighearted, chivalrous, considerate, free, gracious, greathearted, heroic, liberal, lofty, magnanimous, noble, princely, unselfish |
Antonyms: |
selfish, ungenerous, ungiving |
| Main Entry: | handsome |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abundant |
Synonyms: |
ample, bounteous, bountiful, considerable, extensive, full, generous, gracious, large, lavish, liberal, magnanimous, munificent, openhanded, plentiful, princely, sizable, unsparing |
Antonyms: |
insignificant, poor, small, stingy, ungiving |
| Main Entry: | liberal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | giving, generous |
Synonyms: |
altruistic, beneficent, benevolent, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, casual, charitable, eleemosynary, exuberant, free, free-and-easy, handsome, kind, lavish, loose, munificent, openhanded, openhearted, philanthropic, princely, prodigal, profuse, soft-touch, unselfish, unsparing, unstinging |
Antonyms: |
economical, greedy, mean, thrifty, ungenerous |
| Main Entry: | baronial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | grand |
Synonyms: |
ample, august, distinguished, fancy, grandiose, great, imposing, impressive, lofty, lordly, magnificent, majestic, noble, palatial, princely, regal, royal, showy, splendid, stately, sumptuous, superb |