Charitable and Penurious

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Charitable adjective - Giving or sharing in abundance and without hesitation.

Usage example: a charitable woman who helped everyone who needed it

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Penurious is an antonym for charitable.

Penurious adjective - Giving or sharing as little as possible.

Usage example: the company's penurious management could not be convinced of the need to earmark more money for research and development

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Charitable is an antonym for penurious.

Nearby Word: penury

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