Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: beneficent
IPA transcription: [b,ɛnəf'ɪʃənt]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: beneficent
    Meaning: doing or producing good; "the most beneficent regime in history"
  • Synonyms: beneficent, benevolent, eleemosynary, philanthropic
    Meaning: generous in assistance to the poor; "a benevolent contributor"; "eleemosynary relief"; "philanthropic contributions"
Usage examples
  • Diffusing beneficent results
  • Her glance followed him like a beneficent influence.
  • If I might choose, I would be found doing some deed of true humanity, of wide import, beneficent and noble.
  • The attributes of this beneficent god reflect the progress, and the social and moral ideals of a people well advanced in civilization.
  • He pretended that he held converse with beneficent spirits; that the secrets of God and nature were revealed to him; and that he had obtained possession of the philosopher's stone.