freehanded

free·hand·ed

adj \ˈfrē-ˈhan-dəd\

Definition of FREEHANDED

: generous, openhanded

— free·hand·ed·ly adverb

— free·hand·ed·ness noun

Examples of FREEHANDED

1. <she is very freehanded with her friends whenever she gets some extra money>

First Known Use of FREEHANDED

1592

Related to FREEHANDED

Synonyms: bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, charitable, free, generous, freehearted, fulsome, liberal, munificent, open, openhanded, unselfish, unsparing, unstinting

Antonyms: cheap, close, closefisted, costive, illiberal [archaic], mingy, miserly, niggardly, parsimonious, penurious, selfish, stingy, stinting, tight, tightfisted, uncharitable, ungenerous

Related Words: extravagant, handsome, lavish, overgenerous, profuse; altruistic, beneficent, benevolent, hospitable, humanitarian, philanthropic (also philanthropical); big, greathearted, largehearted, magnanimous, openhearted; compassionate, good-hearted, kind, kindly, samaritan, sympathetic

Near Antonyms: mean, petty, small; frugal, spare, sparing, thrifty; chary, stinting; acquisitive, avaricious, avid, coveting, covetous, desirous, grasping, hoggish, itchy, mercenary, rapacious; begrudging, envious, grudging, resentful

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Rhymes with FREEHANDED

backhanded, bare-handed, cleanhanded, crossbanded, forehanded, four-handed, ham-handed, hardhanded, high-handed, ironhanded, left-handed, light-handed, offhanded, one-handed, red-handed, right-handed, shorthanded, sure-handed, three-handed, two-handed, unbranded, verandaed