Beneficent
What it means
Actively doing good or producing a helpful effect.
Reach for it when describing a person, action, or influence that improves others' welfare
The beneficent policy gave tenants time and legal support before any hearing.
Words to choose between 6
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everyday
Fits when plain praise for practical assistance is enough
Careful Helpful is modest and loses the moral weight of beneficent.
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professional
Fits when giving or relief for people in need is the specific action
Careful Charitable narrows the help to philanthropy and may imply pity.
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professional
Fits when relief of suffering and protection of human welfare lead
Careful Humanitarian is too institutional for a small personal favor.
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formal
Fits when kind intention and goodwill define the person or authority
Careful Benevolent can describe motive even when the result is ineffective.
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formal
Fits when organized private giving serves a public purpose
Careful Philanthropic does not fit beneficial natural effects or public policy.
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formal
Fits when an action produces a valuable corrective effect
Careful Salutary can involve an unpleasant lesson rather than kindly action.
Opposites 3
- maleficent
- harmful
- cruel
Common phrases 3
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beneficent influence
Her beneficent influence made the committee both kinder and more exact.
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beneficent action
The beneficent action preserved housing without hiding the unpaid balance.
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beneficent policy
A beneficent policy should be judged by its effect on the least protected residents.
Definitions and examples are written for this site. How words are chosen Recording: Neskaya, American accent, from Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 Updated