Eleemosynary
What it means
Relating to charitable giving or support for people in need.
Reach for it when using a precise learned term for a charitable institution or purpose
The eleemosynary trust funds free meals throughout the school holiday.
Words to choose between 5
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everyday
Fits when plain language should name giving or aid
Careful Charitable can praise a forgiving interpretation rather than material support.
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professional
Fits when aid protects human welfare during hardship or crisis
Careful Humanitarian is broader, international in tone, and not limited to charitable funding.
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professional
Fits when organized private giving supports public benefit
Careful Philanthropic often suggests wealthy donors and may distance the people being helped.
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formal
Fits when kindly intention or institutional purpose deserves emphasis
Careful Benevolent praises disposition but does not establish actual charitable provision.
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literary
Fits when direct gifts to people in need are specifically meant
Careful Almsgiving is a noun, often religious, and is not interchangeable in ordinary syntax.
Opposites 3
- self-serving
- mercenary
- uncharitable
Common phrases 3
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eleemosynary institution
The eleemosynary institution provides beds without charging residents.
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eleemosynary purpose
The bequest must remain dedicated to its eleemosynary purpose.
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eleemosynary fund
An eleemosynary fund covers urgent travel for patients' families.
Definitions and examples are written for this site. How words are chosen Recording: Dvortygirl, American accent, from Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 Updated