Generosity is the trait of being kind, selfless, and charitable. But, what's the opposite of generosity? What are the antonyms for the word "generous"? The opposite of generous is selfish, stingy, and inconsiderate. Being selfish is the act of prioritizing oneself over others, while being stingy is refusing to share or give. Inconsiderate people are apathetic towards others' needs and emotions. These antonyms of generosity are characteristic of people who lack empathy and compassion towards others. Those who choose to be selfish, stingy, or inconsiderate may miss out on the joy and fulfillment that comes from generosity.

What are the antonyms for Generous?

• adj.

  • all
  • stingy
  ,
  • ungenerous
  .
  • biased
  • prejudiced
  .
  • brutal
  • Ferine
  ,
  • bearish
  ,
  • beastlier
  ,
  • beastliest
  ,
  • bestial
  ,
  • brutish
  ,
  • gruff
  ,
  • in human
  ,
  • in sensitive
  ,
  • in-human
  ,
  • in-humane
  ,
  • in-sensitive
  ,
  • inhuman
  ,
  • inhumane
  ,
  • more bearish
  ,
  • more brutish
  ,
  • more ferine
  ,
  • more swinish
  ,
  • most bearish
  ,
  • most brutish
  ,
  • most ferine
  ,
  • most inhuman
  ,
  • most swinish
  ,
  • remorseless
  ,
  • swinish
  ,
  • un civil
  ,
  • un civilized
  ,
  • un feeling
  ,
  • un mannerly
  ,
  • un-civil
  ,
  • un-civilized
  ,
  • un-feeling
  ,
  • un-mannerly
  .
  • careful, economical
  • sparing
  .
  • cheap
  • tightfisted
  .
  • close
  • across street
  ,
  • across the street
  ,
  • around corner
  ,
  • around the corner
  ,
  • buddy buddy
  ,
  • buddy-buddy
  ,
  • buddybuddy
  ,
  • buttoning up
  ,
  • chokier
  ,
  • chokiest
  ,
  • choky
  ,
  • clamming up
  ,
  • close grained
  ,
  • close lipped
  ,
  • close-grained
  ,
  • close-lipped
  ,
  • closegrained
  ,
  • closelipped
  ,
  • cozy with
  ,
  • de voted
  ,
  • de-voted
  ,
  • ex act
  ,
  • ex-act
  ,
  • give or take a little
  ,
  • give or take little
  ,
  • give take a little
  ,
  • give take little
  ,
  • hard by
  ,
  • hush hush
  ,
  • hushhush
  ,
  • in ball park
  ,
  • in separable
  ,
  • in spitting distance
  ,
  • in the ball park
  ,
  • in-separable
  ,
  • making it with
  ,
  • making with
  ,
  • mingier
  ,
  • mingiest
  ,
  • mingy
  ,
  • more attached
  ,
  • more buddy buddy
  ,
  • more buddy-buddy
  ,
  • more buddybuddy
  ,
  • more circumscribed
  ,
  • more close grained
  ,
  • more close lipped
  ,
  • more close-grained
  ,
  • more close-lipped
  ,
  • more closegrained
  ,
  • more closelipped
  ,
  • more confining
  ,
  • more consolidated
  ,
  • more cropped
  ,
  • more jam packed
  ,
  • more jam-packed
  ,
  • more near at hand
  ,
  • more near-at-hand
  ,
  • more niggardly
  ,
  • more skinflint
  ,
  • more stale smelling
  ,
  • more stale-smelling
  ,
  • more stalesmelling
  ,
  • more suffocating
  ,
  • more tight fisted
  ,
  • more tight-fisted
  ,
  • more unforthcoming
  ,
  • more unventilated
  ,
  • most abutting
  ,
  • most attached
  ,
  • most buddy-buddy
  ,
  • most buddybuddy
  ,
  • most circumscribed
  ,
  • most close grained
  ,
  • most close lipped
  ,
  • most close-grained
  ,
  • most close-lipped
  ,
  • most closelipped
  ,
  • most confining
  ,
  • most consolidated
  ,
  • most cropped
  ,
  • most jam packed
  ,
  • most jam-packed
  ,
  • most near at hand
  ,
  • most near-at-hand
  ,
  • most niggardly
  ,
  • most skinflint
  ,
  • most stale smelling
  ,
  • most stalesmelling
  ,
  • most suffocating
  ,
  • most tight fisted
  ,
  • most tight-fisted
  ,
  • most unforthcoming
  ,
  • most unventilated
  ,
  • mum the word
  ,
  • mum word
  ,
  • mum's word
  ,
  • mums the word
  ,
  • mums word
  ,
  • near at hand
  ,
  • near-at-hand
  ,
  • nearlier
  ,
  • nearliest
  ,
  • niggardly
  ,
  • on q t
  ,
  • on qt
  ,
  • on the q t
  ,
  • on top each other
  ,
  • palsy walsy
  ,
  • palsywalsy
  ,
  • re tired
  ,
  • re-lated
  ,
  • stale smelling
  ,
  • stalesmelling
  ,
  • sweltrier
  ,
  • sweltriest
  ,
  • sweltry
  ,
  • thick as thieves
  ,
  • thick with
  ,
  • tight chops
  ,
  • tight fisted
  ,
  • tight lipped
  ,
  • tight-fisted
  ,
  • un comfortable
  ,
  • un forthcoming
  ,
  • un ventilated
  ,
  • un-comfortable
  ,
  • un-communicative
  ,
  • un-forthcoming
  ,
  • un-ventilated
  ,
  • under nose
  ,
  • under one nose
  ,
  • under one's nose
  ,
  • under ones nose
  ,
  • unventilated
  ,
  • zipping lips
  ,
  • zipping one lips
  ,
  • zipping one's lips
  ,
  • zipping ones lips
  .
  • confined, restricted
  • narrow
  .
  • congested, overcrowded
  • cramped
  .
  • covetous
  • close fisted
  ,
  • ensurient
  ,
  • greeneyed
  ,
  • more ensurient
  ,
  • more grudging
  ,
  • more hogging
  ,
  • more yearning
  ,
  • most ensurient
  ,
  • most grudging
  ,
  • most hogging
  ,
  • most prehensile
  ,
  • most yearning
  ,
  • prehensile
  .
  • cramped
  • closed in
  ,
  • in commodious
  ,
  • in decipherable
  ,
  • in-commodious
  ,
  • in-decipherable
  ,
  • jammed in
  ,
  • more pent
  ,
  • more squeezed
  ,
  • more two by four
  ,
  • more two-by-four
  ,
  • most pent
  ,
  • most squeezed
  ,
  • most two-by-four
  ,
  • tucked up
  ,
  • two by four
  ,
  • two-by-four
  .
  • cruel
  • unmerciful
  .
  • cruel, remorseless
  • brutal
  .
  • desiring excessively
  • greedy
  .
  • economical
  • frugal
  ,
  • scotch
  ,
  • thrifty
  .
  • fine, light, slender
  • thin
  .
  • frugal
  • meager
  ,
  • more conserving
  ,
  • more penny wise
  ,
  • more penny-wise
  ,
  • more pennywise
  ,
  • more preserving
  ,
  • more scrimping
  ,
  • more tightwad
  ,
  • more unwasteful
  ,
  • most conserving
  ,
  • most penny wise
  ,
  • most penny-wise
  ,
  • most pennywise
  ,
  • most preserving
  ,
  • most scrimping
  ,
  • most tightwad
  ,
  • most unwasteful
  ,
  • penny wise
  ,
  • penny-wise
  ,
  • pre serving
  ,
  • pre-serving
  ,
  • provident
  ,
  • un wasteful
  ,
  • un-wasteful
  ,
  • unwasteful
  .
  • giving, big-hearted
  • biased
  ,
  • depleted
  ,
  • disagreeable
  ,
  • inattentive
  ,
  • inconsiderate
  ,
  • malevolent
  ,
  • mean
  ,
  • miserly
  ,
  • selfish
  ,
  • small
  ,
  • stupid
  ,
  • thoughtless
  ,
  • uncharitable
  ,
  • unkind
  ,
  • unmindful
  ,
  • unreasonable
  ,
  • wanting
  .
  • grasping
  • more extorting
  ,
  • more usurious
  ,
  • most extorting
  ,
  • most usurious
  ,
  • usurious
  .
  • greedy
  • esurient
  ,
  • grasping
  ,
  • in satiable
  ,
  • in satiate
  ,
  • in temperate
  ,
  • in-satiable
  ,
  • in-satiate
  ,
  • in-temperate
  ,
  • insatiate
  ,
  • more craving
  ,
  • more esurient
  ,
  • more gobbling
  ,
  • more gormandizing
  ,
  • more gulping
  ,
  • more guzzling
  ,
  • more insatiate
  ,
  • more ravening
  ,
  • most craving
  ,
  • most esurient
  ,
  • most gobbling
  ,
  • most gormandizing
  ,
  • most gulping
  ,
  • most guzzling
  ,
  • most insatiate
  ,
  • most ravening
  ,
  • ravening
  .
  • greedy for money
  • mercenary
  .
  • greedy; very desirous
  • covetous
  .
  • inadequate
  • scanty
  .
  • inadequate, short
  • limited
  .
  • inconsiderate
  • dis courteous
  ,
  • dis-courteous
  ,
  • in cautious
  ,
  • in considerate
  ,
  • in delicate
  ,
  • in tolerant
  ,
  • in-cautious
  ,
  • in-considerate
  ,
  • in-delicate
  ,
  • in-tolerant
  ,
  • self centered
  ,
  • self-centered
  ,
  • selfcentered
  ,
  • un ceremonious
  ,
  • un gracious
  ,
  • un kind
  ,
  • un kinder
  ,
  • un kindest
  ,
  • un thinking
  ,
  • un-ceremonious
  ,
  • un-gracious
  ,
  • un-kind
  ,
  • un-kinder
  ,
  • un-kindest
  ,
  • un-thinking
  .
  • inhospitable
  • in hospitable
  ,
  • in-hospitable
  ,
  • more unreceptive
  ,
  • more unwelcoming
  ,
  • most unreceptive
  ,
  • most unwelcoming
  ,
  • un congenial
  ,
  • un favorable
  ,
  • un receptive
  ,
  • un sociable
  ,
  • un welcoming
  ,
  • un-congenial
  ,
  • un-favorable
  ,
  • un-receptive
  ,
  • un-sociable
  ,
  • un-welcoming
  ,
  • unreceptive
  ,
  • unwelcoming
  .
  • limited
  • in effectual
  ,
  • in-effectual
  ,
  • in-sufficient
  ,
  • more diminished
  ,
  • un satisfactory
  ,
  • un-satisfactory
  .
  • little
  • small minded
  ,
  • smallminded
  .
  • meager
  • in considerable
  ,
  • in fertile
  ,
  • in substantial
  ,
  • in-considerable
  ,
  • in-fertile
  ,
  • in-substantial
  ,
  • scrimper
  ,
  • scrimpest
  ,
  • scrimpiest
  ,
  • scrimpy
  ,
  • skimper
  ,
  • skimpest
  ,
  • too little too late
  ,
  • un finished
  ,
  • un fruitful
  ,
  • un productive
  ,
  • un-finished
  ,
  • un-fruitful
  ,
  • un-productive
  .
  • mean
  • bad tempered
  ,
  • badtempered
  ,
  • dis agreeable
  ,
  • dis honorable
  ,
  • dis-agreeable
  ,
  • dis-honorable
  ,
  • down at heel
  ,
  • down-at-heel
  ,
  • hackest
  ,
  • hard nosed
  ,
  • hardnosed
  ,
  • illtempered
  ,
  • in famous
  ,
  • in significant
  ,
  • liverish
  ,
  • low down and dirty
  ,
  • low down dirty
  ,
  • low-down and dirty
  ,
  • low-down dirty
  ,
  • lowborn
  ,
  • lowdown dirty
  ,
  • more down at heel
  ,
  • more down-at-heel
  ,
  • more liverish
  ,
  • more lowborn
  ,
  • more niggard
  ,
  • more proletarian
  ,
  • most down-at-heel
  ,
  • most liverish
  ,
  • most lowborn
  ,
  • most niggard
  ,
  • most proletarian
  ,
  • niggard
  ,
  • scrimpier
  ,
  • second class
  ,
  • secondclass
  ,
  • the lowest
  ,
  • toucher
  ,
  • touchest
  ,
  • un distinguished
  ,
  • un friendlier
  ,
  • un friendliest
  ,
  • un pleasant
  ,
  • un scrupulous
  ,
  • un washed
  ,
  • un-distinguished
  ,
  • un-friendlier
  ,
  • un-friendliest
  ,
  • un-friendly
  ,
  • un-pleasant
  ,
  • un-scrupulous
  ,
  • un-washed
  .
  • measly
  • un-important
  .
  • mercenary
  • bribable
  ,
  • money grubbing
  ,
  • moneygrubbing
  ,
  • more bribable
  ,
  • more money grubbing
  ,
  • more money-grubbing
  ,
  • more moneygrubbing
  ,
  • most bribable
  ,
  • most money grubbing
  ,
  • most money-grubbing
  ,
  • most moneygrubbing
  ,
  • un ethical
  ,
  • un principled
  ,
  • un-ethical
  ,
  • un-principled
  .
  • miserable
  • anguished
  ,
  • de solate
  ,
  • de stroyed
  ,
  • de testable
  ,
  • de-solate
  ,
  • de-stroyed
  ,
  • de-testable
  ,
  • dis contented
  ,
  • dis graceful
  ,
  • dis tressed
  ,
  • dis-contented
  ,
  • dis-graceful
  ,
  • dis-tressed
  ,
  • down in mouth
  ,
  • down mouth
  ,
  • down the mouth
  ,
  • in pain
  ,
  • more agonized
  ,
  • more anguished
  ,
  • more hurting
  ,
  • more racked
  ,
  • more suffering
  ,
  • more tormented
  ,
  • more tortured
  ,
  • most agonized
  ,
  • most anguished
  ,
  • most racked
  ,
  • most tormented
  ,
  • most tortured
  ,
  • on a downer
  ,
  • on downer
  ,
  • poverty stricken
  ,
  • povertystricken
  ,
  • scurvier
  ,
  • scurviest
  ,
  • scurvy
  .
  • miserly
  • more cheapskate
  ,
  • most cheapskate
  .
  • narrow
  • Incapacious
  ,
  • de finite
  ,
  • de terminate
  ,
  • de-finite
  ,
  • de-terminate
  ,
  • in capacious
  ,
  • in flexible
  ,
  • in-capacious
  ,
  • in-exorable
  ,
  • in-flexible
  ,
  • linear
  ,
  • more attenuated
  ,
  • more compressed
  ,
  • more constricted
  ,
  • more contracted
  ,
  • more incapacious
  ,
  • more linear
  ,
  • more pinched
  ,
  • more taper
  ,
  • more tapered
  ,
  • most attenuated
  ,
  • most compressed
  ,
  • most constricted
  ,
  • most contracted
  ,
  • most incapacious
  ,
  • most linear
  ,
  • most pinched
  ,
  • most taper
  ,
  • most tapered
  ,
  • narrow minded
  ,
  • pre carious
  ,
  • pre-carious
  ,
  • straiter
  ,
  • straitest
  .
  • narrow-minded
  • little
  .
  • near, nearby
  • close
  .
  • noun
  • bare
  ,
  • barren
  ,
  • begrudging
  ,
  • chary
  ,
  • costive
  ,
  • desirous
  ,
  • envious
  ,
  • hoggish
  ,
  • ignoble
  ,
  • illiberal
  ,
  • infertile
  ,
  • itchy
  ,
  • least
  ,
  • meagerly
  ,
  • meagre
  ,
  • minimal
  ,
  • minimum
  ,
  • petty
  ,
  • sterile
  ,
  • unfruitful
  ,
  • unproductive
  .
  • penny-pinching
  • parsimonious
  ,
  • penny pinching
  ,
  • pennypinching
  .
  • pinching
  • hard fisted
  ,
  • hardfisted
  .
  • plentiful
  • needy
  ,
  • poor
  .
  • prejudiced
  • closed minded
  ,
  • closedminded
  ,
  • dis criminatory
  ,
  • dis-criminatory
  ,
  • more leaning
  ,
  • more preconceived
  ,
  • more presupposing
  ,
  • more sexist
  ,
  • more xenophobic
  ,
  • most leaning
  ,
  • most preconceived
  ,
  • most presupposing
  ,
  • most sexist
  ,
  • most xenophobic
  ,
  • one sided
  ,
  • onesided
  ,
  • pre conceived
  ,
  • pre possessed
  ,
  • pre supposing
  ,
  • pre-conceived
  ,
  • pre-disposed
  ,
  • pre-possessed
  ,
  • pre-supposing
  ,
  • preconceived
  ,
  • sexist
  ,
  • xenophobic
  .
  • scanty
  • barely sufficient
  .
  • scathing
  • more belittling
  ,
  • more sulphurous
  ,
  • most belittling
  ,
  • most sulphurous
  ,
  • scathing
  ,
  • sulphurous
  .
  • scotch
  • cost effective
  ,
  • costeffective
  ,
  • money saving
  ,
  • money-saving
  ,
  • moneysaving
  ,
  • more money saving
  ,
  • more money-saving
  ,
  • more prudential
  ,
  • more time saving
  ,
  • more time-saving
  ,
  • more timesaving
  ,
  • more work saving
  ,
  • most money saving
  ,
  • most money-saving
  ,
  • most moneysaving
  ,
  • most prudential
  ,
  • most time saving
  ,
  • most time-saving
  ,
  • most timesaving
  ,
  • most work saving
  ,
  • most work-saving
  ,
  • on rims
  ,
  • on the rims
  ,
  • prudential
  ,
  • time saving
  ,
  • time-saving
  ,
  • timesaving
  ,
  • work-saving
  ,
  • worksaving
  .
  • skimpy
  • Unsufficient
  ,
  • measly
  ,
  • more unsufficient
  ,
  • most unsufficient
  ,
  • un sufficient
  ,
  • un-sufficient
  .
  • small
  • Toyer
  ,
  • bittier
  ,
  • bittiest
  ,
  • bitty
  ,
  • bushleague
  ,
  • in adequate
  ,
  • in consequential
  ,
  • in-adequate
  ,
  • in-consequential
  ,
  • mini
  ,
  • minorleague
  ,
  • more mini
  ,
  • more pint sized
  ,
  • more pint-sized
  ,
  • more pocket sized
  ,
  • more pocket-sized
  ,
  • more pocketsized
  ,
  • more small fry
  ,
  • more small scale
  ,
  • more small-fry
  ,
  • more small-scale
  ,
  • more smallfry
  ,
  • more smallscale
  ,
  • most mini
  ,
  • most pint sized
  ,
  • most pint-sized
  ,
  • most pocket sized
  ,
  • most pocket-sized
  ,
  • most pocketsized
  ,
  • most small fry
  ,
  • most small scale
  ,
  • most small-fry
  ,
  • most small-scale
  ,
  • most smallfry
  ,
  • most smallscale
  ,
  • pint sized
  ,
  • pint-sized
  ,
  • pocket sized
  ,
  • pocket-sized
  ,
  • pocketsized
  ,
  • runtier
  ,
  • runtiest
  ,
  • runty
  ,
  • shrimp
  ,
  • shrimper
  ,
  • shrimpest
  ,
  • small fry
  ,
  • small scale
  ,
  • small time
  ,
  • small-fry
  ,
  • small-scale
  ,
  • smallfry
  ,
  • smallscale
  ,
  • toyest
  ,
  • un essential
  ,
  • un-essential
  ,
  • un-pretentious
  ,
  • under sized
  ,
  • under-sized
  .
  • snobbish
  • Over-bearing
  ,
  • high flown
  ,
  • high hat
  ,
  • high-and-mighty
  ,
  • highflown
  ,
  • highhat
  ,
  • more high and mighty
  ,
  • more high-and-mighty
  ,
  • most high and mighty
  ,
  • most high hat
  ,
  • most high-hat
  ,
  • over bearing
  ,
  • putting airs
  ,
  • putting on airs
  ,
  • re-mote
  ,
  • sniffier
  ,
  • sniffiest
  ,
  • sniffy
  ,
  • up pity
  ,
  • up-pity
  .
  • sparing
  • Stewardly
  ,
  • Ungiving
  ,
  • cost conscious
  ,
  • cost-conscious
  ,
  • costconscious
  ,
  • money conscious
  ,
  • money-conscious
  ,
  • moneyconscious
  ,
  • more cost conscious
  ,
  • more cost-conscious
  ,
  • more costconscious
  ,
  • more money conscious
  ,
  • more money-conscious
  ,
  • more moneyconscious
  ,
  • more stewardly
  ,
  • more ungiving
  ,
  • most cost conscious
  ,
  • most costconscious
  ,
  • most money conscious
  ,
  • most money-conscious
  ,
  • most moneyconscious
  ,
  • most stewardly
  ,
  • un-giving
  .
  • sparse, inadequate
  • skimpy
  .
  • stingy
  • Pinching
  ,
  • Pinchpenny
  ,
  • curmudgeonly
  ,
  • ironfisted
  ,
  • more curmudgeonly
  ,
  • more ironfisted
  ,
  • more pinchpenny
  ,
  • more skimping
  ,
  • most curmudgeonly
  ,
  • most ironfisted
  ,
  • most pinchpenny
  ,
  • most skimping
  ,
  • pennywise
  .
  • stuck-up, conceited
  • snobbish
  .
  • thin
  • Stalky
  ,
  • beanstalk
  ,
  • featherweight
  ,
  • more attenuate
  ,
  • more beanpole
  ,
  • more beanstalk
  ,
  • more shadow
  ,
  • more shriveled
  ,
  • more twiglike
  ,
  • more undernourished
  ,
  • most attenuate
  ,
  • most beanpole
  ,
  • most beanstalk
  ,
  • most shadow
  ,
  • most undernourished
  ,
  • poler
  ,
  • polest
  ,
  • reedier
  ,
  • reedy
  ,
  • scraggier
  ,
  • scraggiest
  ,
  • scraggy
  ,
  • stalkier
  ,
  • stalkiest
  ,
  • sticker
  ,
  • stickest
  ,
  • stilter
  ,
  • stiltest
  ,
  • twiglike
  ,
  • under weight
  ,
  • under-nourished
  ,
  • under-weight
  ,
  • undernourished
  .
  • thrifty
  • stealest
  .
  • tight with money
  • penny-pinching
  .
  • uncharitable
  • more unsympathizing
  ,
  • most unsympathizing
  ,
  • un charitable
  ,
  • un compassionate
  ,
  • un fair
  ,
  • un fairer
  ,
  • un fairest
  ,
  • un forgiving
  ,
  • un sympathizing
  ,
  • un-charitable
  ,
  • un-compassionate
  ,
  • un-fair
  ,
  • un-fairer
  ,
  • un-fairest
  ,
  • un-forgiving
  ,
  • un-sympathizing
  ,
  • unsympathizing
  .
  • unfriendly
  • inhospitable
  .
  • ungenerous
  • un generous
  ,
  • un-generous
  .
  • unhappy, depressed
  • miserable
  .
  • unmerciful
  • coldhearted
  ,
  • un caring
  ,
  • un merciful
  ,
  • un pitying
  ,
  • un relenting
  ,
  • un-caring
  ,
  • un-merciful
  ,
  • un-pitying
  .

• n.

  • noun
  • cheeseparing
  ,
  • hireling
  .

• p. pr. & vb. n.

  • noun
  • grudging
  .

• Other relevant words:

• cheap
,
• economical
,
• fine
,
• low
,
• sordid
.

Usage examples for Generous

Famous quotes with Generous

• Love can be unselfish, in the sense of being benevolent and generous, without being selfless.

  Mortimer Adler
• People are people the world over. Some are good, some bad, some greedy and some generous. Nations are like people and act the same way.

  George D. Aiken
• I feel that the work that I have done in the comedy arena, is priceless in terms of what I learned, timing, everything that these incredibly talented performers were generous enough in teaching me.

  Khandi Alexander
• Indeed, we are privileged to have been afforded the opportunity to study Nature and to follow our own thoughts and inspirations in a time of relative tranquillity and in a land with a generous and forward-looking government.

  Sidney Altman
• Everything is just better in California - the wine, the food, fruits and vegetables, the comforts of living. Even the instrumentalists are generous and curious. Everything is wonderful.

  Beth Anderson

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