benevolent
adjective
[ bɪˈnɛv(ə)l(ə)nt ]
• well meaning and kindly.
• "he was something of a benevolent despot"
Similar:
kind,
kindly,
kind-hearted,
warm-hearted,
tender-hearted,
big-hearted,
good-natured,
good,
gracious,
tolerant,
benign,
compassionate,
caring,
sympathetic,
considerate,
thoughtful,
well meaning,
obliging,
accommodating,
helpful,
decent,
neighbourly,
public-spirited,
charitable,
altruistic,
humane,
humanitarian,
philanthropic,
generous,
magnanimous,
munificent,
unselfish,
ungrudging,
unstinting,
open-handed,
free-handed,
free,
liberal,
lavish,
bountiful,
beneficent,
indulgent,
bounteous,
benignant,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French benivolent, from Latin bene volent- ‘well wishing’, from bene ‘well’ + velle ‘to wish’.
