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Synonyms for benevolent

The synonym for benevolent recorded in this bank is philanthropic, in the sense "generous in assistance to the poor". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · adjective

The synonym for benevolent

philanthropicadjective, in the sense "generous in assistance to the poor"

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The senseadjectiveTier 4, High Camp

generous in assistance to the poor

A benevolent contributor.

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The true synonym

philanthropic

Same sentence, swapped: A philanthropic contributor.

Close but different

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Where benevolent turns up in the game

benevolent is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.

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This page is built from Open English WordNet 2025, with the sense, the sentence, the tier and the near misses read by a human in the July 2026 audit. Nothing on it is written while the page is built.

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