LARGE-HEARTED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does large-hearted mean? 

• LARGE-HEARTED (adjective)
  The adjective LARGE-HEARTED has 1 sense:

1. showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity

  Familiarity information: LARGE-HEARTED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LARGE-HEARTED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity

Synonyms:

benevolent; charitable; good-hearted; kindly; large-hearted; openhearted; sympathetic

Context example:

a large-hearted mentor

Similar:

kind (having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior)

 Context examples 

The Press and the Public are but vague personifications for me, and I must thank them in vague terms; but my Publishers are definite: so are certain generous critics who have encouraged me as only large-hearted and high-minded men know how to encourage a struggling stranger; to them, i.e., to my Publishers and the select Reviewers, I say cordially, Gentlemen, I thank you from my heart.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)