Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

philanthropic

/ˌfɪl.ənˈθɹɑ.pɪk/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.21 in modern English

Syllables: phil-an-thro-pic
IPA: /ˌfɪl.ənˈθɹɑ.pɪk/

25

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy; loving or helping mankind

Example Sentences

"a philanthropic enterprise"
"At the same time, politics started spilling over into the philanthropic initiative."

Etymology

From French philanthropique.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: philanthropique

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌfɪl.ənˈθɹɑ.pɪk/
British English: /ˌfɪl.ənˈθɹɒp.ɪk/

Inflected Forms

more philanthropic (comparative) most philanthropic (superlative)

Derived Forms

nonphilanthropic pseudophilanthropic theophilanthropic unphilanthropic

Frequently Paired Words

altruism altruist altruistic altruistically misandry misanthropist misanthropy misogyny

Synonyms

generous philanthropical charitable benevolent humanitarian bighearted giving goodhearted altruistic

Antonyms

misanthropic nasty mean hateful

Rhymes With

topic microscopic tropic isotopic endoscopic myopic gyroscopic opic geotropic laryngoscopic telescopic spectroscopic

Questions

How do you pronounce philanthropic?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌfɪl.ənˈθɹɑ.pɪk/.
What does philanthropic mean?: Of or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy; loving or helping mankind
Where does philanthropic come from?: It is traced to French.

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