Synonyms for BENEVOLENT: compassionate, kind, sympathetic, humane, gentle, thoughtful, beneficent, gracious; Antonyms of BENEVOLENT: cruel, sadistic, vicious, savage ... BENEVOLENT meaning: 1. kind and helpful: 2. giving money or help to people or organizations that need it: 3. kind and…. Learn more. One who is benevolent genuinely wishes other people well, a meaning reflected clearly in the word's Latin roots: benevolent comes from bene, meaning "good," and velle, meaning "to wish." Benevolent means kind, fair, or charitable, especially in authority or power. Learn how to use this adjective in sentences, and find synonyms and related words in Collins Dictionary.
