" bigheartedness "

1: the capacity for feeling for another's unhappiness or misfortune;

  * e.g., " ... because of the bigheartedness of her coworkers, she was able to present the charity with a fat check "

•  Synonyms : 

•  charity,

•  commiseration,

•  compassion,

•  feeling,

•  good-heartedness,

•  heart,

•  humanity,

•  kindheartedness,

•  kindliness,

•  kindness,

•  largeheartedness,

•  mercy,

•  pity,

•  ruth,

•  softheartedness,

•  sympathy,

•  warmheartedness

•  Antonyms : 

•  coldheartedness,

•  hard-heartedness,

•  inhumanity,

•  inhumanness,

•  mercilessness,

•  pitilessness

2: the quality or state of being generous;

  * e.g., " ... the commendable bigheartedness of that upscale restaurateur, who uses a portion of her profits to fund a soup kitchen "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bountifulness,

•  bounty,

•  generosity,

•  generousness,

•  largesse,

•  liberality,

•  munificence,

•  openhandedness,

•  openheartedness,

•  philanthropy,

•  unselfishness

•  Antonyms : 

•  cheapness,

•  closeness,

•  meanness,

•  miserliness,

•  parsimony,

•  penuriousness,

•  pinching,

•  selfishness,

•  stinginess,

•  tightness,

•  ungenerosity

1: giving or sharing in abundance and without hesitation;

  * e.g., " ... a bighearted guy who can't seem to ever say no "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bounteous,

•  bountiful,

•  charitable,

•  free,

•  freehanded,

•  freehearted,

•  fulsome,

•  generous,

•  liberal,

•  munificent,

•  open,

•  openhanded,

•  unselfish,

•  unsparing,

•  unstinting

•  Antonyms : 

•  cheap,

•  close,

•  closefisted,

•  costive,

•  illiberal,

•  mingy,

•  miserly,

•  parsimonious,

•  penurious,

•  selfish,

•  stingy,

•  stinting,

•  tight,

•  tightfisted,

•  uncharitable,

•  ungenerous