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freehanded

adjective free·hand·ed \ˈfrē-ˈhan-dəd\

Definition of FREEHANDED

:  generous, openhanded
— free·hand·ed·ly adverb
— free·hand·ed·ness noun
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First Known Use of FREEHANDED

1592

Related to FREEHANDED

Synonyms
bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, charitable, free, generous, freehearted, fulsome, liberal, munificent, open, openhanded, unselfish, unsparing, unstinting
Antonyms
cheap, close, closefisted, costive, illiberal [archaic], mingy, miserly, niggardly, parsimonious, penurious, selfish, stingy, stinting, tight, tightfisted, uncharitable, ungenerous

Rhymes with FREEHANDED

backhanded, bare-handed, cleanhanded, crossbanded, forehanded, four-handed, ham-handed, hardhanded, high-handed, ironhanded, left-handed, light-handed, offhanded, one-handed, red-handed, right-handed, shorthanded, sure-handed, three-handed, two-handed, unbranded, verandaed

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