[syn: big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, handsome, giving, liberal, openhanded]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Free-handed \Free"-hand`ed\, a.
1. Open-handed; liberal; given or giving freely or liberally;
as, a freehanded host. [WordNet sense 2]
Syn: big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, handsome, giving,
liberal, openhanded.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
2. same as freehand. [WordNet sense 1]
Syn: free, freehand, unguided, untraced.
[WordNet 1.5] freehearted
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
freehanded
adj 1: done by hand without mechanical aids or devices; "a
freehand drawing" [syn: freehand, freehanded]
2: given or giving freely; "was a big tipper"; "the bounteous
goodness of God"; "bountiful compliments"; "a freehanded
host"; "a handsome allowance"; "Saturday's child is loving
and giving"; "a liberal backer of the arts"; "a munificent
gift"; "her fond and openhanded grandfather" [syn: big,
bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded,
handsome, giving, liberal, openhanded]