Synonyms and antonyms of Charity and giving money to charity in American Thesaurus

aid (noun)

economics money, food, or other help that an organization or government gives to a country or area where people need it, for example because of a war or flood

aid (verb)

formaleconomics to give money, food, or other help to a country or organization that needs it

alms (noun)

old-fashioned money, food, or clothes given to poor people

cause (noun)

an organization, plan, or activity that you are willing to support because it provides help or benefit to people who need it

charitable (adjective)

intended to help people who are poor or sick, or who need advice and support

charity (noun)

money or food that is given to people who are poor or sick so that they can live

charity begins at home ()

used for saying that you should take care of yourself, your own family, friends, or country before you start helping other people

collection box (noun)

a container for money that is given to a charity

community chest (noun)

Americanold-fashioned money that people and businesses in a community give to local organizations that help people

community service (noun)

work without payment that someone does to help their local community

donate (verb)

to give something such as money or goods to an organization, especially to a school, hospital, political party, or charity

donation (noun)

money or goods that you give to an organization, especially one that helps people

donation (noun)

the act of giving money or goods to an organization

donator (noun)

someone who gives money or goods to an organization, especially one that helps people. The usual word is donor.

donor (noun)

someone who gives things such as money or goods to an organization, especially one that helps people

endow (verb)

to give money to a school, hospital, or other institution

endowment (noun)

the act of giving money to a college, hospital, or other institution

endowment (noun)

an amount of money that someone gives to an institution

give (verb)

to pay money to charity (=organizations that help people)

giver (noun)

someone who gives, especially to charity

handout (noun)

showing disapproval an amount of money or goods given to people who need them

humanitarian (adjective)

relating to efforts to help people who are living in very bad conditions and are suffering because of a war, flood, earthquake etc.

humanitarian (noun)

someone who helps people who live in very bad conditions or receive unfair treatment

in aid of ()

if an event is in aid of an organization or group, it is held to make money to help that organization or group

outreach (noun)

the practice of providing help and advice to people in a community before they have to ask for it

patronise ()

a British spelling of patronize

patronize (verb)

to support an organization, especially by giving money to it

philanthropic (adjective)

helping people, especially by giving money to those who need it

philanthropy (noun)

the belief that you should help people, especially by giving money to those who need it

relief (noun)

food, clothes, and money given to people who are in urgent need of help, for example because of a war or other bad situation

sponsor (verb)

to agree to give money to someone who is going to take part in a charity event

sponsor (verb)

to give money in order to help someone who lives in another country

sponsor (noun)

someone who gives money in order to help someone who lives in another country

sponsor (noun)

someone who agrees to give money to someone who is taking part in a charity event

tied aid (noun)

money given to a country or area where people need it, but they have to agree to spend it only on goods and services provided by the country or organization that has given the money

voluntary (adjective)

a voluntary organization does important work for the community but is not part of the official government services, and usually has to raise all its money by itself