openhanded adj : 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]

English

Adjective

1. In the context of "of a punch etc": Done with an open hand rather than a fist
2. liberal and generous

apparent, big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, chivalrous, distinct, elevated, evident, exalted, free, freehanded, freehearted, generous, giving, gracious, great, great of heart, greathearted, handsome, heroic, high, high-minded, hospitable, idealistic, knightly, large, largehearted, lavish, liberal, lofty, magnanimous, manifest, munificent, noble, noble-minded, obvious, open, openhearted, palpable, patent, plain, princely, profuse, stintless, straightforward, sublime, ungrudging, unselfish, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting