Samaritan
noun
Sa·mar·i·tan sə-ˈmer-ə-tən 
1
: a native or inhabitant of Samaria
2
[from the parable of the good Samaritan in Luke 10:30–37] : a person who is generous in helping those in distress
samaritan adjective often capitalized
Example Sentences
A Samaritan called a tow truck for us.
Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Old English, from Late Latin samaritanus, noun & adjective, from Greek samaritēs inhabitant of Samaria, from Samaria
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Phrases Containing Samaritan
samaritan
adjective
as in compassionate
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- compassionate
- kind
- kindly
- sympathetic
- humanitarian
- altruistic
- good-hearted
- benevolent
- magnanimous
- philanthropic
- openhearted
- philanthropical
- beneficent
- largehearted
- hospitable
- charitable
- unselfish
- big
- munificent
- liberal
- handsome
- greathearted
- generous
- openhanded
- overgenerous
- bighearted
- bounteous
- profuse
- bountiful
- unstinting
- extravagant
- lavish
- freehanded
- fulsome
- unsparing
- free
- freehearted
- open
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- selfish
- miserly
- parsimonious
- stingy
- cheap
- small
- uncharitable
- tightfisted
- thrifty
- penurious
- petty
- frugal
- niggardly
- close
- tight
- spare
- ungenerous
- mean
- costive
- sparing
- mingy
- illiberal
- avaricious
- mercenary
- closefisted
- avid
- desirous
- rapacious
- covetous
- hoggish
- stinting
- chary
- begrudging
- acquisitive
- grudging
- itchy
- grasping
- resentful
- envious
- stinting
- coveting
- irredeemably
- irredenta
- irredentas
- irredentism
- irredentisms
- irredentist
- irredentists
- irreducibilities
- irreducibility
- irreducible
- irreducible equation
- irreducible function
- irreduciblenesses
- irreducibly
- irreductible
- irreductions
- irreferable
- irreflection
- irreflective
- irreflectively
- irreflectiveness
- irreflexion
- irreflexive
- irreformabilities
- irreformability