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Collocations for generous - adj.

VERBS

appear, be, feel, seem, sound
become
John's become very generous with the wine!

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ADVERB

extremely, fairly, very, etc.
exceedingly, extraordinarily, incredibly, most
You have been most generous.
overly
The review panel criticized the payments as overly generous.
reasonably, relatively

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PREPOSITION

of
Thank you for your donation. It was very generous of you.
to
They have been extremely generous to the church.
with
She's very generous with her praise.

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Generous is used with these nouns:
allowance, benefactor, benefit, bequest, budget, character, contribution, contributor, discount, donation, donor, funding, gift, hand, help, helping, hospitality, host, incentive, interpretation, level, margin, measure, mood, offer, package, patron, payment, pension, portion, proportion, quantity, rebate, salary, settlement, slice, soul, spirit, sponsorship, subsidy, sum, support, tip, treatment, tribute

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