| Main Entry: | compassionate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having tender feelings |
Synonyms: |
all heart, being big, benevolent, bleeding heart, charitable, commiserative, forbearing, going easy on, humane, humanitarian, indulgent, kindhearted, kindly, lenient, living with, merciful, old softie, piteous, pitying, responsive, soft shell, softhearted, sparing, sympathetic, tender, tenderhearted, understanding, warm, warmhearted |
Antonyms: |
cruel, hard, harsh, hateful, indifferent, mean, merciless, tyrannous |
| Main Entry: | affected |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deeply moved or hurt emotionally |
Synonyms: |
afflicted, altered, changed, compassionate, concerned, damaged, distressed, excited, grieved, impaired, impressed, influenced, injured, overwhelmed, overwrought, sorry, stimulated, stirred, sympathetic, tender, touched, troubled, upset |
Antonyms: |
calm, unmoved, unperturbed, unswayed, untroubled |
| Main Entry: | benevolent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | charitable, kind |
Synonyms: |
all heart, altruistic, beneficent, benign, big, big-hearted, bounteous, bountiful, caring, chivalrous, compassionate, considerate, generous, helpful, humane, humanitarian, kindhearted, liberal, magnanimous, philanthropic, tenderhearted, warmhearted, well-disposed |
Antonyms: |
greedy, malevolent, mean, selfish, spiteful, unkind |
| Main Entry: | big-hearted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very kind |
Synonyms: |
altruistic, benevolent, compassionate, generous, giving, gracious, noble |
| Main Entry: | clement |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | forgiving |
Synonyms: |
benevolent, benign, benignant, charitable, compassionate, easy, forbearing, gentle, humane, humanitarian, indulgent, kind, kind-hearted, kindly, lenient, merciful, mild, soft-hearted, sympathetic, tender, tolerant |
Antonyms: |
hard, hard-hearted, harsh, mean, unforgiving |
| Main Entry: | commiserate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | listen to woes of another |
Synonyms: |
ache, compassionate, condole, console, feel, feel for, have mercy, pity, share sorrow, sympathize |
Antonyms: |
be indifferent, turn away |
| Main Entry: | considerate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | respectful of others |
Synonyms: |
accommodating, amiable, attentive, benevolent, big, charitable, chivalrous, circumspect, compassionate, complaisant, concerned, cool, discreet, forbearing, generous, kind, kindly, like a sport, magnanimous, mellow, mindful, obliging, patient, polite, solicitous, sympathetic, tactful, tender, thoughtful, unselfish, warmhearted |
Antonyms: |
disrespectful, impatient, inattentive, inconsiderate, mean, scornful, selfish, thoughtless, unfeeling, unmindful |
| Main Entry: | easy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tolerant, permissive |
Synonyms: |
accommodating, amenable, benign, biddable, charitable, clement, compassionate, compliant, condoning, deceivable, deludable, dupable, easygoing, excusing, exploitable, fleeceable, flexible, forbearing, forgiving, gentle, gullible, humoring, indulgent, kindly, lax, lenient, liberal, light, merciful, mild, moderate, mollycoddling, naive, pampering, pardoning, soft, spoiling, submissive, susceptible, sympathetic, temperate, tractable, trusting, unburdensome, unoppressive, unsuspicious |
Antonyms: |
difficult, impossible, intolerant, onery, strict, unpermissive |
| Main Entry: | gentle |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having a mild or kind nature |
Synonyms: |
affable, agreeable, amiable, benign, biddable, bland, compassionate, considerate, cool*, cultivated, disciplined, docile, domesticated, dove-like, easy, genial, humane, kindly, laid back, lenient, manageable, meek, mellow, merciful, moderate, pacific, peaceful, placid, pleasant, pleasing, pliable, quiet, soft, softhearted, sweet-tempered, sympathetic, tame, taught, temperate, tender, tractable, trained, warmhearted |
| Notes: | genteel means marked by refinement in taste and manners; a gentile is a person who does not acknowledge your God or denotes a Christian as contrasted with a Jew; gentle means soft and mild or having or showing a kindly or tender nature |
Antonyms: |
crude, rough, troubled, unkind, violent, wild |
| Main Entry: | gracious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | kind, giving |
Synonyms: |
accommodating, affable, amiable, amicable, approachable, beneficent, benevolent, benign, benignant, big-hearted, bland, bonhomous, charitable, chivalrous, civil, compassionate, complaisant, congenial, considerate, cordial, courteous, courtly, easy, forthcoming, friendly, gallant, genial, good-hearted, good-natured, hospitable, indulgent, lenient, loving, merciful, mild, obliging, pleasing, polite, sociable, stately, suave, tender, unctuous, urbane, well-mannered |
Antonyms: |
discourteous, hateful, mean, nasty, rude, sarcastic, severe, ungiving, ungracious, unkind, vulgar |