| Main Entry: | bleeding heart |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sympathetic person |
Synonyms: |
bleeding-heart liberal, liberal, sentimental fool, softy, sympathizer |
| Main Entry: | altruistic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unselfish |
Synonyms: |
Robin Hood, all heart, benevolent, big*, big-hearted, bleeding heart, charitable, considerate, generous, good, good scout, human, humane, humanitarian, kind, magnanimous, openhanded, philanthropic, self-sacrificing |
Antonyms: |
selfish, unsacrificing |
| 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: | do-gooder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | idealist |
Synonyms: |
altruist, bleeding heart, good Samaritan, humanitarian, philanthropist, volunteer |
| Main Entry: | humanitarian |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who gives generously |
Synonyms: |
Good Samaritan, altruist, benefactor, bleeding heart, do-gooder, good scout, helper, patron, philanthropist |
Antonyms: |
egoist, stingy |
| Main Entry: | kind |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | generous, good |
Synonyms: |
affectionate, all heart, altruistic, amiable, amicable, beneficent, benevolent, benign, big, bleeding-heart, bounteous, charitable, clement, compassionate, congenial, considerate, cordial, courteous, eleemosynary, friendly, gentle, good-hearted, gracious, heart in right place, humane, humanitarian, indulgent, kindhearted, kindly, lenient, loving, mild, neighborly, obliging, philanthropic, propitious, soft touch, softhearted, sympathetic, tenderhearted, thoughtful, tolerant, understanding |
Antonyms: |
bad, bitter, cruel, inconsiderate, mean, unfriendly, ungenerous, unkind |
| Main Entry: | merciful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | kind, sparing |
Synonyms: |
all heart, beneficent, benign, benignant, bleeding heart, charitable, clement, compassionate, condoning, easygoing, feeling, forbearing, forgiving, generous, gentle, gracious, heart in right place, humane, humanitarian, indulgent, kindly, lenient, liberal, mild, pardoning, pitiful, pitying, soft*, softhearted, sympathetic, tender, tenderhearted, tolerant |
Antonyms: |
cruel, merciless, unforgiving, unkind, unmerciful |
| Main Entry: | philanthropist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | humanitarian |
Synonyms: |
Good Samaritan, altruist, benefactor, bleeding heart, contributor, do-gooder, donor, good scout, helper, patron |
| Main Entry: | progressive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | liberal; growing |
Synonyms: |
accelerating, advanced, advancing, avant-garde*, bleeding-heart, broad, broad-minded, continuing, continuous, developing, dynamic, enlightened, enterprising, escalating, forward-looking, go-ahead, gradual, graduated, increasing, intensifying, left of center, left*, lenient, modern, ongoing, onward, open-minded, radical, reformist, revolutionary, tolerant, up-and-coming, up-to-date, wide |
Antonyms: |
conservative, moderate |
| Main Entry: | softhearted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tender |
Synonyms: |
all heart, benevolent, big-hearted, bleeding-heart, caring, charitable, compassionate, considerate, emotional, forgiving, generous, gentle, kind, lenient, merciful, moving, sensitive, sentimental, soft, sympathetic, tenderhearted, warm, warmhearted |