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| Main Entry: | compassionate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having tender feelings |
| Synonyms: | benevolent, bleeding heart*, charitable, forbearing, humane, humanitarian, indulgent, kindhearted, kindly, lenient, merciful, piteous, responsive, softhearted, sparing, sympathetic, tender, tenderhearted, understanding, warm, warmhearted, all heart, being big, commiserative, going easy on, living with, old softie, pitying, soft shell |
| Antonyms: | cruel, hard, harsh, hateful, indifferent, mean, merciless, tyrannous |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | benevolent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | charitable, kind |
| Synonyms: | altruistic, beneficent, benign, big, big-hearted, bountiful, chivalrous, compassionate, considerate, generous, helpful, humane, humanitarian, kindhearted, liberal, magnanimous, philanthropic, tenderhearted, warmhearted, all heart, bounteous, caring, 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: | commiserate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | listen to woes of another |
| Synonyms: | ache, compassionate, condole, console, feel, pity, sympathize, feel for, have mercy, share sorrow |
| 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, magnanimous, mellow, mindful, obliging, patient, polite, solicitous, sympathetic, tactful, tender, thoughtful, unselfish, warmhearted, like a sport |
| Antonyms: | disrespectful, impatient, inattentive, inconsiderate, mean, scornful, selfish, thoughtless, unfeeling, unmindful |
| Main Entry: | gracious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | kind, giving |
| Synonyms: | accommodating, affable, amiable, amicable, approachable, beneficent, benevolent, benign, big-hearted, bland, charitable, chivalrous, civil, compassionate, complaisant, congenial, considerate, cordial, courteous, courtly, easy, forthcoming, friendly, gallant, genial, good-natured, hospitable, indulgent, lenient, loving, merciful, mild, obliging, pleasing, polite, sociable, stately, suave, tender, unctuous, urbane, well-mannered, benignant, bonhomous, good-hearted |
| Notes: | graceful means characterized by beauty of movement, style, or form; gracious means characterized by charm, good taste, kindness, and generosity of spirit |
| Antonyms: | discourteous, hateful, mean, nasty, rude, sarcastic, severe, ungracious, unkind, vulgar, ungiving |
| Main Entry: | indulgent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lenient, giving |
| Synonyms: | big*, charitable, clement, compassionate, complaisant, compliant, considerate, easy, easygoing, favorable, fond, forbearing, gentle, gratifying, kind, kindly, liberal, merciful, mild, permissive, tender, tolerant, understanding, able to live with, going along with, going easy on, overpermissive, soft-shelled |
| Antonyms: | moderate, strict, abstaining, moderating, tempering |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | kind |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | generous, good |
| Synonyms: | affectionate, altruistic, amiable, amicable, beneficent, benevolent, benign, big, charitable, clement, compassionate, congenial, considerate, cordial, courteous, eleemosynary, friendly, gentle, gracious, humane, humanitarian, indulgent, kindhearted, kindly, lenient, loving, mild, neighborly, obliging, philanthropic, propitious, soft touch, softhearted, sympathetic, tenderhearted, thoughtful, tolerant, understanding, all heart, bleeding-heart, bounteous, good-hearted, heart in right place |
| Antonyms: | bad, bitter, cruel, inconsiderate, mean, unfriendly, ungenerous, unkind |
| Main Entry: | lenient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | permissive |
| Synonyms: | amiable, benign, charitable, clement, compassionate, complaisant, compliant, condoning, easy, easygoing, emollient, forbearing, forgiving, gentle, good-natured, indulgent, kind, kindly, loving, merciful, mild, obliging, permitting, soft, softhearted, sparing, sympathetic, tender, tolerant, yielding, allowing, assuaging, assuasive, being big, benignant, excusing, favoring, going easy on, humoring, letting, live with, mollycoddling, pampering, pardoning, soft-shell, spoiling |
| Antonyms: | hard, intolerant, restrictive, rigorous, severe, limiting |
| Main Entry: | merciful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | kind, sparing |
| Synonyms: | beneficent, benign, bleeding heart*, charitable, clement, compassionate, condoning, easygoing, feeling, forbearing, forgiving, generous, gentle, gracious, humane, humanitarian, indulgent, kindly, lenient, liberal, mild, pitiful, soft*, softhearted*, sympathetic, tender, tenderhearted, tolerant, all heart, benignant, heart in right place, pardoning, pitying |
| Antonyms: | cruel, merciless, unforgiving, unkind, unmerciful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pitiful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in bad shape; poor |
| Synonyms: | abject, affecting, afflicted, base, beggarly, cheap, cheerless, compassionate, contemptible, deplorable, despicable, dismal, distressed, distressing, grievous, heartbreaking, heartrending, inadequate, insignificant, joyless, lamentable, low, mean, miserable, mournful, moving, paltry, pathetic, piteous, sad, shabby, sorrowful, sorry, stirring, suffering, tearful, touching, vile, woeful, worthless, wretched, arousing, comfortless, commiserative, pitiable, scurvy |
| Antonyms: | excellent, happy, superb, superior, wonderful, worthwhile |
| Main Entry: | responsive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | quick to react |
| Synonyms: | active, alive, awake, aware, compassionate, conscious, forthcoming, impressionable, kindhearted, open, passionate, perceptive, persuadable, receptive, sensible, sensitive, sentient, sharp, softhearted, susceptible, sympathetic, tender, warm, warmhearted, acknowledging, answering, influenceable, reactive, replying, respondent, sensile, susceptive |
| Antonyms: | insensitive, unresponsive, unsusceptible |
| Main Entry: | softhearted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tender |
| Synonyms: | benevolent, big-hearted, charitable, compassionate, considerate, emotional, forgiving, generous, gentle, kind, lenient, merciful, moving, sensitive, sentimental, soft, sympathetic, tenderhearted, warm, warmhearted, all heart, bleeding-heart, caring |
| Main Entry: | sympathize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | feel for, be compassionate |
| Synonyms: | ache, agree, appreciate, be in accord, be in sympathy, be kind to, be there for, be understanding, bleed for, comfort, commiserate, compassionate, comprehend, condole, emphathize, feel heart go out to, go along with, grieve with, have compassion, identify with, love, offer consolation, pick up on, pity, relate to*, share another's sorrow, show kindliness, show mercy, show tenderness, side with*, tune in, understand |
| Antonyms: | disapprove, disregard, ignore |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tenderhearted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tender |
| Synonyms: | affectionate, benevolent, bleeding heart*, charitable, compassionate, considerate, emotional, forgiving, gentle, humane, kind, kindhearted, lenient, loving, merciful, mushy*, sensitive, sentimental, soft, softhearted, sweet, sympathetic, thoughtful, understanding, warm, warmhearted, all heart, caring |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | understanding |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | accepting, tolerant |
| Synonyms: | compassionate, considerate, discerning, forbearing, forgiving, generous, kind, kindly, patient, perceptive, responsive, sensitive, sympathetic, empathetic |
| Antonyms: | intolerant, unaccepting |
| Main Entry: | beneficent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beneficial |
| Synonyms: | altruistic, benevolent, benign, big-hearted, charitable, compassionate, generous, helpful, humanitarian, kind, philanthropic |
| Antonyms: | cold-hearted, malicious, misanthropic, uncharitable, maleficent |
| Main Entry: | brotherly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | friendly |
| Synonyms: | affectionate, altruistic, amicable, benevolent, charitable, compassionate, cordial, disinterested, forgiving, fraternal, generous, humane, intimate, kindly, neighborly, personal, philanthropic, solicitous, sympathetic, tender, understanding, comprehending, comradely, selfless |
| Antonyms: | antagonistic, unfriendly, sisterly, sororal, uncompanionable, uncompassionate, unneighborly |
| Main Entry: | affected |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deeply moved or hurt emotionally |
| Synonyms: | afflicted, altered, changed, compassionate, concerned, damaged, distressed, excited, impaired, impressed, influenced, injured, overwhelmed, overwrought, sorry, stimulated, sympathetic, tender, touched, troubled, upset, grieved, stirred |
| Antonyms: | calm, unmoved, unperturbed, unswayed, untroubled |
| Main Entry: | gentle |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having a mild or kind nature |
| Synonyms: | affable, agreeable, amiable, benign, bland, compassionate, considerate, cool*, docile, domesticated, easy, genial, humane, kindly, lenient, manageable, meek, mellow, merciful, moderate, pacific, peaceful, placid, pleasant, pleasing, pliable, quiet, soft, softhearted, sympathetic, tame, taught, temperate, tender, tractable, trained, warmhearted, biddable, cultivated, disciplined, dove-like, laid back, sweet-tempered |
| Antonyms: | crude, rough, troubled, unkind, violent, wild |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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