Gentle
10 thesaurus results for: gentle
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | gentle |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | Of a kindly, considerate character. |
| Synonyms: | mild, soft, softhearted, tender, tenderhearted |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | gentle |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | Free from severity or violence, as in movement. |
| Synonyms: | balmy, delicate, faint, mild, smooth, soft |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | gentle |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | Easily managed or handled. |
| Synonyms: | docile, meek, mild, tame |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
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Synonym Collection v1.1
| Main Entry: | gentle |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Synonyms: | amiable, benign, bland, calm, chivalric, chivalrous, clement, compassionate, conciliatory, considerate, courteous, courtly, cultivated, deferential, docile, easy, faint, fair, feeble, genteel, gradual, harmless, high-born, honorable, humane, kind, lenient, meek, mellow, mild, moderate, pacific, pat, peaceable, peaceful, placid, pleasant, polite, quiet, sensitive, serene, soft, soothing, subdued, sweet, tame, tamed, tender, tractable, tranquil, unobtrusive, well-born |
Synonym Collection v1.1
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Synonym Collection v1.1
| Main Entry: | gentle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Synonyms: | chivalry, docility, gentility, gentleness, leniency, lenity, mansuetude, mildness, refinement |
Synonym Collection v1.1
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Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | gentle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | To make (an animal) docile. |
| Synonyms: | break, bust, master, tame |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | domesticate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | To train to live with and be of use to people. |
| Synonyms: | domesticize, master, tame |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
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Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | gradual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | Not steep or abrupt. |
| Synonyms: | easy, moderate |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
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Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | light |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | Of small intensity. |
| Synonyms: | moderate, slight, soft |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
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Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | pacify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | To ease the anger or agitation of. |
| Synonyms: | appease, assuage, calm, conciliate, dulcify, mollify, placate, propitiate, soften, soothe, sweeten, pour oil on troubled water |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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