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| 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: | broad-minded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | liberal |
| Synonyms: | advanced, catholic, cosmopolitan, dispassionate, flexible, indulgent, liberal, open, open-minded, permissive, progressive, radical, receptive, responsive, tolerant, unbiased, unprejudiced, wide, free-thinking, unbigoted, undogmatic |
| Antonyms: | close-minded, small-minded |
| 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: | complaisant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | agreeable |
| Synonyms: | accommodating, amiable, compliant, conciliatory, deferential, easy, friendly, generous, good-humored, good-natured, indulgent, lenient, mild, obliging, polite, solicitous, submissive, easy-going, good-tempered |
| Notes: | complacent means 'pleased or satisfied with how things are, with how they affect one's self,' 'self-satisfied, smug'; complaisant means 'attempting or eager to please or satisfy,' 'obliging, affable' - complacent thus refers to a state of mind and complaisant to a disposition to behave or conduct oneself in a way that pleases or satisfies others |
| Antonyms: | antagonistic, disagreeable, discontented, dissatisfied, obstinate |
| Main Entry: | easygoing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | complacent, permissive |
| Synonyms: | amenable, breezy, calm, carefree, casual, collected, complaisant, composed, devil-may-care*, even-tempered*, flexible, free and easy, happy-go-lucky*, indolent, indulgent, informal, insouciant, laid-back*, lazy, lenient, liberal, mild, moderate, nonchalant, offhand, patient, placid, self-possessed, serene, tolerant, tranquil, unconcerned, uncritical, unhurried, uninhibited, hang-loose, low-pressure, outgiving, poised, relaxed, undemanding |
| Antonyms: | agitated, critical, demanding, hurried, intolerant, nervous, strict, upset, worried, hyped |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | excessive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | too much; overdone |
| Synonyms: | boundless, disproportionate, dissipated, enormous, exaggerated, exorbitant, extra, extravagant, extreme, immoderate, indulgent, inordinate, intemperate, limitless, more, needless, over, prodigal, profligate, redundant, self-indulgent, steep, stiff, super, superfluous, supernatural, towering, unconscionable, undue, unreasonable, way out, dizzying, overboard, overkill, overmuch, plethoric, recrementitious, sky-high, stratospheric, superabundant, too many, unbounded, unmeasurable |
| Antonyms: | insufficient, moderate, reasonable, underdone |
| Main Entry: | fond |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | have a liking or taste for |
| Synonyms: | addicted, affectionate, amorous, devoted, doting, enamored, indulgent, loving, mushy*, partial, predisposed, responsive, romantic, sentimental, sympathetic, tender, warm, adoring, attached, caring, keen on, lovesome, lovey-dovey, silly over |
| Antonyms: | hostile, hating |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | forbearing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tolerant |
| Synonyms: | charitable, clement, considerate, easy, forgiving, gentle, humane, humanitarian, indulgent, lenient, long-suffering, merciful, mild, moderate, patient, thoughtful, being big, going easy on, going easy with, living with, longanimous, soft-shell |
| Antonyms: | impatient, intolerant, merciless, strict, uncontrolled |
| 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 |
| Antonyms: | discourteous, hateful, mean, nasty, rude, sarcastic, severe, ungracious, unkind, vulgar, ungiving |
| Main Entry: | humane |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | kind, compassionate |
| Synonyms: | accommodating, altruistic, amiable, approachable, benevolent, benign, broad-minded, charitable, clement, considerate, cordial, democratic, forbearing, forgiving, friendly, generous, genial, gentle, good, good-natured, gracious, helpful, human, humanitarian, indulgent, kindhearted, kindly, lenient, liberal, magnanimous, merciful, mild, natural, obliging, open-minded, philanthropic, righteous, sympathetic, tender, tenderhearted, tolerant, understanding, unselfish, warmhearted, benignant, pitying |
| Antonyms: | cruel, fierce, merciless, uncivilized, unkind, unsympathetic, violent, inhumane, uncompassionate |
| 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: | parental |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having the quality or nature of a parent |
| Synonyms: | affectionate, benevolent, benign, comforting, devoted, fatherly, fond, forbearing, gentle, indulgent, kind, loving, maternal, motherly, paternal, protective, tender, warm, watchful, caring, matriarchal, patriarchal, sheltering, supportive |
| Main Entry: | patient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | capable, willing to endure |
| Synonyms: | accommodating, calm, composed, enduring, even-tempered, forbearing, forgiving, gentle, imperturbable, indulgent, lenient, long-suffering, meek, mild, persevering, persistent, philosophical, quiet, resigned, self-possessed, serene, submissive, tolerant, tranquil, understanding, unruffled, untiring, easy-going, mild-tempered, philosophic, stoical, uncomplaining |
| Antonyms: | agitated, frustrated, impatient, intolerant, unwilling |
| Main Entry: | permissive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lenient |
| Synonyms: | agreeable, forbearing, free, indulgent, lax, liberal, open-minded, permitting, susceptible, tolerant, acquiescent, allowing, approving, easy-going, latitudinarian |
| Antonyms: | intolerant, mean, strict |
| Main Entry: | tolerant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | open-minded, easygoing |
| Synonyms: | advanced, benevolent, big, broad, broad-minded, catholic, charitable, clement, complaisant, condoning, fair, forbearing, forgiving, free and easy, humane, indulgent, kindhearted*, lax, lenient, liberal, long-suffering*, magnanimous, merciful, patient, permissive, progressive, radical, receptive, soft, sophisticated, sympathetic, understanding, unprejudiced, wide, easy on, easy with, excusing |
| Antonyms: | biased, intolerant, narrow-minded, prejudiced, disapproving |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unselfish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | kind, giving |
| Synonyms: | altruistic, benevolent, charitable, chivalrous, devoted, disinterested, extroverted, generous, helpful, humanitarian, incorruptible, indulgent, liberal, loving, magnanimous, noble, self-sacrificing, denying, open-handed, self-effacing, self-forgetting, selfless |
| Antonyms: | greedy, selfish, uncharitable |
| Main Entry: | voluptuous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | given to sensual pleasure; pleasurable to the senses |
| Synonyms: | appealing, attractive, delightful, desirable, erotic, fleshly, hedonist, indulgent, luxurious, pleasing, salacious, self-indulgent, sensuous, sexy, wanton, enticing, hedonistic, lubricious, sybaritic |
| Antonyms: | flat, underdeveloped |
| Main Entry: | condoning |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | approving |
| Synonyms: | indulgent, lenient, tolerating |
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