| 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: | kind |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | class, species |
Synonyms: |
brand, breed, classification, family, genus, ilk, kin, order, race, set, sort, type, variety |
| Main Entry: | kind |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | type, character |
Synonyms: |
breed, complexion, connection, denomination, description, designation, essence, fiber, gender, habit, ilk, likes, lot, manner, mold, nature, number, persuasion, set, sort, stamp, stripe, style, temperament, tendency, tribe, variety, way |
| Main Entry: | accommodating |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | willing to help |
Synonyms: |
considerate, cooperative, friendly, generous, handy, helpful, hospitable, kind, neighborly, obliging, on deck, on tap, polite, unselfish, user friendly |
Antonyms: |
alienating, disobliging, estranged |
| Main Entry: | affectionate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having or showing fondness |
Synonyms: |
all over, attached, caring, crazy over, dear, devoted, doting, fond, friendly, huggy, kind, lovey-dovey, loving, mushy, nutty about, partial, soft on, sympathetic, tender, warm, warmhearted |
Antonyms: |
antagonistic, cold, cool, disliking, undemonstrative |
| 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: | amiable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | friendly, agreeable |
Synonyms: |
affable, amicable, attractive, benign, breezy, buddy-buddy, charming, cheerful, clubby, complaisant, cool*, copacetic, cordial, cozy, delightful, downright neighborly, easy, engaging, friendly, genial, good-humored, good-natured, gracious, home cooking, kind, kindly, lenient, lovable, mellow, mild, obliging, palsy-walsy, pleasant, pleasing, princely, pussycat, responsive, right, righteous, sociable, sweet-tempered, swell*, tight*, warm, warmhearted, winning |
| Notes: | amicable implies being well disposed; amiable is acting well disposed and amiable is commonly applied only to people - though sometimes it is used for occasions, while amicable is not applied to people at all but to human interactions and their outcomes; amiable first meant 'kind' or 'lovely, lovable' and amicable first applied to things and meant 'pleasant, benign' |
Antonyms: |
crabby, disagreeable, gloomy, hateful, irritable, mean, quarrelsome, rude, surly, testy, unfriendly |
| Main Entry: | amicable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | friendly, especially regarding an agreement |
Synonyms: |
accordant, agreeing, amiable, civil, clubby, concordant, cordial, courteous, cozy, empathic, good-humored, harmonious, kind, kindly, like-minded, mellow, neighborly, pacific, peaceable, peaceful, polite, regular, right nice, sociable, square shooting, sympathetic, understanding |
Antonyms: |
hostile, unfriendly |
| Main Entry: | assortment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | variety |
Synonyms: |
array, choice, collection, combination, combo, diversity, garbage, group, hodgepodge, jumble, kind, medley, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag, mixture, mélange, potpourri, selection, sort |
| Main Entry: | attentive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | considerate |
Synonyms: |
accommodating, civil, courteous, devoted, gallant, gracious, kind, obliging, polite, respectful, solicitous, thoughtful |
Antonyms: |
heedless, ignorant, inconsiderate, neglectful, unattentive |