| 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: | benign |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | kindly |
Synonyms: |
amiable, beneficent, benevolent, benignant, complaisant, congenial, favorable, friendly, generous, genial, gentle, good, goodhearted, gracious, kind, liberal, merciful, mild, obliging, sympathetic |
| Notes: | benign refers to a trait or characteristic; benignant to a tendency or disposition |
Antonyms: |
hateful, hostile, hurtful, injurious, malignant, unkind |
| Main Entry: | benign |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | advantageous |
Synonyms: |
auspicious, beneficent, benevolent, bright, charitable, dexter, encouraging, favorable, fortunate, good, lucky, merciful, propitious, salutary, smiling |
Antonyms: |
disadvantageous, harmful, hurtful |
| Main Entry: | charitable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | kind, lenient |
Synonyms: |
all heart, benevolent, big*, bighearted, broad-minded, clement, considerate, easy, favorable, forbearing, forgiving, gracious, humane, indulgent, kindly, lenient, magnanimous, merciful, sympathetic, thoughtful, tolerant, understanding |
Antonyms: |
hard, harsh, inhumane, mean, rough, severe, tough |
| Main Entry: | clement |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | forgiving |
Synonyms: |
benevolent, benign, benignant, charitable, compassionate, easy, forbearing, gentle, humane, humanitarian, indulgent, kind, kind-hearted, kindly, lenient, merciful, mild, soft-hearted, sympathetic, tender, tolerant |
Antonyms: |
hard, hard-hearted, harsh, mean, unforgiving |
| 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: | easy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tolerant, permissive |
Synonyms: |
accommodating, amenable, benign, biddable, charitable, clement, compassionate, compliant, condoning, deceivable, deludable, dupable, easygoing, excusing, exploitable, fleeceable, flexible, forbearing, forgiving, gentle, gullible, humoring, indulgent, kindly, lax, lenient, liberal, light, merciful, mild, moderate, mollycoddling, naive, pampering, pardoning, soft, spoiling, submissive, susceptible, sympathetic, temperate, tractable, trusting, unburdensome, unoppressive, unsuspicious |
Antonyms: |
difficult, impossible, intolerant, onery, strict, unpermissive |
| Main Entry: | forbearing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tolerant |
Synonyms: |
being big, charitable, clement, considerate, easy, forgiving, gentle, going easy on, going easy with, humane, humanitarian, indulgent, lenient, living with, long-suffering, longanimous, merciful, mild, moderate, patient, soft-shell, thoughtful |
Antonyms: |
impatient, intolerant, merciless, strict, uncontrolled |
| Main Entry: | gentle |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having a mild or kind nature |
Synonyms: |
affable, agreeable, amiable, benign, biddable, bland, compassionate, considerate, cool*, cultivated, disciplined, docile, domesticated, dove-like, easy, genial, humane, kindly, laid back, lenient, manageable, meek, mellow, merciful, moderate, pacific, peaceful, placid, pleasant, pleasing, pliable, quiet, soft, softhearted, sweet-tempered, sympathetic, tame, taught, temperate, tender, tractable, trained, warmhearted |
Antonyms: |
crude, rough, troubled, unkind, violent, wild |
| Main Entry: | good |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | kind, giving |
Synonyms: |
altruistic, approving, beneficent, benevolent, charitable, considerate, friendly, gracious, humane, humanitarian, kindhearted, merciful, obliging, philanthropic, tolerant, well-disposed |
Antonyms: |
bad, mean, vicious |