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solicitude - 14 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | solicitude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | worry, anxiety |
| Synonyms: | attention, care, compunction, concern, consideration, disquiet, disquietude, heed, presentiment, qualm, regard, scruple, uneasiness, watchfulness, TLC, attentiveness, concernment, considerateness, tender loving care, unease |
| Antonyms: | calm, ease, contentedness, peacefulness |
| Main Entry: | affection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strong fondness |
| Synonyms: | ardor, attachment, care, case*, closeness, concern, crush, desire, devotion, emotion, endearment, feeling, friendliness, friendship, good will, hankering*, heart, inclination, itch*, kindness, liking, love, passion, predilection, propensity, puppy love*, regard, sentiment, shine*, soft spot*, solicitude, tenderness, warmth, weakness*, yen*, amore |
| Antonyms: | animosity, antipathy, dislike, enmity, hate, hatred, ill will |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | anxiety |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | worry, tension |
| Synonyms: | angst, apprehension, care, concern, disquiet, disquietude, distress, doubt, downer*, drag*, dread, flap*, foreboding, fuss, goose bumps*, jitters, misery, misgiving, mistrust, nervousness, panic, pins and needles, restlessness, solicitude, suffering, suspense, sweat*, trouble, uncertainty, uneasiness, watchfulness, all-overs, ants in pants, botheration, butterflies, cold sweat, creeps, fidgets, fretfulness, heebie-jeebies, jumps, nail-biting, needles, shakes, shivers, unease, willies, worriment |
| Antonyms: | assurance, calmness, composure, contentment, ease, happiness, nonchalance, peace, tranquility |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | discretion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | caution, judgment |
| Synonyms: | acumen, attention, calculation, care, concern, consideration, deliberation, diplomacy, discernment, discrimination, foresight, forethought, gumption, heed, maturity, observation, perspicacity, precaution, presence of mind, providence, prudence, responsibility, sagacity, sense, shrewdness, solicitude, tact, thoughtfulness, vigilance, wariness, warning, watchfulness, wisdom, canniness, carefulness, chariness, circumspection, considerateness, good sense, heedfulness, judiciousness |
| Antonyms: | carelessness, indiscretion, thoughtlessness |
| Main Entry: | disquiet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | worry; mental upset |
| Synonyms: | ailment, alarm, angst, anxiety, care, concern, disquietude, distress, disturbance, fear, ferment, foreboding, nervousness, restlessness, solicitude, storm, trouble, turmoil, uneasiness, unrest, concernment, fretfulness, inquietude, restiveness |
| Antonyms: | calm, ease, peace, collectedness |
| Main Entry: | eagerness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enthusiasm, anxiousness |
| Synonyms: | alacrity, ambition, anticipation, ardor, avidity, earnestness, excitement, fervor, gusto, hunger, impatience, keenness, longing, promptness, quickness, solicitude, thirst, vehemence, voracity, yearning, zeal, zest, zing*, greediness, heartiness, impetuosity, intentness |
| Antonyms: | apathy, disinterest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | care |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | personal interest, concern |
| Synonyms: | affliction, aggravation, alarm, anguish, annoyance, anxiety, apprehension, bother, burden, chagrin, charge, consternation, dismay, disquiet, distress, disturbance, encumbrance, exasperation, fear, foreboding, handicap, hardship, hindrance, impediment, incubus, load, misgiving, nuisance, onus, oppression, pressure, responsibility, solicitude, sorrow, stew, strain, stress, sweat, tribulation, trouble, uneasiness, unhappiness, vexation, woe, worry, discomposure, fretfulness, perplexity |
| Antonyms: | carelessness, disregard, ignorance, inattention, neglect, negligence, oversight, thoughtlessness |
| Main Entry: | courtesy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | good manners |
| Synonyms: | address, amenities, ceremony, chivalry, civility, complaisance, consideration, cordiality, cultivation, culture, deference, elegance, familiarity, favor, friendliness, gallantry, generosity, geniality, gentleness, indulgence, kindness, polish, politeness, refinement, respect, reverence, solicitude, suavity, sympathy, tact, thoughtfulness, affability, amiability, attentiveness, comity, courteousness, courtliness, gallantness, good behavior, good breeding, graciousness, urbanity |
| Antonyms: | bad manners, discourtesy, rudeness, impoliteness, pompousness, unmannerliness |
| Main Entry: | desire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | want, longing |
| Synonyms: | admiration, ambition, appetite, ardor, aspiration, attraction, avidity, concupiscence, covetousness, craving, craze, cupidity, devotion, doting, eagerness, fancy, fascination, fervor, fondness, frenzy, greed, hankering*, hunger, inclination, infatuation, itch*, lasciviousness, lechery, libido, liking, love, lust, mania, motive, need, passion, predilection, proclivity, propensity, rapture, relish, solicitude, thirst, urge, voracity, will, wish, yearning, rapaciousness, ravenousness, salacity |
| Antonyms: | aversion, disgust, dislike, distaste, hate, hatred, repulsion |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | kindness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | compassion, generosity |
| Synonyms: | affection, altruism, benevolence, charity, clemency, consideration, cordiality, courtesy, decency, delicacy, fellow feeling, forbearance, gentleness, good will, goodness, grace, heart, helpfulness, hospitality, humanity, indulgence, magnanimity, mildness, patience, philanthropy, solicitude, sweetness, sympathy, tact, tenderness, thoughtfulness, tolerance, understanding, unselfishness, amiability, beneficence, good intention, graciousness, kindliness, serviceability, solicitousness |
| Antonyms: | cruelty, harshness, meanness |
| Main Entry: | care |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | carefulness, attention to detail |
| Synonyms: | alertness, caution, concentration, concern, conscientiousness, consideration, diligence, direction, discrimination, effort, enthusiasm, exactness, exertion, forethought, heed, interest, management, nicety, precaution, prudence, regard, solicitude, thought, trouble, vigilance, wariness, watchfulness, circumspection, fastidiousness, meticulousness, pains, particularity, scrupulousness |
| Antonyms: | carelessness, neglect, negligence, omission, oversight |
| Main Entry: | concern |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | interest; anxiety |
| Synonyms: | apprehension, attention, bearing, care, consideration, disquiet, disquietude, distress, heed, matter, reference, regard, relation, solicitude, worry, carefulness, concernment, heedfulness, important matter, relevance, tender loving care, unease |
| Antonyms: | unconcern, disinterest |
| Main Entry: | thought |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | idea, concept |
| Synonyms: | aim, anxiety, appreciation, aspiration, assessment, assumption, belief, brainstorm*, compassion, conception, concern, conclusion, conjecture, conviction, design, dream, drift, estimation, expectation, fancy, feeling, guess, hope, hypothesis, image, inference, intention, intuition, judgment, kindness, knowledge, notion, object, opinion, plan, premise, prospect, purpose, regard, reverie, solicitude, supposition, sympathy, theory, thinking, understanding, view, worry, attentiveness, brainchild, caring |
| Antonyms: | concrete, thing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | consideration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | high regard |
| Synonyms: | awareness, concern, esteem, estimation, favor, forbearance, friendliness, heed, kindness, mercy, respect, solicitude, tact, thoughtfulness, tolerance, attentiveness, considerateness, heedfulness, kindliness, mindfulness |
| Antonyms: | disdain, disregard |
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