Thesaurus:kindly

Thesaurus
kindly

English

Synonyms
  • compassionate
  • benignant
  • good-hearted
  • kind
  • kindhearted
  • humane
  • softhearted
  • sympathetic
  • tender
  • tenderhearted
  • warmhearted
  •   —
  • attentive
  • considerate
  • thoughtful
  •   —
  • affable
  • benign
  • cordial
  • friendly    [⇒ thesaurus]
  • gentle
  • good    [⇒ thesaurus]
  • good-natured
  • good-tempered
  • gracious
  • mild
  • nice
  • pleasant    [⇒ thesaurus]
  •   —
  • clement
  • forbearing
  • forgiving
  • lenient
  • merciful
  • soft    [⇒ thesaurus]
  •   —
  • patient
  • pitying
  • tolerant
  • understanding
  •   —
  • altruistic
  • brotherly
  • generous    [⇒ thesaurus]
  • charitable
  • greathearted
  • humanitarian
  • magnanimous
  • noble
  • openhearted
  • philanthropic
  • unselfish
  • unsparing
Antonyms
  • mean    [⇒ thesaurus]
  • stern    [⇒ thesaurus]
  •   —
  • hateful
  • malevolent
  • malicious
  • spiteful
  • virulent
  • barbarous
  • bestial
  • brutal
  • brutish
  • cold-blooded
  • cruel
  • hardhearted
  • inhuman
  • inhumane
  • insensate
  • savage
  • thick-skinned

Further reading

  • “906. benevolence” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
  • “kindly” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.
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