Thesaurus:kindly
English
Adjective
Sense: having a benevolent nature
Synonyms
- compassionate
- benignant
- good-hearted
- kind
- kindhearted
- humane
- softhearted
- sympathetic
- tender
- tenderhearted
- warmhearted
- —
- attentive
- considerate
- thoughtful [⇒ thesaurus]
- —
- 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 [⇒ thesaurus]
- magnanimous
- noble
- openhearted
- philanthropic
- unselfish
- unsparing
Antonyms
Further reading
- “906. benevolence” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “kindly” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.