Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | permissive |
| Synonyms: | allowing, amiable, assuaging, assuasive, being big, benign, benignant, charitable, clement, compassionate, complaisant, compliant, condoning, easy, easygoing, emollient, excusing, favoring, forbearing, forgiving, gentle, going easy on, good-natured, humoring, indulgent, kind, kindly, letting, live with, loving, merciful, mild, mollycoddling, obliging, pampering, pardoning, permitting, soft, soft-shell, softhearted, sparing, spoiling, sympathetic, tender, tolerant, yielding |
| Antonyms: | hard, intolerant, limiting, restrictive, rigorous, severe |
| Main Entry: | bland |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mild, temperate |
| Synonyms: | balmy, calm, calmative, clear, lenient, mollifying, nonirritant, nonirritating, smooth, soft, soothing |
| Antonyms: | bitter, caustic, severe, sharp, zingy |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | complaisant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | agreeable |
| Synonyms: | accommodating, amiable, compliant, conciliatory, deferential, easy, easy-going, friendly, generous, good-humored, good-natured, good-tempered, indulgent, lenient, mild, obliging, polite, solicitous, submissive |
| Notes: | complacent means 'pleased or satisfied with how things are, with how they affect one's self,' 'self-satisfied, smug'; complaisant means 'attempting or eager to please or satisfy,' 'obliging, affable' - complacent thus refers to a state of mind and complaisant to a disposition to behave or conduct oneself in a way that pleases or satisfies others |
| Antonyms: | antagonistic, disagreeable, discontented, dissatisfied, obstinate |
| 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: | easygoing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | complacent, permissive |
| Synonyms: | amenable, breezy, calm, carefree, casual, collected, complaisant, composed, devil-may-care, even-tempered, flexible, free and easy, hang-loose, happy-go-lucky, indolent, indulgent, informal, insouciant, laid-back*, lazy, lenient, liberal, low-pressure, mild, moderate, nonchalant, offhand, outgiving, patient, placid, poised, relaxed, self-possessed, serene, tolerant, tranquil, unconcerned, uncritical, undemanding, unhurried, uninhibited |
| Antonyms: | agitated, critical, demanding, hurried, hyped, intolerant, nervous, strict, upset, worried |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | faint |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having little effect on senses |
| Synonyms: | aside, bated, bland, bleached, blurred, breathless, deadened, deep, delicate, dim, distant, dull, dusty, faded, faltering, far-off, feeble, gentle, hazy, hoarse, hushed, ill-defined, imperceptible, inaudible, indistinct, lenient, light, low, low-pitched, mild, moderate, muffled, murmuring, muted, muttering, obscure, out of earshot, padded, pale, piano, quiet, remote, shadowy, slight, smooth, soft, softened, soothing, stifled, subdued, tenuous, thin, unclear, vague, wan, weak, whispered |
| Notes: | faint (verb) means to pass out from weakness or to lose consciousness - faint (adjective) means barely perceptible or lacking clarity or distinctness; feint (noun) means any distracting or deceptive maneuver - feint (verb) means to deceive by a mock action |
| Antonyms: | clear, distinct, heavy, loud, strong |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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