lenient

Main Entry:
lenient [lee-nee-uhnt, leen-yuhnt]
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
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
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
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