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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concerned, feeling |
| Synonyms: | affectionate, all heart, appreciating, benign, benignant, caring, commiserating, compassionate, comprehending, condoling, considerate, having heart in right place, interested, kind, kindhearted, kindly, loving, pitying, responsive, sensitive, soft, softhearted, supportive, sympathizing, tender, thoughtful, understanding, vicarious, warm, warmhearted |
| Antonyms: | callous, merciless, uncaring, unconcerned, unfeeling, unsympathetic |
| Main Entry: | beneficent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beneficial |
| Synonyms: | altruistic, benevolent, benign, big-hearted, charitable, compassionate, generous, helpful, humanitarian, kind, philanthropic |
| Antonyms: | cold-hearted, maleficent, malicious, misanthropic, uncharitable |
| Main Entry: | fatherly |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | parently |
| Synonyms: | affectionate, benevolent, benign, forbearing, indulgent, kind, kindly, paternal, patriarchal, protective, supportive, tender |
| Antonyms: | maternally, motherly |
| Main Entry: | benefic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beneficent |
| Synonyms: | altruistic, beneficial, benevolent, benign, benignant, big-hearted, charitable, favorable, generous, good, helpful, humanitarian, kind, propitious, useful |
| Main Entry: | benignant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | benevolent |
| Synonyms: | altruistic, beneficent, benign, compassionate, good, goodhearted, gracious, humane, kind, kindhearted, kindly, warmhearted |
| Notes: | benign refers to a trait or characteristic; benignant to a tendency or disposition |
| Main Entry: | benignant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beneficial |
| Synonyms: | advantageous, benefic, beneficent, benign, encouraging, favorable, good, healing, helpful, useful |
| Notes: | benign refers to a trait or characteristic; benignant to a tendency or disposition |
| Main Entry: | fatherlike |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fatherly |
| Synonyms: | affectionate, benevolent, benign, forbearing, indulgent, kind, kindly, parental, paternal, patriarchal, protective, supportive, tender |
| Main Entry: | good-tempered |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | amiable |
| Synonyms: | affable, agreeable, amicable, attractive, benign, breezy, buddy-buddy, charming, cheerful, clubby, complaisant, congenial, cool*, copacetic, cordial, cozy, delightful, downright neighborly, easy, engaging, friendly, genial, good-humored, good-natured |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | goodhearted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | benevolent |
| Synonyms: | all heart, altruistic, beneficent, benign, benignant, big, big-hearted, bounteous, bountiful, caring, chivalrous, compassionate, considerate, generous, good, helpful, humane, humanitarian, kind, kindhearted, kindly, liberal, magnanimous, philanthropic, t |
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