| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sympathetic person |
| Synonyms: | bleeding-heart liberal, liberal, sentimental fool, softy, sympathizer |
| 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: | do-gooder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | idealist |
| Synonyms: | altruist, bleeding heart, good Samaritan, humanitarian, philanthropist, volunteer |
| Main Entry: | humanitarian |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who gives generously |
| Synonyms: | Good Samaritan, altruist, benefactor, bleeding heart, do-gooder, good scout, helper, patron, philanthropist |
| Antonyms: | egoist, stingy |
| Main Entry: | merciful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | kind, sparing |
| Synonyms: | all heart, beneficent, benign, benignant, bleeding heart, charitable, clement, compassionate, condoning, easygoing, feeling, forbearing, forgiving, generous, gentle, gracious, heart in right place, humane, humanitarian, indulgent, kindly, lenient, liberal, mild, pardoning, pitiful, pitying, soft*, softhearted, sympathetic, tender, tenderhearted, tolerant |
| Antonyms: | cruel, merciless, unforgiving, unkind, unmerciful |
| Main Entry: | philanthropist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | humanitarian |
| Synonyms: | Good Samaritan, altruist, benefactor, bleeding heart, contributor, do-gooder, donor, good scout, helper, patron |
| Main Entry: | tenderhearted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tender |
| Synonyms: | affectionate, all heart, benevolent, bleeding heart, caring, charitable, compassionate, considerate, emotional, forgiving, gentle, humane, kind, kindhearted, lenient, loving, merciful, mushy, sensitive, sentimental, soft, softhearted, sweet, sympathetic, thoughtful, understanding, warm, warmhearted |
| Main Entry: | heavy heart |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sad heart |
| Synonyms: | aching heart, agony of mind, bathos, bleeding heart, broken heart, heartache, heaviness of heart, pathos |
| Main Entry: | soft touch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gullible person |
| Synonyms: | bleeding heart, easy pickings, easy touch, prize sap, pushover, softie, sucker |