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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lenient |
| Synonyms: | acquiescent, agreeable, allowing, approving, easy-going, forbearing, free, indulgent, latitudinarian, lax, liberal, open-minded, permitting, susceptible, tolerant |
| Antonyms: | intolerant, mean, strict |
| Main Entry: | thoughtful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | caring, mindful |
| Synonyms: | anxious, astute, attentive, aware, benign, canny, careful, cautious, charitable, chivalrous, circumspect, civil, concerned, considerate, cooperative, courteous, deliberate, diplomatic, discreet, friendly, gallant, gracious, heedful, helpful, indulgent, kind, kindly, neighborly, obliging, observant, observative, observing, polite, prudent, regardful, responsive, sensitive, social, solicitous, tactful, unselfish, wary, well thought-out, well-bred |
| Antonyms: | careless, heedless, inattentive, inconsiderate, uncaring, unmindful, unthoughtful |
| Main Entry: | tolerant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | open-minded, easygoing |
| Synonyms: | advanced, benevolent, big, broad, broad-minded, catholic, charitable, clement, complaisant, condoning, easy on, easy with, excusing, fair, forbearing, forgiving, free and easy, humane, indulgent, kindhearted, lax, lenient, liberal, long-suffering, magnanimous, merciful, patient, permissive, progressive, radical, receptive, soft, sophisticated, sympathetic, understanding, unprejudiced, wide |
| Antonyms: | biased, disapproving, intolerant, narrow-minded, prejudiced |
| Main Entry: | unselfish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | kind, giving |
| Synonyms: | altruistic, benevolent, charitable, chivalrous, denying, devoted, disinterested, extroverted, generous, helpful, humanitarian, incorruptible, indulgent, liberal, loving, magnanimous, noble, open-handed, self-effacing, self-forgetting, self-sacrificing, selfless |
| Antonyms: | greedy, selfish, uncharitable |
| Main Entry: | voluptuous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | given to sensual pleasure; pleasurable to the senses |
| Synonyms: | appealing, attractive, delightful, desirable, enticing, erotic, fleshly, hedonist, hedonistic, indulgent, lubricious, luxurious, pleasing, salacious, self-indulgent, sensuous, sexy, sybaritic, wanton |
| Antonyms: | flat, underdeveloped |
| Main Entry: | amative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | affectionate |
| Synonyms: | amatory, amorous, anacreontic, ardent, brotherly, doting, enamored, erotic, fervent, fervid, impassioned, indulgent, loving, overindulgent, sisterly, tender, warm |
| Antonyms: | platonic |
| Main Entry: | condoning |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | approving |
| Synonyms: | indulgent, lenient, tolerating |
| Main Entry: | hands-off |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tolerant |
| Synonyms: | accommodating, indulgent, lenient, permissive |
| 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 |
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