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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: | affected |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deeply moved or hurt emotionally |
| Synonyms: | afflicted, altered, changed, compassionate, concerned, damaged, distressed, excited, grieved, impaired, impressed, influenced, injured, overwhelmed, overwrought, sorry, stimulated, stirred, sympathetic, tender, touched, troubled, upset |
| Antonyms: | calm, unmoved, unperturbed, unswayed, untroubled |
| Main Entry: | affectionate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having or showing fondness |
| Synonyms: | all over, attached, caring, crazy over, dear, devoted, doting, fond, friendly, huggy, kind, lovey-dovey, loving, mushy, nutty about, partial, soft on, sympathetic, tender, warm, warmhearted |
| Antonyms: | antagonistic, cold, cool, disliking, undemonstrative |
| Main Entry: | agreeable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | willing to be in unison, assent |
| Synonyms: | acquiescent, amenable, approving, complying, concurring, congenial, consenting, favorable, grateful, in accord, responsive, sympathetic, well-disposed, willing |
| Antonyms: | disagreeable, incongruous, repugnant, unwilling |
| Main Entry: | amicable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | friendly, especially regarding an agreement |
| Synonyms: | accordant, agreeing, amiable, civil, clubby, concordant, cordial, courteous, cozy, empathic, good-humored, harmonious, kind, kindly, like-minded, mellow, neighborly, pacific, peaceable, peaceful, polite, regular, right nice, sociable, square shooting, sympathetic, understanding |
| Notes: | amicable implies being well disposed; amiable is acting well disposed and amiable is commonly applied only to people - though sometimes it is used for occasions, while amicable is not applied to people at all but to human interactions and their outcomes; amiable first meant 'kind' or 'lovely, lovable' and amicable first applied to things and meant 'pleasant, benign' |
| Antonyms: | hostile, unfriendly |
| Main Entry: | appreciative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | understanding, recognizing worth |
| Synonyms: | admiring, affectionate, alive, aware, cognizant, conscious, considerate, cooperative, cordial, enlightened, enthusiastic, favorable, friendly, generous, keen, kindly, knowledgeable, magnanimous, mindful, perceptive, pleased, receptive, regardful, respectful, responsive, satisfied, sensitive, supportive, sympathetic, understanding |
| Antonyms: | ignorant, neglectful |
| Main Entry: | benign |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | kindly |
| Synonyms: | amiable, beneficent, benevolent, benignant, complaisant, congenial, favorable, friendly, generous, genial, gentle, good, goodhearted, gracious, kind, liberal, merciful, mild, obliging, sympathetic |
| Notes: | benign refers to a trait or characteristic; benignant to a tendency or disposition |
| Antonyms: | hateful, hostile, hurtful, injurious, malignant, unkind |
| Main Entry: | charitable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | giving, generous |
| Synonyms: | accommodating, all heart, altruistic, beneficent, benevolent, benign, big*, bighearted, bountiful, eleemosynary, good, helpful, humane, humanitarian, kind, kindly, lavish, liberal, obliging, philanthropic, sympathetic |
| Antonyms: | inhumane, malevolent, mean, uncharitable, unkind, unsympathetic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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