Better word for kind

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. kind

   Amiable combines the senses of lovable or lovely and loving; the amiable character has ready affection and kindliness for others, with the qualities that are adapted to win their love; amiable is a higher and stronger word than good-natured or agreeable. Lovely is often applied to externals; as, a lovely face. Amiable denotes a disposition desirous to cheer, please, and make happy. A selfish man of the world may have the art to be agreeable; a handsome, brilliant, and witty person may be charming or even attractive, while by no means amiable. The engaging, winning, and winsome add to amiability something of beauty, accomplishments, and grace. The benignant are calmly kind, as from a height and a distance. Kind, good-natured people may be coarse and rude, and so fail to be agreeable or pleasing; the really amiable are likely to avoid such faults by their earnest desire to please. The good-natured have an easy disposition to get along comfortably with every one in all circumstances. A sweet disposition is very sure to be amiable, the loving heart bringing out all that is lovable and lovely in character.

   Synonyms:
   agreeable, amiable, attractive, benignant, engaging, gentle, good-natured, harming, lovable, lovely, loving, pleasant, pleasing, sweet, winning, winsome

   Antonyms:
   acrimonious, churlish, crabbed, cruel, crusty, disagreeable, dogged, gruff, hateful, ill-conditioned, ill-humored, ill-natured, ill-tempered, morose, sour, sullen, surly, unamiable, unlovely

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 2 votes

1. kindnoun

   Synonyms:
   style, character, description, designation, denomination, genus, species, sort, class, nature, set, breed

2. kindadjective

   Synonyms:
   benevolent, benign, tender, indulgent, humane, clement, lenient, compassionate, gentle, good, gracious, forbearing, kind-hearted

   Antonyms:
   unkind, harsh, severe, cruel, hard, illiberal

Princeton’s WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. kind, sort, form, varietyadjective

   a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality

   «sculpture is a form of art»; «what kinds of desserts are there?»

   Synonyms:
   course, figure, flesh, frame, shape, conformation, sort, chassis, physical body, multifariousness, potpourri, soma, assortment, diverseness, human body, contour, grade, sorting, cast, form, mannikin, mannequin, physique, phase, word form, change, configuration, class, variant, motley, variety show, pattern, bod, miscellany, signifier, smorgasbord, miscellanea, descriptor, salmagundi, manikin, variety, strain, anatomy, mixture, mixed bag, var., diversity, material body, manakin, build

   Antonyms:
   unkindly, unsympathetic, harsh, stinging, rough, hurtful, unforgiving, unkind, edged, inhospitable, cutting

2. kindadjective

   having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior

   «kind to sick patients»; «a kind master»; «kind words showing understanding and sympathy»; «thanked her for her kind letter»

   Synonyms:
   tolerant, genial

   Antonyms:
   inhospitable, unforgiving, harsh, edged, cutting, unkind, unkindly, rough, hurtful, stinging, unsympathetic

3. kind, genialadjective

   agreeable, conducive to comfort

   «a dry climate kind to asthmatics»; «the genial sunshine»;»hot summer pavements are anything but kind to the feet»

   Synonyms:
   tolerant, mental, genial, cordial, affable, amiable

   Antonyms:
   edged, unkindly, cutting, unsympathetic, inhospitable, unforgiving, hurtful, unkind, rough, harsh, stinging

4. kind, tolerantadjective

   tolerant and forgiving under provocation

   «our neighbor was very kind about the window our son broke»

   Synonyms:
   large-minded, resistant, broad, patient of, liberal, tolerant, genial

   Antonyms:
   hurtful, unsympathetic, unkindly, stinging, inhospitable, unforgiving, edged, harsh, rough, cutting, unkind

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.5 / 2 votes

1. kindadjective

   Synonyms:
   benevolent, beneficent, benignant, humane, gracious, friendly, kindly, complacent, complaisant, generous, obliging, bounteous, accommodating, philanthropic, compassionate, mild, benign, clement, good, amiable, charitable, gentle, lenient, indulgent, forbearing, tender, sympathetic, bland, affectionate, loving, good-natured, tender-hearted, kind-hearted

2. kindnoun

   Synonyms:
   race, genus, family, breed, species, set, class

3. kindnoun

   Synonyms:
   sort, nature, character, manner, description, style

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. kindadjective

   Synonyms:
   indulgent, compassionate, merciful, lenient, clement, benignant, gracious, benevolent, kind-hearted, forbearing, benign, beneficent, humane, obliging

2. kindnoun

   Synonyms:
   variety, genus, species, strain, breed, nature, genre, sort, style, character, description, kidney

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for «kind»:

   type, sort, genus, nature, art, genre, types, guy, form, species, gender, class, kinds, model, gen, like, nice, sweet, way, category, rate

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1. Priyanka Chopra:

   Jennifer Lawrence is somebody I really look up to because I really like the kind of choices she makes. She’ll do the ‘Hunger Games’ but then she’ll also do the ‘Silver Linings Playbook’, so I probably want to start with like a ‘Silver Linings Playbook’, something more where there’s more scope for performance, you know, because I feel like that’s where I’ll really learn.

2. Debasish Mridha, M.D.:

   There are so many glowing reasons to be kind.

3. Erica Knight:

   I don’t think that anybody wants to be told what to do, they don’t want to deal with these mandates and it’s kind of a way to stand up for all the American people against it.

4. Tim Keepers:

   It’s kind of like when you get punched in the stomach by someone who is much bigger than you.

5. Mark Kelly:

   When you look at the … atmosphere on the limb of the Earth, I wouldn’t say it looks unhealthy, but it definitely looks very, very fragile and just kind of like this thin film, so it looks like something that we definitely need to take care of.

• tipe, soortAfrikaans
• نوع, حنون, لطيفة, لطيفArabic
• প্রজাতি, প্রকারBengali
• classe, tipus, maco, amable, gènereCatalan, Valencian
• laskavýCzech
• caredig, mwynWelsh
• venlig, art, naturalier, natur, slags, rarDanish
• Sorte, liebenswürdig, gütig, nett, aufmerksam, lieb, freundlich, Art, mildGerman
• είδοςGreek
• specoEsperanto
• forma, gentil, género, amable, cariñoso, bondadoso, clase, tipoSpanish
• tõug, liik, sortEstonian
• تیپ, گونه, نوع, مهربانPersian
• tyyppi, säyseä, laatu, samalla mitalla, -lainen, oma, jonkinlainen, ystävällinen, luontoissuoritus, auttavainen, ominainen, eräänlainen, myötämielinen, sävyisä, kiltti, luokka, lajiFinnish
• gentil, acabit, genre, gentille, nature, sorte, favorableFrench
• sórt, gnéIrish
• seòrsa, gnèScottish Gaelic
• तरह, दया, प्रकारHindi
• kedvesHungarian
• բարի, տեսակArmenian
• tegund, gerð, góður, vinalegurIcelandic
• genere, gentile, carino, tipoItalian
• סוגHebrew
• 優しい, 種類, 親切Japanese
• macemJavanese
• სახეობა, ტიპი, ჯიშიGeorgian
• ប្រភេទKhmer
• 친절하다, 종류Korean
• جۆڕKurdish
• benignus, mitisLatin
• léif, Zort, Genre, Aart, frëndlechLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
• ຊະນິດLao
• geras, malonus, veislė, meilus, rūšis, mielasLithuanian
• mīļš, šķirne, veids, laipns, suga, labsLatvian
• ദയMalayalam
• jenisMalay
• type, ras, aardig, mooi, natura, gelijke munt, categorie, prettig, leuk, natuur, lief, gunstig, slag, mild, aard, soort, genreDutch
• vennlig, slag, snillNorwegian
• ਵਰਗ, ਕਿਸਮPanjabi, Punjabi
• typ, rasa, rodzaj, miłyPolish
• categoria, raça, amável, classe, género, tipoPortuguese
• gen, amabil, fel, bun, drăguțRomanian
• любезный, разновидность, род, сорт, вид, добрыйRussian
• कृपाSanskrit
• ljubazan, dobrodušan, prijatanSerbo-Croatian
• prijazenSlovene
• sort, natura, typ, snäll, art, slagSwedish
• ainaSwahili
• கருணைTamil
• జాతి, రకముTelugu
• uriTagalog
• türTurkish
• نوعUrdu
• loạiVietnamese
• vayant, vayante, djinti, djinteyeWalloon
• 类Chinese

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