Synonyms for kind
- adjective
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Gentle — mild, gentle, forgiving
gentle, kindly, good, nice, warm-hearted, gracious, loving, benevolent, mild, benign, affectionate, sweet, generous, charitable, good-hearted, kind-hearted, open-hearted, friendly, pleasant, good-natured, neighborly US, neighbourly UK, sympathetic
Noun
1. Sort — family, lineage
sort, type, form, forme US, variety, description, class, genre, category, make, nature, manner, race, quality, character, style, family, brand, range, breed, ilk, order, color US, colour UK
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Mild, gentle, forgiving
The years have been kind to Richard Gere; he ages well.
- n. 1
Family, lineage.
Related words
- Word family
- kinda kindred kinship kind-hearted kindly kindness
- Phrases
- kind of in-kind of a kind blood kind some kind of kind regards kind bud
Forms
- Plural
- kinds → sorts, types, forms, varieties…
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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.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- nice Suddenly, it started to look almost nice and warm.
- gentle A noble man by woman's gentle word may oft be led.
- kindly Kindly clear the table after you finish your meal.
By length
- 3 letters
- ilk1
- 4 letters
- good1, make1, nice1, type1, form1, race1, sort1, mild1
- 5 letters
- order2, class1, child1, style1, range1, sweet1, color2, brand1, genre2, breed1, forme
- 6 letters
- family3, nature2, loving2, manner2, colour2, gentle2, kindly2, benign2
- 7 letters
- quality3, variety4
- 8 letters
- friendly2, category4, generous3, pleasant2, gracious2
- 9 letters
- character3, offspring2
- 10 letters
- generation4, charitable4, derivative4, benevolent4, neighborly3
- 11 letters
- description3, sympathetic4, neighbourly3
- 12 letters
- affectionate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (order2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- débonnaire
- Italiano
- bonario
- Deutsch
- gutmütig