Thesaurus:kindly

Thesaurus

kindly

English

Adjective

Sense: having a benevolent nature

Synonyms

• compassionate
• benignant
• good-hearted
• kind
• kindhearted
• humane
• softhearted
• sympathetic
• tender
• tenderhearted
• warmhearted
•   —
• attentive
• considerate
• thoughtful
•   —
• affable
• benign
• cordial
• friendly    [⇒ thesaurus]
• gentle
• good    [⇒ thesaurus]
• good-natured
• good-tempered
• gracious
• mild
• nice
• pleasant    [⇒ thesaurus]
•   —
• clement
• forbearing
• forgiving
• lenient
• merciful
• soft    [⇒ thesaurus]
•   —
• patient
• pitying
• tolerant
• understanding
•   —
• altruistic
• brotherly
• generous    [⇒ thesaurus]
• charitable
• greathearted
• humanitarian
• magnanimous
• noble
• openhearted
• philanthropic
• unselfish
• unsparing

Antonyms

• mean    [⇒ thesaurus]
• stern    [⇒ thesaurus]
•   —
• hateful
• malevolent
• malicious
• spiteful
• virulent
• barbarous
• bestial
• brutal
• brutish
• cold-blooded
• cruel
• hardhearted
• inhuman
• inhumane
• insensate
• savage
• thick-skinned

Further reading

• “906. benevolence” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “kindly” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.