Synonyms for gentle
ˈdʒɛn tlgen·tle

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1. gentleadjective

   Polite and respectful rather than rude

   He gave me a gentle reminder that we had to hurry up.

   Synonyms:
   respectful, kind, friendly, polite

   Antonyms:
   rude

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1. gentle

   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, good-natured, harming, kind, 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:1.0 / 1 vote

1. gentle

   Synonyms:
   courteous, polite, highbred, mild, bland, tame, docile, amiable, meek, soft, placid, tender

   Antonyms:
   rough, rude, coarse, fierce, savage

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1. gentle, softadjective

   soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe

   "a gentle reprimand"; "a vein of gentle irony"; "poked gentle fun at him"

   Synonyms:
   aristocratical, indulgent, mild, delicate, easy, piano, balmy, lenient, voiced, soft, docile, patrician, blue, cushy, flabby, subdued, diffuse, flaccid, blue-blooded, aristocratic, sonant, easygoing, diffused

   Antonyms:
   untamed, intense, steep, lowborn, unkind, loud, heavy, wild

2. gentleadjective

   having or showing a kindly or tender nature

   "the gentle touch of her hand"; "her gentle manner was comforting"; "a gentle sensitive nature"; "gentle blue eyes"

   Synonyms:
   blue-blooded, aristocratical, aristocratic, soft, easy, docile, patrician, blue

   Antonyms:
   heavy, wild, untamed, loud, unkind, lowborn, steep, intense

3. gentleadjective

   quiet and soothing

   "a gentle voice"; "a gentle nocturne"

   Synonyms:
   blue-blooded, aristocratical, aristocratic, soft, easy, docile, patrician, blue

   Antonyms:
   untamed, heavy, steep, lowborn, intense, unkind, wild, loud

4. aristocratic, aristocratical, blue, blue-blooded, gentle, patricianadjective

   belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy

   "an aristocratic family"; "aristocratic Bostonians"; "aristocratic government"; "a blue family"; "blue blood"; "the blue-blooded aristocracy"; "of gentle blood"; "patrician landholders of the American South"; "aristocratic bearing"; "aristocratic features"; "patrician tastes"

   Synonyms:
   down(p), dispirited, racy, gamy, bluish, profane, dismal, dark, disconsolate, gloomy, drear, puritanical, low, naughty, easy, down in the mouth, blue, blueish, gamey, downhearted, juicy, downcast, blasphemous, drab, patrician, docile, blue-blooded, spicy, soft, aristocratic, blue(a), sorry, aristocratical, puritanic, grim, depressed, dingy, dreary, risque, low-spirited

   Antonyms:
   lowborn, heavy, unkind, steep, untamed, intense, wild, loud

5. docile, gentleadjective

   easily handled or managed

   "a gentle old horse, docile and obedient"

   Synonyms:
   blue-blooded, aristocratical, aristocratic, soft, easy, teachable, docile, patrician, blue

   Antonyms:
   untamed, steep, wild, heavy, lowborn, loud, unkind, intense

6. easy, gentle, softadjective

   having little impact

   "an easy pat on the shoulder"; "gentle rain"; "a gentle breeze"; "a soft (or light) tapping at the window"

   Synonyms:
   balmy, sluttish, wanton, flaccid, subdued, prosperous, sonant, soft, delicate, flabby, easy, promiscuous, well-off, indulgent, voiced, aristocratical, leisurely, well-to-do, piano, well-fixed, easygoing, patrician, well-situated, comfortable, blue-blooded, diffuse, mild, cushy, aristocratic, docile, lenient, diffused, well-heeled, light, blue, loose

   Antonyms:
   wild, heavy, unkind, loud, untamed, lowborn, steep, intense

7. easy, gentleverb

   marked by moderate steepness

   "an easy climb"; "a gentle slope"

   Synonyms:
   aristocratical, promiscuous, easy, wanton, sluttish, well-heeled, soft, docile, patrician, blue, aristocratic, well-to-do, well-situated, loose, well-off, prosperous, well-fixed, comfortable, leisurely, light, blue-blooded, easygoing

   Antonyms:
   steep, unkind, untamed, intense, wild, loud, lowborn, heavy

8. pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntleverb

   cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of

   "She managed to mollify the angry customer"

   Synonyms:
   mollify, conciliate, quell, relieve, lenify, stay, placate, quench, allay, ennoble, settle, gruntle, palliate, accommodate, appease, pacify, temper, assuage, propitiate, alleviate, slake, make up, entitle, patch up, reconcile, season

   Antonyms:
   loud, lowborn, steep, heavy, unkind, intense, untamed, wild

9. ennoble, gentle, entitleverb

   give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility

   Synonyms:
   lenify, appease, mollify, pacify, gruntle, title, dignify, placate, ennoble, assuage, entitle, conciliate

   Antonyms:
   unkind, intense, lowborn, loud, heavy, wild, steep, untamed

10. gentleverb

    stroke soothingly

    Synonyms:
    appease, lenify, mollify, gruntle, pacify, placate, ennoble, assuage, entitle, conciliate

    Antonyms:
    steep, unkind, untamed, wild, heavy, loud, intense, lowborn

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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gentleadjective

   Synonyms:
   mild, bland, moderate, clement, lenient, merciful, kind, tender, compassionate, indulgent, meek, soft, humane, of a sweet disposition, not rough, not harsh

2. gentleadjective

   Synonyms:
   tame, docile, peaceable, quiet, tractable, pacific, dove-like, not wild, not refractory

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1. gentleadjective

   Synonyms:
   well-born, genteel, high-born, docile, tractable, tame, subdued, mild, quiet, peaceable, meek, unobtrusive, bland, soothing, pacific, clement, tender, humane, courteous, cultivated, deferential

   Antonyms:
   drastic, refractory, vicious, brusque, harsh, rough, severe, rigorous, intractable, indocile

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1. List of paraphrases for "gentle":

   sweet, soft, mild, fresh, nice, soft-spoken, moderate, smooth

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How to use gentle in a sentence?

1. Debra Tate:

   [Bosworth is] very Sharon-like — she’s kind-hearted, gentle and generous.

2. Saint Francis de Sales:

   Nothing is so powerful as gentleness nothing is so gentle as true strength.

3. Ari Wilkenfeld:

   It does seem unseemly for Standards and Practices to make more than a gentle suggestion... to defend a principal such as Tom Brokaw. linda Vester is glad that the conversation about sexual harassment issues is continuing and Linda Vester will have much more to say very soon.

4. Robert Southey:

   What will not woman, gentle woman dare; when strong affection stirs her spirit up?

5. James Franco:

   Werner's still kind of in there, he makes a point of clacking the slate and he's just always there ... Wim is connected in his own way to the same degree, but it comes off as a little more gentle.