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Synonyms for gracious
ˈgreɪ ʃəsgra·cious
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
gracious
Human denotes what pertains to mankind, with no suggestion as to its being good or evil; as, the human race; human qualities; we speak of human achievements, virtues, or excellences, human follies, vices, or crimes. Humane denotes what may rightly be expected of mankind at its best in the treatment of sentient beings; a humane enterprise or endeavor is one that is intended to prevent or relieve suffering. The humane man will not needlessly inflict pain upon the meanest thing that lives; a merciful man is disposed to withhold or mitigate the suffering even of the guilty. The compassionate man sympathizes with and desires to relieve actual suffering, while one who is humane would forestall and prevent the suffering which he sees to be possible. Compare MERCY; PITIFUL; PITY.
See synonyms for BARBAROUS.
Synonyms:
benevolent, benignant, charitable, clement, compassionate, forgiving, gentle, human, humane, kind, kind-hearted, merciful, pitying, sympathetic, tender, tender-hearted
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
gracious
Synonyms:
affable, courteous, benignant, kind, civil, condescending, merciful, friendly, tender, gentle, beneficentAntonyms:
haughty, discourteous, illdisposed, ungracious, churlish
Princeton's WordNet
graciousadjective
characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit
"gracious even to unexpected visitors"; "gracious living"; "he bears insult with gracious good humor"
Synonyms:
courteous, nice, benignantAntonyms:
graceless, unkind, ungracious, unpleasing, churlish, impolite, unpropitiousbenignant, graciousadjective
characterized by kindness and warm courtesy especially of a king to his subjects
"our benignant king"
Synonyms:
courteous, benign, nice, benignantAntonyms:
impolite, graceless, churlish, unpropitious, unpleasing, unkind, ungraciouscourteous, gracious, niceadjective
exhibiting courtesy and politeness
"a nice gesture"
Synonyms:
courteous, overnice, squeamish, dainty, benignant, nice, prissy, skillful, decentAntonyms:
graceless, unpropitious, impolite, unpleasing, churlish, unkind, ungraciousgraciousadjective
disposed to bestow favors
"thanks to the gracious gods"
Synonyms:
courteous, nice, benignantAntonyms:
unpleasing, impolite, unkind, unpropitious, churlish, graceless, ungracious
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
graciousadjective
Synonyms:
merciful, lenient, beneficent, compassionate, benign, tender, graceful, elegant, courteous, debonair, complaisant, urbane, affable
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "gracious":
graceful, divine, rahman, courteous, merciful, al-rahman, clemente, benevolent, non-contentious, cordial
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#481 | human | |
#1139 | kind | |
#1157 | nice | |
#1254 | friendly | |
#1668 | civil | |
#6466 | divine | |
#6740 | tender | |
#7256 | decent | |
#8075 | gentle | |
#8928 | charitable | |
#15979 | humane | |
#16921 | sympathetic | |
#17957 | clement | |
#17979 | benign | |
#18987 | compassionate | |
#19860 | graceful | |
#20167 | gracious | |
#22904 | courteous | |
#25513 | rahman | |
#26707 | clemente | |
#28923 | benevolent | |
#31395 | forgiving | |
#31594 | merciful | |
#34606 | skillful | |
#36016 | cordial | |
#42465 | dainty | |
#52724 | condescending | |
#77365 | affable | |
#78321 | beneficent | |
#87865 | squeamish | |
#92958 | prissy | |
#93618 | pitying | |
#297352 | benignant |
How to use gracious in a sentence?
We're commending the people who have put feelings aside and done what's for the betterment of the country and that's President Barack Obama, who put out a statement when this all was going on saying,' Look, we believe the vote represents the voice of the American people.' And Barack Obama has acted like a gracious, really hero in all of this, the way Barack Obama's accepted this and moved on.
I don't think she'd be insulted but she reminded me of my mother, the look of her and just the generosity, she's extremely gracious, that's not surprising, but we had a great talk.
We lived illicitly in this retirement community for six months, which was the worst six months of my life, every time you drove in, you had to check in with a security guard, and we would say we were there to visit Mike’s grandparents. The downstairs neighbors were very nice and gracious and didn’t tattle on us, although they easily could have, and the security guards just rolled their eyes.
When from our better selves we have too long been parted by the hurrying world, and droop. Sick of its business, of its pleasures tired, how gracious, how benign in solitude.
Swearing is like any other music...If it is not done well, if it is not done with a fine and discriminating art, and vitalized with gracious and heartborn feeling, it lacks beauty, it lacks charm, it lacks expression, it lacks nobleness, it lacks majesty...
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