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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
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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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?
Johnny Jennings is one of the most gracious individuals I have ever met. I have always admired his quiet, humble spirit, his commitment to helping others and most of all, his love for the children in our care, we are so blessed to have someone of his character dedicated to serving our ministry.
Jack is one of the most tenacious and gracious and humble people Ive ever coached, he is a loved young man whom everyone is rooting for.
You can't have a good and loving and gracious God at the same time as you have a 'worthiness' construct that is enforced by a systematic, regular, personal inquisition. They are fundamentally incompatible.
We are the Democratic Party ... In our caucus, we have our differences. Respect that instead of making a big issue of it, we sat down today, we had a good meeting. The congresswoman is a very gracious member of Congress, so we had a very positive conversation.
I did have an opportunity to do so with one of the women, 15 years later, i apologized and she was extraordinarily gracious. But after I learned in the course of my treatment that my being direct about such matters could actually make things worse for them by opening old wounds, I have not approached the other two women, one of whom is now in her 50s and the other in her 30s.
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