Synonyms for kind
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1. kind

   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, gentle, good-natured, harming, 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

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1. kindnoun

   Synonyms:
   style, character, description, designation, denomination, genus, species, sort, class, nature, set, breed

2. kindadjective

   Synonyms:
   benevolent, benign, tender, indulgent, humane, clement, lenient, compassionate, gentle, good, gracious, forbearing, kind-hearted

   Antonyms:
   unkind, harsh, severe, cruel, hard, illiberal

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1. kind, sort, form, varietyadjective

   a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality

   "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?"

   Synonyms:
   course, figure, flesh, frame, shape, conformation, sort, chassis, physical body, multifariousness, potpourri, soma, assortment, diverseness, human body, contour, grade, sorting, cast, form, mannikin, mannequin, physique, phase, word form, change, configuration, class, variant, motley, variety show, pattern, bod, miscellany, signifier, smorgasbord, miscellanea, descriptor, salmagundi, manikin, variety, strain, anatomy, mixture, mixed bag, var., diversity, material body, manakin, build

   Antonyms:
   unkindly, unsympathetic, harsh, stinging, rough, hurtful, unforgiving, unkind, edged, inhospitable, cutting

2. kindadjective

   having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior

   "kind to sick patients"; "a kind master"; "kind words showing understanding and sympathy"; "thanked her for her kind letter"

   Synonyms:
   tolerant, genial

   Antonyms:
   inhospitable, unforgiving, harsh, edged, cutting, unkind, unkindly, rough, hurtful, stinging, unsympathetic

3. kind, genialadjective

   agreeable, conducive to comfort

   "a dry climate kind to asthmatics"; "the genial sunshine";"hot summer pavements are anything but kind to the feet"

   Synonyms:
   tolerant, mental, genial, cordial, affable, amiable

   Antonyms:
   edged, unkindly, cutting, unsympathetic, inhospitable, unforgiving, hurtful, unkind, rough, harsh, stinging

4. kind, tolerantadjective

   tolerant and forgiving under provocation

   "our neighbor was very kind about the window our son broke"

   Synonyms:
   large-minded, resistant, broad, patient of, liberal, tolerant, genial

   Antonyms:
   hurtful, unsympathetic, unkindly, stinging, inhospitable, unforgiving, edged, harsh, rough, cutting, unkind

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1. very nice

   Submitted by anonymous on April 26, 2020  

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1. kindadjective

   Synonyms:
   benevolent, beneficent, benignant, humane, gracious, friendly, kindly, complacent, complaisant, generous, obliging, bounteous, accommodating, philanthropic, compassionate, mild, benign, clement, good, amiable, charitable, gentle, lenient, indulgent, forbearing, tender, sympathetic, bland, affectionate, loving, good-natured, tender-hearted, kind-hearted

2. kindnoun

   Synonyms:
   race, genus, family, breed, species, set, class

3. kindnoun

   Synonyms:
   sort, nature, character, manner, description, style

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1. kindadjective

   Synonyms:
   indulgent, compassionate, merciful, lenient, clement, benignant, gracious, benevolent, kind-hearted, forbearing, benign, beneficent, humane, obliging

2. kindnoun

   Synonyms:
   variety, genus, species, strain, breed, nature, genre, sort, style, character, description, kidney

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1. List of paraphrases for "kind":

   type, sort, genus, nature, art, genre, types, guy, form, species, gender, class, kinds, model, gen, like, nice, sweet, way, category, rate

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1. John McKenna:

   They were kind of surprised to hear that and backed off a little bit, but the minister wanted to do something so she came up with a revised (proposal).

2. Jens Stoltenberg:

   This pattern is risky and unjustified, so NATO remains vigilant. We are here and we are ready to defend all our allies against any threats, It is a pattern which we have not seen for many years and it is a pattern that reminds us of the way they conducted these kind of military air activities back in the time of the Cold War.

3. Chief Executive Elon Musk:

   Roadster is kind of like dessert, we gotta get the meat and potatoes and greens and stuff.

4. Pastor Garland:

   We donated the land and the easements for the tower, in kind, they said they would paint our name on the water tower.

5. Jesse Watters:

   Being a president is kind of like being a parent, you have to manage expectations. We take the twins on a car ride to Maine from New York … I don't tell the twins we're going to get there in three hours … They're going to be cranky and confused, and they're not going to trust me the next day. And that's how other people feel. They're cranky, confused, and they're distrustful of the president.