Synonyms for kindness
ˈkaɪnd nɪskind·ness

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. kindness

   According to the etymology and original usage, beneficence is the doing well, benevolence the wishing or willing well to others; but benevolence has come to include beneficence, and to displace it. We should not now speak of benevolence which did not help, unless where there was no power to help; even then we should rather say good-will or sympathy. Charity, which originally meant the purest love for God and man (as in 1 Cor. xiii), is now almost universally applied to some form of almsgiving, and is much more limited in meaning than benevolence. Benignity suggests some occult power of blessing, such as was formerly ascribed to the stars; we may say a good man has an air of benignity. Kindness and tenderness are personal; benevolence and charity are general. Kindness extends to all sentient beings, whether men or animals, in prosperity or in distress. Tenderness especially goes out toward the young, feeble, and needy, or even to the dead. Humanity is so much kindness and tenderness toward man or beast as it would be inhuman not to have; we say of some act of care or kindness, "common humanity requires it." Generosity is self-forgetful kindness in disposition or action; it includes much besides giving; as, the generosity of forgiveness. Bounty applies to ample giving, which on a larger scale is expressed by munificence. Liberality indicates broad, genial kindly views, whether manifested in gifts or otherwise. We speak of the bounty of a generous host, the liberality or munificence of the founder of a college, or of the liberality of a theologian toward the holders of conflicting beliefs. Philanthropy applies to wide schemes for human welfare, often, but not always, involving large expenditures in charity or benevolence. Compare MERCY.

   Synonyms:
   almsgiving, beneficence, benevolence, benignity, bounty, charity, generosity, good-will, humanity, kind-heartedness, kindliness, liberality, munificence, philanthropy, sympathy, unselfishness

   Antonyms:
   barbarity, brutality, churlishness, greediness, harshness, ill-will, illiberality, inhumanity, malevolence, malignity, niggardliness, self-seeking, selfishness, stinginess, unkindness

   Preposition:
   Benevolence of, on the part of, or from the wealthy, to or toward the poor.

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. kindnessnoun

   the quality of being warmhearted and considerate and humane and sympathetic

   Synonyms:
   benignity, forgivingness

   Antonyms:
   unkindness

2. forgivingness, kindnessnoun

   tendency to be kind and forgiving

   Synonyms:
   forgivingness, benignity

   Antonyms:
   unkindness

3. kindness, benignitynoun

   a kind act

   Synonyms:
   graciousness, benignity, benignancy, forgivingness

   Antonyms:
   unkindness

Matched Categories

1. • Good
   • Mercifulness

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1. softness

   softness of heart means someone who gives way easily due to compassion or empathy. softness of a material means it is comfortable, smooth and soft to the touch.

   the baby snuggled down onto the softness of her freshly-laundered blanket.

   Submitted by Soulwriter on June 7, 2021  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. kindnessnoun

   Synonyms:
   benevolence, beneficence, benignity, humanity, generosity, philanthropy, charity, kindliness, sympathy, tenderness, amiability, fellow-feeling, clemency, good feeling

2. kindnessnoun

   Synonyms:
   kind act, good turn, kind office

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. kindnessnoun

   Synonyms:
   compassion, benignity, benevolence, kindliness, graciousness, clemency, compassionateness, favor, service, good turn

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:3.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "kindness":

   goodness, friendliness, gentleness, courtesy, bounty, generosity, sweetness, benevolence

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1. alexis karpouzos:

   You came in to this world with enough light to find your way out of the dark, enough kindness to save a soul, enough love to shift a planet. Don't worry, you are enquipped with all you could ever need. Look with in, you are drenched in magic.

2. Robert Merton Solow:

   It is a good idea to be ambitious, to have goals, to want to be good at what you do, but it is a terrible mistake to let drive and ambition get in the way of treating people with kindness and decency. The point is no that they will then be nice to you. It is that you will feel better about yourself.

3. Tyler Young:

   Those we love never truly leave us. They live on in the kindness they showed, the love they shared, and the memories they left behind. Though they may be gone, their spirit remains with us always

4. Paul. F. Meekin:

   All the perplexities, confusion and distress in education these days arises, not from defects in the students,teachers or schools, not from want of equipment or technology, but from the downright ignorance of the nature of honor, virtue and kindness. Sound education... thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection of childhood, on unselfish performance of teachers and on accountability and reliability.

5. Jonathan Scott -LRB- R -RRB-:

   I honestly look for the good in all people and whether you believe in God or you believe in your country or you believe in family, they all have one thing in common in that they stand for something greater than themselves. I see all of your negative comments, the hateful comments you post and it gives me that pit in the bottom of my stomach because I’m posting something good and positive and, at the end of the day, I just want to spark conversation, but, I can’t think of what could possibly be more important than basic human kindness. I feel like you reach a crossroad when you want to stand up and voice your opinion. You can either stand up and say something constructive, or stand up and say something destructive. And, lately, I’ve been seeing a lot of the latter.