What are some alternative words for lenient?
Synonyms for lenient
ˈli ni ənt, ˈlin yənt
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Princeton's WordNet
indulgent, lenient, soft(adj)
tolerant or lenient
"indulgent parents risk spoiling their children"; "too soft on the children"; "they are soft on crime"
Synonyms:
cushy, indulgent, mild, easy, piano, balmy, voiced, soft, delicate, flabby, subdued, diffuse, flaccid, gentle, sonant, easygoing, diffusedAntonyms:
inclement, demanding, unpermissivelenient(adj)
not strict
"an easy teacher"; "easy standards"; "lenient rules"; "an easy penalty"
Antonyms:
demanding, unpermissive, inclementlenient(adj)
characterized by tolerance and mercy
Antonyms:
unpermissive, demanding, inclement
Wiktionary
lenient(adjective)
Synonyms:
permissive, laxlenient(adjective)
lax; tolerant of deviation; permissive; not strict
The standard is fairly lenient, so use your discretion.
Synonyms:
permissive, lax
English Synonyms and Antonyms
lenient
Synonyms:
accountable, complaisant, compliant, conditional, constitutional, contingent, docile, ductile, gentle, humble, limited, lowly, meek, mild, responsible, submissive, yieldingAntonyms:
absolute, arbitrary, arrogant, authoritative, autocratic, coercive, commanding, compulsive, compulsory, controlling, despotic, dictatorial, dogmatic, domineering, exacting, haughty, imperative, imperious, irresponsible, lordly, overbearing, peremptory, positive, supreme, tyrannical, unconditional, unequivocal
Dictionary of English Synonymes
lenient(a.)
Synonyms:
softening, assuasive, soothing, mitigating, mitigative, lenitivelenient(a.)
Synonyms:
mild, gentle, clement, merciful, tender, forbearing, long-suffering, not rigorous, not severe
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
lenient(a)
Synonyms:
compassionate, merciful
Words popularity by usage frequency
rank | word | |
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#613 | light | |
#621 | easy | |
#751 | limited | |
#1237 | responsible | |
#2052 | soft | |
#3763 | piano | |
#4110 | liberal | |
#5227 | loose | |
#5870 | constitutional | |
#7516 | slight | |
#7995 | compliant | |
#8075 | gentle | |
#8164 | mild | |
#9933 | conditional | |
#10615 | relaxed | |
#11658 | delicate | |
#12155 | humble | |
#12571 | accountable | |
#13558 | contingent | |
#16820 | tolerant | |
#17068 | lax | |
#17979 | benign | |
#18856 | yielding | |
#19568 | diffuse | |
#20779 | voiced | |
#29257 | submissive | |
#29487 | meek | |
#30789 | subdued | |
#31395 | forgiving | |
#31594 | merciful | |
#37657 | lowly | |
#40296 | permissive | |
#41963 | indulgent | |
#45074 | diffused | |
#49824 | ductile | |
#54137 | lenient | |
#65132 | balmy | |
#66707 | docile | |
#71236 | easygoing | |
#77557 | flabby | |
#79791 | cushy | |
#80713 | flaccid | |
#293856 | complaisant |
How to use lenient in a sentence?
Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you. Never excuse yourself. Never pity yourself. Be a hard master to yourself - and be lenient to everybody else.
Parents are more lenient, so youngest kids tend to be less rules-oriented, and yet they still get lots of attention.
I think these are important steps because in recent years the system has been set up to favor the applicant and to put the thumb on the scale in favor of the applicant and to make it harder for an asylum officer to reject the claim, even in cases of reasonable doubt or credibility, there's been a very remarkable increase in the number of people asking for asylum in the last five or six years or so, and ... it looks very much like people were trying to take advantage of a very lenient system and one they would not be penalized for using and that motivates illegal immigration and harms the integrity of our legal immigration system.
Our justice system is too lenient to offenders and it is heartbreaking to think the system has missed its golden time to protect our children.
The problem is not that David Petraeus is getting lenient treatment, the problem is that lenient treatment is only available to people in high places.
Translations for lenient
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- متساهلArabic
- shovívavýCzech
- nachsichtigGerman
- tolerante, laxoSpanish
- lempeäFinnish
- laxiste, permissif, indulgentFrench
- tròcaireachScottish Gaelic
- उदारHindi
- lunakIndonesian
- permissivoItalian
- mild, tolerant, toegeeflijkDutch
- îngăduitor, blând, indulgent, tolerantă, tolerantRomanian
- мягкий, снисходительный, терпимыйRussian
- popustljivSerbo-Croatian
- HoşgorülüTurkish
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