Synonyms for benign
bɪˈnaɪnbe·nign

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1. benignadjective

   Antonyms:
   malign, malignant

2. benignadjective

   Kind; gentle; mild.

   Antonyms:
   malign, malignant

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 2 votes

1. benign

   That which is auspicious is of favorable omen; that which is propitious is of favoring influence or tendency; as, an auspicious morning; a propitious breeze. Propitious applies to persons, implying kind disposition and favorable inclinations, especially toward the suppliant; auspicious is not used of persons.

   Synonyms:
   auspicious, benignant, clement, favorable, friendly, gracious, kind, kindly, merciful, propitious

   Antonyms:
   adverse, antagonistic, forbidding, hostile, ill-disposed, inauspicious, repellent, unfavorable, unfriendly, unpropitious

   Preposition:
   May heaven be propitious to the enterprise.

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. benignadjective

   not dangerous to health; not recurrent or progressive (especially of a tumor)

   Synonyms:
   benignant

   Antonyms:
   cancerous, malign, malignant, unkind

2. benign, benignantadjective

   pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence

   "a benign smile"; "the benign sky"; "the benign influence of pure air"

   Synonyms:
   gracious, benignant

   Antonyms:
   cancerous, malign, malignant, unkind

3. benignadjective

   kindness of disposition or manner

   "the benign ruler of millions"; "benign intentions"

   Synonyms:
   benignant

   Antonyms:
   malign, cancerous, malignant, unkind

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1. • Pathology

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. unharmfuladjective

   not causing harm

   this was a rejection in its most benign form.

   Submitted by gene.rohrer on January 23, 2022  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. benignadjective

   Synonyms:
   kind, benevolent, gracious, complaisant, humane, obliging, benignant, good, amiable, friendly, kind-hearted, tender-hearted, of a gentle disposition

2. benignadjective

   Synonyms:
   (med.) mild, of a mild nature

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1. List of paraphrases for "benign":

   mild, harmless, benevolent, benin, virtuous, non-serious, non-malignant, innocuous, lenient, favourable, healthy

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1. Richard Hofstadter:

   A university is not a service station. Neither is it a political society, nor a meeting place for political societies. With all its limitations and failures, and they are invariably many, it is the best and most benign side of our society insofar as that society aims to cherish the human mind.

2. Dmitri Trenin:

   China and the U.S. are two superpowers, and North Korea has a reason to stand up to both in different ways, russia is a country whose attractiveness to North Korea lies precisely in it not having major leverage. Russia has this potential of being seen as a relatively benign actor by the North Koreans.

3. Weiwen Ng:

   Growth is clearly undershooting. Core inflation is still benign for now. So normally that would actually warrant an easing in monetary policy settings, when the central bank actually next meets in October.

4. Nicole Lee:

   Project Exile broke black families, this is not a benign thing to be for. These measures were not used against white kids in the suburbs with guns, they were used against black kids in the cities.

5. Colin Kilrain:

   So it's somewhat benign and it's not necessarily classic military-type training.