Synonyms for mild
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1. mildadjective

   Synonyms:
   meek, gentle, clement, placid, calm, pleasant, tranquil, kind, bland, soft, indulgent, mollifying, soothing, tender, assuasive, lenitive

   Antonyms:
   strong, severe, violent, disagreeable, harsh, irritating

2. mildadjective

   A relatively low-gravity beer, often with a dark colour; mild ale

   Synonyms:
   assuasive, kind, tranquil, mollifying, pleasant, tender, gentle, soothing, bland, lenitive, placid, meek, clement, soft, indulgent, calm

   Antonyms:
   violent, severe, strong, harsh, irritating, disagreeable

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1. mild

   Synonyms:
   accountable, complaisant, compliant, conditional, constitutional, contingent, docile, ductile, gentle, humble, lenient, limited, lowly, meek, responsible, submissive, yielding

   Antonyms:
   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

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1. mild

   Synonyms:
   moderate, lenient, calm, gentle, genial, tempered, soft, meek, tender, placid

   Antonyms:
   violent, wild, fierce, savage, strong, severe, merciless, harsh, bitter

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. mildadjective

   moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme

   "a mild winter storm"; "a mild fever"; "fortunately the pain was mild"; "a mild rebuke"; "mild criticism"

   Synonyms:
   balmy, soft, modest, meek

   Antonyms:
   deep, intensive, keen, wicked, blood-and-guts, violent, thick, strong, profound, wild, overwhelming, proud, smart, tearing, trigger-happy, concentrated, consuming, uttermost(a), big, unrelenting, inclement, main(a), raging, terrible, extreme, intense, exquisite, severe, utmost(a), aggravated, bad, unabated, brutal, screaming(a), intensified, terrific, vehement, fierce, cold

2. meek, mild, modestadjective

   humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness

   "meek and self-effacing"

   Synonyms:
   tame, low, small, humble, lowly, meek, soft, minor, modest, spiritless, balmy, small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized

   Antonyms:
   intensive, raging, terrible, smart, blood-and-guts, unrelenting, proud, uttermost(a), brutal, violent, main(a), screaming(a), keen, utmost(a), inclement, terrific, wild, deep, wicked, vehement, consuming, thick, trigger-happy, severe, unabated, extreme, bad, concentrated, intense, cold, tearing, aggravated, fierce, strong, big, profound, intensified, exquisite, overwhelming

3. balmy, mild, softadjective

   mild and pleasant

   "balmy days and nights"; "the climate was mild and conducive to life or growth"; "a soft breeze"

   Synonyms:
   crackers, round the bend, flaccid, subdued, bats, nutty, buggy, modest, sonant, soft, delicate, gentle, flabby, wacky, kooky, daft, fruity, easy, kookie, indulgent, voiced, nuts, bonkers, dotty, cracked, haywire, meek, piano, easygoing, loco, diffuse, batty, loony, lenient, barmy, diffused, around the bend, balmy, cushy, loopy, whacky

   Antonyms:
   deep, wild, strong, fierce, big, main(a), violent, trigger-happy, concentrated, unabated, extreme, terrific, overwhelming, intensive, screaming(a), exquisite, consuming, proud, thick, uttermost(a), raging, inclement, unrelenting, bad, terrible, keen, brutal, cold, aggravated, blood-and-guts, vehement, intense, utmost(a), smart, tearing, wicked, profound, severe, intensified

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1. mildadjective

   Synonyms:
   tender, kind, gentle, merciful, clement, compassionate, indulgent, pacific, not severe, not harsh, not cruel

2. mildadjective

   Synonyms:
   soft, gentle, bland, pleasant, not violent, not intense

3. mildadjective

   Synonyms:
   lenitive, assuasive, mollifying, soothing, emollient, demulcent, not acrid, not corrosive

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1. mildadjective

   Synonyms:
   gentle, indulgent, tender, merciful, clement, lenient, bland, demulcent, lenitive, emollient, mitigative

   Antonyms:
   severe, drastic, rigorous, violent, harsh

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1. List of paraphrases for "mild":

   benign, slight, soft, low-tar, moderate, sweet, gentle, light, minor, léger, light-duty, lenient, fresh, lightweight, légère, modest, smooth, non-malignant, low, latif, small, slightly

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1. Margaret Halsey:

   Whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they gradually begin to seem mild, harmless, rather engaging little things, not at all like the staring defects in other people's characters.

2. Richard Isaacson:

   What we're realizing is that if we can find a drug or some sort of intervention that can slow down or reverse the disease, we'll need to use that drug as early as possible, when someone starts having symptoms of memory loss, mild cognitive impairment or dementia due to Alzheimer's, it's so much more difficult to treat.

3. Denis Viljoen:

   These kids all have mild to moderate mental retardation.

4. Manoj Sharma:

   That was contributing to mild distress in this person.

5. Eric Brewer:

   As long as the President just has mild to moderate symptoms, I wouldn't expect any major shifts in either how our national security apparatus operates or the actions of our adversaries.