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Synonyms for BENIGN
bɪˈnaɪnbe·nign
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
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, propitiousAntonyms:
adverse, antagonistic, forbidding, hostile, ill-disposed, inauspicious, repellent, unfavorable, unfriendly, unpropitiousPreposition:
May heaven be propitious to the enterprise.
Princeton's WordNet
benignadjective
not dangerous to health; not recurrent or progressive (especially of a tumor)
Synonyms:
benignantbenign, benignantadjective
pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence
"a benign smile"; "the benign sky"; "the benign influence of pure air"
benignadjective
kindness of disposition or manner
"the benign ruler of millions"; "benign intentions"
Synonyms:
benignant
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Editors Contribution
unharmfuladjective
not causing harm
this was a rejection in its most benign form.
Submitted by gene.rohrer on January 23, 2022
Dictionary of English Synonymes
benignadjective
Synonyms:
kind, benevolent, gracious, complaisant, humane, obliging, benignant, good, amiable, friendly, kind-hearted, tender-hearted, of a gentle dispositionbenignadjective
Synonyms:
(med.) mild, of a mild nature
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "benign":
mild, harmless, benevolent, benin, virtuous, non-serious, non-malignant, innocuous, lenient, favourable, healthy
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1139 | kind | |
#1254 | friendly | |
#2615 | healthy | |
#8164 | mild | |
#10233 | benin | |
#11528 | favorable | |
#13039 | kindly | |
#14453 | harmless | |
#17957 | clement | |
#17979 | benign | |
#19183 | favourable | |
#20167 | gracious | |
#28923 | benevolent | |
#31594 | merciful | |
#31891 | virtuous | |
#47443 | auspicious | |
#48630 | innocuous | |
#54137 | lenient | |
#105236 | propitious | |
#297352 | benignant |
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Both McClure and Bobbitt've indicated throughout it's my view that Mr. D'Amico is the real agent provocateur in this matter. Kate's role from the beginning was to help Mr. Johnny Bobbitt, katelyn McClure has been strong. Katelyn McClure's devastated by this and has been, but Both McClure and Bobbitt look to the sentencings in federal and state courts and hopefully Both McClure and Bobbitt can find sufficient evidence to convince both judges of Katelyn McClure role and the fact that throughout this Katelyn McClure started out with benign motive, Katelyn McClure hope to help Johnny Bobbitt and not to enrich Katelyn McClure or anyone else.
Anytime you can develop a resource that is more environmentally benign and economically advantageous is going to be a strategic advantage. I would say it's going to be critical to the long-term success of oil sands.
We don’t know what causes benign prostatic enlargement, it’s one of the great mysteries, and we really wish we did because it’s such a prevalent condition, sometimes men need to get up every hour at night.
For the past 24 hours North Korea's connectivity to the outside world has been progressively getting degraded to the point now that they are totally offline, there's either a benign explanation - their routers are perhaps having a software glitch; that's possible. It also seems possible that somebody can be directing some sort of an attack against them and they're having trouble staying online.
European and U.S. shares had sharp falls, after initially benign reactions to the Fed, and this is now flowing through to Asian markets today.
Translations for BENIGN
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- доброкачествен, мил, добър, приятен, любезен, благBulgarian
- nezhoubný, benigníCzech
- gutartig, freundlich, liebevoll, gütigGerman
- αγαθός, καλοήθης, καλοκάγαθοςGreek
- benignoSpanish
- خوش خیمPersian
- béninFrench
- բարորակArmenian
- jinakIndonesian
- benignoItalian
- שָׁפִירHebrew
- კეთილშობილი, კეთილთვისებიანიGeorgian
- benigneLatin
- goedaardigDutch
- łagodnyPolish
- benignoPortuguese
- blând, benignRomanian
- благоприятный, доброкачественный, приятный, добрый, мягкий, любезныйRussian
- benign, godartadSwedish
- தீங்கற்றTamil
- גוטןYiddish
- 良性Chinese
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