Synonyms for compassionate
kəmˈpæʃ ə nɪt; -ˌneɪtcom·pas·sion·ate

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1. compassionateadjective

   Synonyms:
   ruthful

2. compassionateadjective

   having, feeling of showing compassion; sympathetic

   Synonyms:
   ruthful

3. compassionateadjective

   given to someone because of a domestic emergency, especially in the phrase compassionate leave

   Synonyms:
   ruthful

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1. compassionate

   Human denotes what pertains to mankind, with no suggestion as to its being good or evil; as, the human race; human qualities; we speak of human achievements, virtues, or excellences, human follies, vices, or crimes. Humane denotes what may rightly be expected of mankind at its best in the treatment of sentient beings; a humane enterprise or endeavor is one that is intended to prevent or relieve suffering. The humane man will not needlessly inflict pain upon the meanest thing that lives; a merciful man is disposed to withhold or mitigate the suffering even of the guilty. The compassionate man sympathizes with and desires to relieve actual suffering, while one who is humane would forestall and prevent the suffering which he sees to be possible. Compare MERCY; PITIFUL; PITY.

   See synonyms for BARBAROUS.

   Synonyms:
   benevolent, benignant, charitable, clement, forgiving, gentle, gracious, human, humane, kind, kind-hearted, merciful, pitying, sympathetic, tender, tender-hearted

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1. compassionateverb

   showing or having compassion

   "heard the soft and compassionate voices of women"

   Antonyms:
   uncompassionate, hardhearted, stonyhearted, unfeeling

2. feel for, pity, compassionate, condole with, sympathize withverb

   share the suffering of

   Synonyms:
   condole with, feel for, sympathize with, pity

   Antonyms:
   hardhearted, uncompassionate, stonyhearted, unfeeling

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1. compassionateadjective

   Synonyms:
   tender, sympathetic, merciful, benignant, gracious, clement, kind, inclined to pity, full of compassion

2. compassionateverb

   Synonyms:
   pity, commiserate

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1. List of paraphrases for "compassionate":

   compassion, merciful, sympathetic, clément, caring, ex-gratia, clemente, sympathy, forgiving, humanitarian

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1. Dayna Barlow Cassidy:

   Michelle Alyssa clearly had a very strong passion for working one-on-one with these populations in need, michelle Alyssa was a very compassionate soul who wanted to be rewarded by that direct impact and directly working with those individuals and watching them evolve over time.

2. Brene Brown:

   Compassionate people ask for what they need. They say no when they need to, and when they say yes, they mean it. They’re compassionate because their boundaries keep them out of resentment.

3. Letitia McMaster:

   Our father, Lieutenant Colonel Herbert R. McMaster( U.S. Army, retired), was a tough and compassionate soldier and public servant. He was committed to his neighbors, his fellow soldiers, his community and his country, the best way to honor his memory is for all of us to do all we can to prevent others from suffering at the hands of those who lack compassion and abandon even the most basic standards of human decency.

4. President Trump on Monday:

   The vast majority of individuals convicted of terrorism and terrorism-related offenses since 9/11 came here from outside of our country, it is not compassionate, but reckless to allow uncontrolled entry from places where proper vetting cannot occur.

5. Carmen Bolden Day:

   Jelani, if you would have met him, anybody under the sound of my voice that would have met him, you would have loved Jelani, jelani was very driven, outspoken, but also he was the most caring, compassionate, protective son, grandson, brother, friend, cousin, nephew that you would have wanted to have. Jelani was one of a kind.