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Synonyms for gentle
ˈdʒɛn tlgen·tle

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Wiktionary2.5 / 2 votes

  1. gentleadjective

    Polite and respectful rather than rude

    He gave me a gentle reminder that we had to hurry up.

    Synonyms:
    respectful, kind, friendly, polite

    Antonyms:
    rude

English Synonyms and Antonyms1.0 / 1 vote

  1. gentle

    Amiable combines the senses of lovable or lovely and loving; the amiable character has ready affection and kindliness for others, with the qualities that are adapted to win their love; amiable is a higher and stronger word than good-natured or agreeable. Lovely is often applied to externals; as, a lovely face. Amiable denotes a disposition desirous to cheer, please, and make happy. A selfish man of the world may have the art to be agreeable; a handsome, brilliant, and witty person may be charming or even attractive, while by no means amiable. The engaging, winning, and winsome add to amiability something of beauty, accomplishments, and grace. The benignant are calmly kind, as from a height and a distance. Kind, good-natured people may be coarse and rude, and so fail to be agreeable or pleasing; the really amiable are likely to avoid such faults by their earnest desire to please. The good-natured have an easy disposition to get along comfortably with every one in all circumstances. A sweet disposition is very sure to be amiable, the loving heart bringing out all that is lovable and lovely in character.

    Synonyms:
    agreeable, amiable, attractive, benignant, engaging, good-natured, harming, kind, lovable, lovely, loving, pleasant, pleasing, sweet, winning, winsome

    Antonyms:
    acrimonious, churlish, crabbed, cruel, crusty, disagreeable, dogged, gruff, hateful, ill-conditioned, ill-humored, ill-natured, ill-tempered, morose, sour, sullen, surly, unamiable, unlovely

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms1.0 / 1 vote

  1. gentle

    Synonyms:
    courteous, polite, highbred, mild, bland, tame, docile, amiable, meek, soft, placid, tender

    Antonyms:
    rough, rude, coarse, fierce, savage

Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 1 vote

  1. gentle, softadjective

    soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe

    "a gentle reprimand"; "a vein of gentle irony"; "poked gentle fun at him"

    Synonyms:
    aristocratical, indulgent, mild, delicate, easy, piano, balmy, lenient, voiced, soft, docile, patrician, blue, cushy, flabby, subdued, diffuse, flaccid, blue-blooded, aristocratic, sonant, easygoing, diffused

    Antonyms:
    untamed, intense, steep, lowborn, unkind, loud, heavy, wild

  2. gentleadjective

    having or showing a kindly or tender nature

    "the gentle touch of her hand"; "her gentle manner was comforting"; "a gentle sensitive nature"; "gentle blue eyes"

    Synonyms:
    blue-blooded, aristocratical, aristocratic, soft, easy, docile, patrician, blue

    Antonyms:
    heavy, wild, untamed, loud, unkind, lowborn, steep, intense

  3. gentleadjective

    quiet and soothing

    "a gentle voice"; "a gentle nocturne"

    Synonyms:
    blue-blooded, aristocratical, aristocratic, soft, easy, docile, patrician, blue

    Antonyms:
    untamed, heavy, steep, lowborn, intense, unkind, wild, loud

  4. aristocratic, aristocratical, blue, blue-blooded, gentle, patricianadjective

    belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy

    "an aristocratic family"; "aristocratic Bostonians"; "aristocratic government"; "a blue family"; "blue blood"; "the blue-blooded aristocracy"; "of gentle blood"; "patrician landholders of the American South"; "aristocratic bearing"; "aristocratic features"; "patrician tastes"

    Synonyms:
    down(p), dispirited, racy, gamy, bluish, profane, dismal, dark, disconsolate, gloomy, drear, puritanical, low, naughty, easy, down in the mouth, blue, blueish, gamey, downhearted, juicy, downcast, blasphemous, drab, patrician, docile, blue-blooded, spicy, soft, aristocratic, blue(a), sorry, aristocratical, puritanic, grim, depressed, dingy, dreary, risque, low-spirited

    Antonyms:
    lowborn, heavy, unkind, steep, untamed, intense, wild, loud

  5. docile, gentleadjective

    easily handled or managed

    "a gentle old horse, docile and obedient"

    Synonyms:
    blue-blooded, aristocratical, aristocratic, soft, easy, teachable, docile, patrician, blue

    Antonyms:
    untamed, steep, wild, heavy, lowborn, loud, unkind, intense

  6. easy, gentle, softadjective

    having little impact

    "an easy pat on the shoulder"; "gentle rain"; "a gentle breeze"; "a soft (or light) tapping at the window"

    Synonyms:
    balmy, sluttish, wanton, flaccid, subdued, prosperous, sonant, soft, delicate, flabby, easy, promiscuous, well-off, indulgent, voiced, aristocratical, leisurely, well-to-do, piano, well-fixed, easygoing, patrician, well-situated, comfortable, blue-blooded, diffuse, mild, cushy, aristocratic, docile, lenient, diffused, well-heeled, light, blue, loose

    Antonyms:
    wild, heavy, unkind, loud, untamed, lowborn, steep, intense

  7. easy, gentleverb

    marked by moderate steepness

    "an easy climb"; "a gentle slope"

    Synonyms:
    aristocratical, promiscuous, easy, wanton, sluttish, well-heeled, soft, docile, patrician, blue, aristocratic, well-to-do, well-situated, loose, well-off, prosperous, well-fixed, comfortable, leisurely, light, blue-blooded, easygoing

    Antonyms:
    steep, unkind, untamed, intense, wild, loud, lowborn, heavy

  8. pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntleverb

    cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of

    "She managed to mollify the angry customer"

    Synonyms:
    mollify, conciliate, quell, relieve, lenify, stay, placate, quench, allay, ennoble, settle, gruntle, palliate, accommodate, appease, pacify, temper, assuage, propitiate, alleviate, slake, make up, entitle, patch up, reconcile, season

    Antonyms:
    loud, lowborn, steep, heavy, unkind, intense, untamed, wild

  9. ennoble, gentle, entitleverb

    give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility

    Synonyms:
    lenify, appease, mollify, pacify, gruntle, title, dignify, placate, ennoble, assuage, entitle, conciliate

    Antonyms:
    unkind, intense, lowborn, loud, heavy, wild, steep, untamed

  10. gentleverb

    stroke soothingly

    Synonyms:
    appease, lenify, mollify, gruntle, pacify, placate, ennoble, assuage, entitle, conciliate

    Antonyms:
    steep, unkind, untamed, wild, heavy, loud, intense, lowborn

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. gentleadjective

    Synonyms:
    mild, bland, moderate, clement, lenient, merciful, kind, tender, compassionate, indulgent, meek, soft, humane, of a sweet disposition, not rough, not harsh

  2. gentleadjective

    Synonyms:
    tame, docile, peaceable, quiet, tractable, pacific, dove-like, not wild, not refractory

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "gentle":

    sweet, soft, mild, fresh, nice, soft-spoken, moderate, smooth

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How to use gentle in a sentence?

  1. John Soto:

    Clydesdales are a very gentle breed. When they're young, they're like any other horse -- skittish and more like a kid, more rambunctious. As they get older and more mature -- the more you handle them, the quieter they become.

  2. Marie Antoinette:

    I have just been condemned, not to a shameful death, which can only apply to felons, but rather to finding your brother again...I seek forgiveness for all whom I know for every harm I may have unwittingly caused them...Adieu, good, gentle sister...I embrace you with all my heart as well as the poor, dear children.

  3. Robert Hamilton:

    Everything you do is very gentle, you don’t want to do jerky motions ever.

  4. Lesley Fallowfield:

    TV and films rarely ever depict normal deaths, for many individuals, death is a gentle, peaceful and pain-free event. Although grieving the loss of loved ones can be a difficult process, some people do speak about their loved ones death as having beena positive experience. We need to demystify death and talk about it more.

  5. Saint Teresa of Avila:

    Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.


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