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Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'gentle'

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1. (adj) gentle, soft
soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe
Synonyms: aristocratical, indulgent, gentle, 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. (adj) gentle
having or showing a kindly or tender nature
Synonyms: blue-blooded, aristocratical, aristocratic, soft, easy, docile, patrician, blue
Antonyms: heavy, wild, untamed, loud, unkind, lowborn, steep, intense

3. (adj) gentle
quiet and soothing
Synonyms: blue-blooded, aristocratical, aristocratic, soft, easy, docile, patrician, blue
Antonyms: untamed, heavy, steep, lowborn, intense, unkind, wild, loud

4. (adj) aristocratic, aristocratical, blue, blue-blooded, gentle, patrician
belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
Synonyms: down(p), dispirited, racy, gamy, bluish, profane, dismal, dark, gentle, 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. (adj) docile, gentle
easily handled or managed
Synonyms: blue-blooded, aristocratical, gentle, aristocratic, soft, easy, teachable, docile, patrician, blue
Antonyms: untamed, steep, wild, heavy, lowborn, loud, unkind, intense

6. (adj) easy, gentle, soft
having little impact
Synonyms: balmy, sluttish, wanton, flaccid, subdued, prosperous, sonant, soft, delicate, gentle, 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. (verb) easy, gentle
marked by moderate steepness
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, gentle, easygoing
Antonyms: steep, unkind, untamed, intense, wild, loud, lowborn, heavy

8. (verb) pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle
cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
Synonyms: mollify, conciliate, quell, gentle, 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. (verb) ennoble, gentle, entitle
give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility
Synonyms: lenify, appease, gentle, mollify, pacify, gruntle, title, dignify, placate, ennoble, assuage, entitle, conciliate
Antonyms: unkind, intense, lowborn, loud, heavy, wild, steep, untamed

10. (verb) gentle
stroke soothingly
Synonyms: appease, lenify, mollify, gruntle, pacify, placate, ennoble, assuage, entitle, conciliate
Antonyms: steep, unkind, untamed, wild, heavy, loud, intense, lowborn

Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'gentle'

English Synonyms and Antonyms

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; ami
Synonyms: amiable, agreeable, engaging, lovable, pleasing, attractive, gentle, lovely, sweet, benignant, good-natured, loving, winning, harming, kind, pleasant, winsome
Antonyms: acrimonious, crusty, hateful, ill-tempered, surly, churlish, disagreeable, ill-conditioned, morose, unamiable, crabbed, dogged, ill-humored, sour, unlovely, cruel, gruff, ill-natured, sullen

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