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

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

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. Crystal Alvarez:

   It has been busier than prior school years when there was no pandemic, now with any mild cold or a sore throat or anything like that they have to be sent to the nurse's office.

2. Michael Osterholm:

   We now have a much better understanding of why the booster is so important, it can have a major impact potentially on whether someone has a serious illness with either Delta or Omicron or a more mild illness -- so I'm convinced that this is just a matter of time before this change occurs.

3. Gregory Daco:

   Many of the commentators are right in assessing that the possibility of just a mild slowdown is perhaps overestimated, is perhaps seen as too likely, and once we start to see sentiment shift, either in the business sector or in the consumer sector, that can feed off of itself — that can lead to further weakness, which could lead to a stronger rise in the unemployment rate and weaker economic conditions.

4. Alzheimers Association saysWith many doctors:

   Mild cognitive impairment is often harder to pick up than dementia because it's often much more subtle.

5. David Meger:

   It is a rush to cash and a mild panic-type move, people are selling gold and silver positions to finance equity positions or other situations.