What is another word for lenient?
Synonyms for lenient
ˈli ni ənt, ˈlin yəntle·nient
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Wiktionary
lenientadjective
Synonyms:
permissive, laxlenientadjective
lax; tolerant of deviation; permissive; not strict
The standard is fairly lenient, so use your discretion.
Synonyms:
permissive, lax
English Synonyms and Antonyms
lenient
Synonyms:
accountable, complaisant, compliant, conditional, constitutional, contingent, docile, ductile, gentle, humble, limited, lowly, meek, mild, responsible, submissive, yieldingAntonyms:
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
Princeton's WordNet
indulgent, lenient, softadjective
tolerant or lenient
"indulgent parents risk spoiling their children"; "too soft on the children"; "they are soft on crime"
Synonyms:
cushy, indulgent, mild, easy, piano, balmy, voiced, soft, delicate, flabby, subdued, diffuse, flaccid, gentle, sonant, easygoing, diffusedAntonyms:
inclement, demanding, unpermissivelenientadjective
not strict
"an easy teacher"; "easy standards"; "lenient rules"; "an easy penalty"
Antonyms:
demanding, unpermissive, inclementlenientadjective
characterized by tolerance and mercy
Antonyms:
unpermissive, demanding, inclement
Dictionary of English Synonymes
lenientadjective
Synonyms:
softening, assuasive, soothing, mitigating, mitigative, lenitivelenientadjective
Synonyms:
mild, gentle, clement, merciful, tender, forbearing, long-suffering, not rigorous, not severe
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
lenientadjective
Synonyms:
compassionate, merciful
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#613 | light | |
#621 | easy | |
#751 | limited | |
#1237 | responsible | |
#2052 | soft | |
#3763 | piano | |
#4110 | liberal | |
#5227 | loose | |
#5870 | constitutional | |
#7516 | slight | |
#7995 | compliant | |
#8075 | gentle | |
#8164 | mild | |
#9933 | conditional | |
#10615 | relaxed | |
#11658 | delicate | |
#12155 | humble | |
#12571 | accountable | |
#13558 | contingent | |
#16820 | tolerant | |
#17068 | lax | |
#17979 | benign | |
#18856 | yielding | |
#19568 | diffuse | |
#20779 | voiced | |
#29257 | submissive | |
#29487 | meek | |
#30789 | subdued | |
#31395 | forgiving | |
#31594 | merciful | |
#37657 | lowly | |
#40296 | permissive | |
#41963 | indulgent | |
#45074 | diffused | |
#49824 | ductile | |
#54137 | lenient | |
#65132 | balmy | |
#66707 | docile | |
#71236 | easygoing | |
#77557 | flabby | |
#79791 | cushy | |
#80713 | flaccid | |
#293856 | complaisant |
How to use lenient in a sentence?
Parents are more lenient, so youngest kids tend to be less rules-oriented, and yet they still get lots of attention.
It really caused huge anxiety, families were torn apart, children were left in the custody of the state, there’s a bitter taste still in Massachusetts. Some advocates for more lenient immigration policies lauded Michelle DuBois.
Anger that has no limit causes terror, and unseasonable kindness does away with respect. Be not so severe as to cause disgust, nor so lenient as to make people presume.
I think these are important steps because in recent years the system has been set up to favor the applicant and to put the thumb on the scale in favor of the applicant and to make it harder for an asylum officer to reject the claim, even in cases of reasonable doubt or credibility, there's been a very remarkable increase in the number of people asking for asylum in the last five or six years or so, and ... it looks very much like people were trying to take advantage of a very lenient system and one they would not be penalized for using and that motivates illegal immigration and harms the integrity of our legal immigration system.
If you look at her record as a federal judge in criminal cases and particularly cases concerning child pornography over and over and over again, she gives incredibly lenient sentences.
Translations for lenient
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- متساهلArabic
- shovívavýCzech
- mildDanish
- nachsichtigGerman
- επιεικήςGreek
- tolerante, laxoSpanish
- ملایمPersian
- lempeäFinnish
- laxiste, indulgent, permissifFrench
- tròcaireachScottish Gaelic
- उदारHindi
- lunakIndonesian
- permissivoItalian
- clemensLatin
- tolerant, toegeeflijk, mildDutch
- mildNorwegian
- łagodnyPolish
- lenientePortuguese
- tolerantă, tolerant, indulgent, blând, îngăduitorRomanian
- терпимый, мягкий, снисходительныйRussian
- popustljivSerbo-Croatian
- mildSwedish
- கருணைTamil
- ผ่อนผันThai
- HoşgorülüTurkish
- نرم مزاج - رحمدلUrdu
- nhân hậuVietnamese
- 宽容Chinese
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