Synonyms for benign
bɪˈnaɪnbe·nign

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1. benignadjective

   Antonyms:
   malign, malignant

2. benignadjective

   Kind; gentle; mild.

   Antonyms:
   malign, malignant

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 2 votes

1. benign

   That which is auspicious is of favorable omen; that which is propitious is of favoring influence or tendency; as, an auspicious morning; a propitious breeze. Propitious applies to persons, implying kind disposition and favorable inclinations, especially toward the suppliant; auspicious is not used of persons.

   Synonyms:
   auspicious, benignant, clement, favorable, friendly, gracious, kind, kindly, merciful, propitious

   Antonyms:
   adverse, antagonistic, forbidding, hostile, ill-disposed, inauspicious, repellent, unfavorable, unfriendly, unpropitious

   Preposition:
   May heaven be propitious to the enterprise.

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. benignadjective

   not dangerous to health; not recurrent or progressive (especially of a tumor)

   Synonyms:
   benignant

   Antonyms:
   cancerous, malign, malignant, unkind

2. benign, benignantadjective

   pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence

   "a benign smile"; "the benign sky"; "the benign influence of pure air"

   Synonyms:
   gracious, benignant

   Antonyms:
   cancerous, malign, malignant, unkind

3. benignadjective

   kindness of disposition or manner

   "the benign ruler of millions"; "benign intentions"

   Synonyms:
   benignant

   Antonyms:
   malign, cancerous, malignant, unkind

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1. • Pathology

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. unharmfuladjective

   not causing harm

   this was a rejection in its most benign form.

   Submitted by gene.rohrer on January 23, 2022  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. benignadjective

   Synonyms:
   kind, benevolent, gracious, complaisant, humane, obliging, benignant, good, amiable, friendly, kind-hearted, tender-hearted, of a gentle disposition

2. benignadjective

   Synonyms:
   (med.) mild, of a mild nature

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "benign":

   mild, harmless, benevolent, benin, virtuous, non-serious, non-malignant, innocuous, lenient, favourable, healthy

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1. Paul Rozin:

   People come to like a wide variety of innately negative experiences: the burn of chili pepper in the mouth, the bitterness of coffee, the fear from riding on a roller coaster, such benign masochism is widespread in humans, and we really don't know how that process operates.

2. Bushwick Bill:

   And I was like, stage 4 ? I have been getting tested for a mass but it was benign, so, I am like could it be cancer ? I was told it is mass with no purpose. So to find out, and pancreatic cancer is undetected until it's in the fourth or fifth stage.

3. Jim Gerrow:

   Katelyn McClure has been strong. Katelyn McClure's devastated by this and has been, but Both McClure and Bobbitt look to the sentencings in federal and state courts and hopefully Both McClure and Bobbitt can find sufficient evidence to convince both judges of Katelyn McClure role and the fact that throughout this Katelyn McClure started out with benign motive, Katelyn McClure hope to help Johnny Bobbitt and not to enrich Katelyn McClure or anyone else.

4. William Wordsworth:

   When from our better selves we have too long been parted by the hurrying world, and droop. Sick of its business, of its pleasures tired, how gracious, how benign in solitude.

5. Kameelah Phillips:

   Syringoma is characterized by benign, flesh-colored pimples that are usually not tender to the touch, sometimes there are multiple lesions, or they can grow larger than you’re comfortable with, but resist trying to remove or pop them yourself. It can cause damage to the surrounding skin.