Synonyms for kindness
ˈkaɪnd nɪskind·ness

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. kindness

   According to the etymology and original usage, beneficence is the doing well, benevolence the wishing or willing well to others; but benevolence has come to include beneficence, and to displace it. We should not now speak of benevolence which did not help, unless where there was no power to help; even then we should rather say good-will or sympathy. Charity, which originally meant the purest love for God and man (as in 1 Cor. xiii), is now almost universally applied to some form of almsgiving, and is much more limited in meaning than benevolence. Benignity suggests some occult power of blessing, such as was formerly ascribed to the stars; we may say a good man has an air of benignity. Kindness and tenderness are personal; benevolence and charity are general. Kindness extends to all sentient beings, whether men or animals, in prosperity or in distress. Tenderness especially goes out toward the young, feeble, and needy, or even to the dead. Humanity is so much kindness and tenderness toward man or beast as it would be inhuman not to have; we say of some act of care or kindness, "common humanity requires it." Generosity is self-forgetful kindness in disposition or action; it includes much besides giving; as, the generosity of forgiveness. Bounty applies to ample giving, which on a larger scale is expressed by munificence. Liberality indicates broad, genial kindly views, whether manifested in gifts or otherwise. We speak of the bounty of a generous host, the liberality or munificence of the founder of a college, or of the liberality of a theologian toward the holders of conflicting beliefs. Philanthropy applies to wide schemes for human welfare, often, but not always, involving large expenditures in charity or benevolence. Compare MERCY.

   Synonyms:
   almsgiving, beneficence, benevolence, benignity, bounty, charity, generosity, good-will, humanity, kind-heartedness, kindliness, liberality, munificence, philanthropy, sympathy, unselfishness

   Antonyms:
   barbarity, brutality, churlishness, greediness, harshness, ill-will, illiberality, inhumanity, malevolence, malignity, niggardliness, self-seeking, selfishness, stinginess, unkindness

   Preposition:
   Benevolence of, on the part of, or from the wealthy, to or toward the poor.

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. kindnessnoun

   the quality of being warmhearted and considerate and humane and sympathetic

   Synonyms:
   benignity, forgivingness

   Antonyms:
   unkindness

2. forgivingness, kindnessnoun

   tendency to be kind and forgiving

   Synonyms:
   forgivingness, benignity

   Antonyms:
   unkindness

3. kindness, benignitynoun

   a kind act

   Synonyms:
   graciousness, benignity, benignancy, forgivingness

   Antonyms:
   unkindness

Matched Categories

1. • Good
   • Mercifulness

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. softness

   softness of heart means someone who gives way easily due to compassion or empathy. softness of a material means it is comfortable, smooth and soft to the touch.

   the baby snuggled down onto the softness of her freshly-laundered blanket.

   Submitted by Soulwriter on June 7, 2021  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. kindnessnoun

   Synonyms:
   benevolence, beneficence, benignity, humanity, generosity, philanthropy, charity, kindliness, sympathy, tenderness, amiability, fellow-feeling, clemency, good feeling

2. kindnessnoun

   Synonyms:
   kind act, good turn, kind office

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. kindnessnoun

   Synonyms:
   compassion, benignity, benevolence, kindliness, graciousness, clemency, compassionateness, favor, service, good turn

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:3.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "kindness":

   goodness, friendliness, gentleness, courtesy, bounty, generosity, sweetness, benevolence

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1. Aesop:

   No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

2. Emma Goldman:

   No one has yet realized the wealth of sympathy, the kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. The effort of every true education should be to unlock that treasure.

3. Yvonne Padmos:

   While I may not have felt the flutter of butterflies in my stomach from a romantic encounter, I am well-versed in the transformative power of love and its ability to create ripples of kindness and compassion.

4. William Wordsworth:

   The little unremembered acts of kindness and love are the best parts of a person's life.

5. Ayaka Sano:

   My grandmother didn’t know how her brother, Fujio, died in the war, or even where he died, by receiving the flag from Mrs. McCormack, she knew how he died and where he died. She finally knew that he actually died. She was grateful for the kindness.