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caring

caring

85 1.0
Showing kindness and concern for other people
  • adjective
  • /ˈkɛrɪŋ/
translation icon : compasivo
  • She is a very caring teacher who always takes the time to help her students.
  • a caring attitude
  • warm and caring
  • compassionate and caring

They were both smart, they're both caring, they're both passionate, you know.

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Examples

  • Let me just say this: Austin was the most loyal and caring friend I ever had.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • I want my children and all the children they are with to be caring, compassionate people.

    Academic text (2001)
  • My mom is very caring, very hard working.

  • Richard is warm, caring, and I love him, okay?

  • It's time for you to stop being the perfect, caring husband, because I am fine.

  • Does this mean that Bob was the truly caring doctor that everyone dreams of finding?

    Fiction book (1998)
  • Writing with his students helped them trust him more and fostered a positive, caring relationship between teacher and students.

    Academic text (2012)
  • A sensitive, caring woman, eager to help those in need because she herself had overcome such a troubled past.

  • Today, a mentor is any caring, mature person who forms a one-on-one relationship with someone in need.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Societal values are the substance of a dynamic, caring, sharing, and cohesive society.

    Academic text (1990)

Antonyms

46 4.4

Not interested or showing no strong feeling about something

18 4.2

Not showing concern for other people's feelings or needs

Idioms

sharing is caring
  • Baby Talk
2.9

Giving things or help to others because you care shows kindness

How Caring

devoted
80 3.4
compassionate
151 3.7
caring
85 1.0
kind
534 1.0
concerned
2.2

Surface Forms

caring positive
caringer comparative
caringest superlative

Morphology

caring = care (transparent) = care + ing

A standard participial adjective formed from the verb 'care' with the productive suffix '-ing', so the meaning 'displaying concern' is directly derived from 'care'.

Etymology

Caring comes from the old English word care, which meant 'worry' or 'concern', and you can see the same root in the word careful. So, to be caring is to show concern and kindness for others.