kindhearted

Examples

• All

• She always helps her friends in need because she is such a kindhearted person.

• She's just as strong and beautiful and kindhearted as ever.

  Peter & the Wolf (2006)

• I wanted to be surrounded by warm, kindhearted women that late September.

  Fiction book (1990)

• Saeed was a very kindhearted person and a great human being.

  Blog text (8)

• At the same time, she is a generous and kindhearted woman who is taking good care of my FIL.

  Blog text (23)

• It's a tough business for the gracious and kindhearted, I'm afraid.

  Blog text (33)

• We met DeAndre in early 1996. He was a very kindhearted, generous young man.

  Blog text (5)

• Barrett is a soft-spoken, kindhearted man who will do anything to help friends and neighbors, say those who know him.

  Academic text (2011)

• He is really kindhearted.

  Arabian Nights (1942)

• Patient, caring, loving, kindhearted—I can go on and on and on.

  Blog text (10)

Synonyms

K

kind

vskindhearted

534 1.0

Being helpful and caring toward other people

stresses sympathetic feeling more than general helpfulness

S

sympathetic

vskindhearted

152 3.4

Feeling or showing kindness and understanding to someone who is upset

is similar but adds broader kind behaviour beyond understanding

C

compassionate

vskindhearted

151 3.7

Feeling concern and care for people who suffer

is sympathetic too but covers general kindness beyond suffering

C

charitable

vskindhearted

150 3.4

Showing kindness and being generous, especially by giving help or money to people in need

expresses sympathy and kindness more broadly than monetary help

S

selfless

vskindhearted

72 3.2

Caring more about other people's needs than your own

is kind and sympathetic but not necessarily self-sacrificing

A

altruistic

vskindhearted

23 6.7

Wanting to help other people even when it costs you

is kinder in feeling and sympathy rather than focused on selflessness

G

good-hearted

vskindhearted

15 2.8

Being kind and willing to help other people

focuses more on sympathy than explicit generous acts

K

kindly

vskindhearted

11 1.0

Being gentle and caring to other people

is about inner sympathetic nature rather than outward tone

K

kind-hearted

vskindhearted

9 2.5

A person who cares about others and often helps them

is the unhyphenated form with identical meaning

T

tenderhearted

vskindhearted

1 3.1

Kind and quick to feel sorry for people who are sad

is kind and sympathetic but less defined by tenderness

W

warmhearted

vskindhearted

1 3.7

Kind and friendly to other people

highlights sympathy without the extra friendliness or affection

S

softhearted

vskindhearted

1 3.4

A person who feels sorry for others and helps them

is kindly and sympathetic but not necessarily easily upset

O

openhearted

vskindhearted

1 4.1

Shows kindness and honesty, sharing feelings with others

is kinder and sympathetic but less focused on openness

L

large-hearted

vskindhearted

1 4.3

A person who is generous, kind, and understanding toward others

centres on being kind and sympathetic rather than outright generous

B

bighearted

vskindhearted

1 2.6

Being kind and generous and willing to help others

focuses more on feeling sympathy than on giving freely

L

largehearted

vskindhearted

4.1

Showing kindness and generosity by helping or forgiving others

leans more on feeling sympathy than on large generosity

Antonyms

C

cruel

522 2.7

Willing to cause pain or suffering to others

U

unkind

44 1.0

Not friendly or caring to other people

U

unsympathetic

7 4.9

Not feeling sorry for someone or caring about their problems

How Kind

benevolent

53 5.1

compassionate

151 3.7

kindhearted

5 2.5

kind

534 1.0

gentle

235 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology