Synonyms of gentleness

gentleness

noun

as in kindness

the quality of having a generally kind and agreeable manner

The students quickly learned that despite their new teacher's gentleness, good grades had to be earned through hard work.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• kindness
• sweetness
• attentiveness
• patience
• responsiveness
• willingness
• tolerance
• personableness
• generosity
• tenderness
• flexibility
• softness
• understanding
• niceness
• geniality
• warmth
• tenderheartedness
• affability
• pleasantness
• amiability
• graciousness
• kindliness
• amiableness
• benignity
• manners
• humaneness
• agreeability
• compliance
• mercifulness
• benevolence
• agreeableness
• kindheartedness
• thoughtfulness
• politeness
• beneficence
• cheerfulness
• forbearance
• warmheartedness
• lenience
• compassionateness
• considerateness
• good-naturedness
• hesitancy
• mellowness
• good-heartedness
• mildness
• indulgence
• benignancy
• pliancy
• pliability
• timidity
• consideration
• friendliness
• laxness
• leniency
• complaisance
• timidness
• unselfishness
• softheartedness
• magnanimity
• charitableness
• good-temperedness
• clemency
• altruism
• cordiality
• courtesy
• sweetness and light
• amicability
• amenity
• delightfulness
• amenability
• amity
• courteousness
• civility
• gentility
• cheeriness
• sunniness
• diffidence
• greatheartedness
• bashfulness
• comity
• modesty
• faintheartedness
• attractiveness
• philanthropy
• gemütlichkeit
• enjoyableness
• likability
• timorousness
• shyness
• reserve
• charity
• empressement
• mannerliness
• amicableness
• likableness
• pleasingness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hardness
• sternness
• rigidity
• harshness
• firmness
• severity
• strictness
• rigor
• inflexibility
• rigidness
• stringency
• callousness
• implacability
• gruffness
• rigorousness
• obduracy
• pitilessness
• irritability
• exactingness
• insensitivity
• unpleasantness
• disagreeableness
• thoughtlessness
• stubbornness
• obstinacy
• dourness
• irascibility
• peevishness
• hostility
• petulance
• inconsiderateness
• testiness
• toughness
• crankiness
• grouchiness
• cantankerousness
• fussiness
• churlishness
• grumpiness
• contrariness
• unfriendliness
• contentiousness
• orneriness
• querulousness
• hard-heartedness
• biliousness
• presumption
• vinegar
• obdurateness
• grimness
• sourness
• ruthlessness
• quarrelsomeness
• audacity
• rudeness
• brashness
• cruelty
• nerve
• cheek
• crust
• brutality
• brass
• pertness
• face
• meanness
• brazenness
• effrontery
• mercilessness
• temerity
• discourtesy
• malevolence
• sauce
• cheekiness
• sauciness
• audaciousness
• boorishness
• savagery
• chutzpah
• incivility
• gall
• presumptuousness
• virulence
• impoliteness
• unkindness
• heartlessness
• inhumanity
• savageness
• barbarity
• brassiness
• maliciousness
• spitefulness
• hatefulness
• vitriol
• brutishness
• irascibleness
• chutzpa
• bestiality
• ungraciousness
• barbarousness
• nerviness
• hutzpah
• cold-bloodedness
• unkindliness
• hutzpa
• unfeelingness