caring

adjective

car·​ing ˈker-iŋ 

: feeling or showing concern for or kindness to others

a kind, caring person

I waited expectantly for the sympathy to come pouring out, since Mary Anne is the most sensitive, caring person I know …

—Ann M. Martin

The Steve Martin character is consistently suave, gracious, tender, caring, worldly wise, and a great lover.

—Richard Alleva

caringly adverb

was treated gently and caringly

caringness noun

There's evidence every season that friendly decent social caringness isn't uncommon in the literary community.

—Benjamin DeMott

Examples of caring in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Decades of science demonstrate that people don’t realize how caring, generous, and open minded others are. —Jamil Zaki, TIME, 3 Sep. 2024

She’s got her nice, caring, supportive husband, who’s a prominent New York theater director, as well as two vibrant teenage daughters (Esther McGregor and Vaughan Reilly). —Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 30 Aug. 2024

Her deeply caring family struggled with family sessions during her inpatient treatment, complicated by the need for interpreters, a prescribed inpatient diet that differed from the meals typically eaten at home, and a hesitancy to ask questions of the health care team. —Ashley Andreou, Scientific American, 15 Aug. 2024

According to Benson, Kardashian is also a model Cancer as the reality star exhibits an openness and a caring nature Benson associates with the sign. —Nicole Briese, Peoplemag, 21 June 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1956, in the meaning defined above