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

As Siff points out, that caring emotion allows the audience to feel a sense of compassion for all three characters. —Jeryl Brunner, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025

The foster teens greatly appreciate these useful items and the efforts of these many caring volunteers, the news release stated. —News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2025

In a GoFundMe set up following Sanger’s death, she was remembered as a caring, wonderful mother. —Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025

Overprotective caring behaviours that may lead to emotional and behavioural problems in the dog have also been documented. —Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 22 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1956, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for caring

• airing
• bearing
• blaring
• chairing
• charing
• daring
• erring
• fairing
• flaring
• glaring
• haring
• herring