Synonyms of clement

clement

adjective

ˈkle-mənt 

1

as in temperate

marked by temperatures that are neither too high nor too low

Hawaii is known for its delightfully clement climate

Synonyms & Similar Words

• temperate
• sunny
• mild
• gentle
• genial
• moderate
• equable
• balmy
• soft
• pleasant
• cloudless
• peaceful
• delightful
• tranquil
• rainless
• placid
• calm
• sunshiny
• clear
• fair
• halcyon
• fine

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• severe
• harsh
• inclement
• intemperate
• stormy
• rough
• windy
• breezy
• blustery
• rainy
• gusty
• misty
• gray
• gloomy
• overcast
• cloudy
• dismal
• bleak
• foggy
• blustering
• squally
• hazy
• bitter
• showery
• raw
• foul
• dirty
• nasty
• sunless

2

as in easy

tolerant and kind in the judgment of and expectations for others

his clement application of authority was a welcome change after years of managerial heavy-handedness

Synonyms & Similar Words

• easy
• soft
• charitable
• indulgent
• acquiescent
• amenable
• obliging
• accommodating
• easygoing
• undemanding
• laid-back

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• severe
• harsh
• stern
• strict
• hard
• demanding
• unforgiving
• inflexible
• uncompromising
• unyielding
• intolerant
• uncharitable
• unbending

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of clement

On a hot day, the river kept the park cool and clement, and there were gentle breezes with a whiff of salt in the air. — Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2021

As long as the weather was clement, on the outside of khata walls, underneath the windows or by the fence, flowers bloomed. — Literary Hub, 15 Aug. 2025

But, there were zones of southern Europe which remained relatively clement. — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 8 Jan. 2012

Sitting atop a series of ridges, Bangalore lies more than 3,000 feet above sea level—an elevation that affords the city month after month of moderate temperatures, nippy evenings, and clement afternoons. — Samanth Subramanian, WIRED, 2 May 2017

This long hiatus looked set to change in late 2020, after a research team reported tantalizing evidence of phosphine gas, a possible biosignature, drifting through Venus’s relatively clement upper atmosphere. — Leonard David, Scientific American, 14 Nov. 2023

Blessed by largely clement weather, San Sebastian fairly hummed, as hundreds of industry execs sat down to talk face to face – some, especially from Latin America, for the first time since February 2020. — John Hopewell, Variety, 24 Sep. 2021

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