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.

Related 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

Dissimilar Words

• hardness
• sternness
• rigidity
• harshness
• firmness
• strictness
• severity
• 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
• sauciness
• cheekiness
• boorishness
• audaciousness
• savagery
• chutzpah
• incivility
• gall
• virulence
• presumptuousness
• impoliteness
• unkindness
• heartlessness
• inhumanity
• savageness
• barbarity
• maliciousness
• brassiness
• spitefulness
• hatefulness
• vitriol
• brutishness
• irascibleness
• bestiality
• ungraciousness
• barbarousness
• nerviness
• cold-bloodedness
• unkindliness
• unfeelingness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of gentleness

Instead, the gibbon treated the tiny rodent with remarkable gentleness. — Cyril Grueter, Scientific American, 8 Aug. 2026

There’s patience and, for all its jarring disclosures, gentleness in the way this story unfolds that are rare to see these days, not just in teen TV, but in any twist-happy streaming drama. — Judy Berman, Time, 4 Aug. 2026

There’s a desperation in his voice, a weariness that evokes bad nights’ sleep and endless doomscrolling, but there’s also a delicacy to his performance, a gentleness that has precedent in his catalog but still feels new. — Stephen M. Deusner, Pitchfork, 17 July 2026

Check Google, Yelp and Nextdoor reviews for patterns around gentleness and communication. — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 13 July 2026