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

Examples of gentleness in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Jacobs says Olsen and her onscreen counterpart share a simultaneous gentleness and strength, but the similarities stop there. —Seija Rankin, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Sep. 2024

The need for gentleness and sensitivity inspired a range of soft and simple trims. —Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 11 Sep. 2024

Programmed for gentleness and empathy, hums occupy a growing number of positions in the workforce, especially in the service sector. —Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024

Hozier’s evolution over the past decade is one of gentleness and harmony, despite the vigor that catapults his blues rock. —Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2024