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kindness

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of kindness

1 an act of kind assistance

  • what a kindness to allow us to use your car for the funeral
Synonyms of kindness

benevolence, boon, courtesy, favor, grace, indulgence, mercy, service, turn
Words Related to kindness

dispensation, waiver

advantage, benefit, blessing, godsend, manna

liberty, license (or licence), privilege
Near Antonyms of kindness

hindrance, hurdle, impediment, interference, obstacle

2 the capacity for feeling for anotherʼs unhappiness or misfortune

  • out of the kindness of your heart, would you at least consider adopting this stray cat?
Synonyms of kindness

bigheartedness, charity, commiseration, compassion, feeling, good-heartedness, heart, humanity, kindheartedness, kindliness, largeheartedness, mercy, pity, ruth, softheartedness, sympathy, warmheartedness
Words Related to kindness

feelings, responsiveness, sensibility, sensitivity

affection, love, regard

affinity, empathy, rapport

altruism, benevolence, benignancy, benignity, generosity, goodwill, humaneness, humanism, humanitarianism, philanthropy
Near Antonyms of kindness

callousness, coldness, disinterest, indifference, unconcern

cruelty, harshness

animosity, antipathy, dislike, hatred, hostility
Antonyms of kindness

coldheartedness, hard-heartedness, inhumanity, inhumanness, mercilessness, pitilessness

3 sympathetic concern for the well-being of others

  • with touching kindness, the couple offered the stranded tourists a place to stay for the night
Synonyms of kindness

beneficence, benevolence, benignancy, benignity, compassionateness, good-heartedness, humaneness, kindheartedness, kindliness, softheartedness, tenderheartedness, tenderness, warmheartedness
Words Related to kindness

attentiveness, considerateness, thoughtfulness

affability, friendliness, good-naturedness, good-temperedness, warmth

graciousness, niceness, pleasantness

clemency, leniency, mercifulness

patience, tolerance, understanding

altruism, charitableness, charity

generosity, greatheartedness, magnanimity, philanthropy, unselfishness
Near Antonyms of kindness

mercilessness, pitilessness, ruthlessness

inconsiderateness, insensitivity, thoughtlessness

grimness, harshness, severity, sternness, toughness

hatefulness, malevolence, maliciousness, meanness, spitefulness, virulence, vitriol
Antonyms of kindness

barbarity, barbarousness, bestiality, brutality, brutishness, callousness, cold-bloodedness, cruelty, hard-heartedness, heartlessness, inhumanity, savageness, savagery, unfeelingness, unkindliness, unkindness

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