SOFTHEARTED Synonyms: 120 Similar and Opposite Words

softhearted

adjective

ˈsȯf(t)-ˌhär-təd

as in compassionate

having or marked by sympathy and consideration for others a softhearted person who never hesitates to help anyone in trouble

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Recent Examples of softhearted Ben Lewis Doherty, playing a boy named Sam whose life is upended by Robbie, is the show’s greatest innocent, a softhearted moppet who warns deer to be careful when crossing the street. —

Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025 Becker shows that proponents of Brexit talked surprisingly little about the past and tried, in fact, to hang nostalgia’s toxic millstone around the necks of Remainers, accusing them of a softhearted attachment to the now sclerotic dream of European unity. —

Thomas Mallon, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2023 The struggle to save the farm deepens the partnership between Craig, softhearted but realistic, and Jillian, the persistent Jiminy Cricket on his shoulder. —

James Poniewozik, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2023 Ford received a standing ovation last spring at the Cannes Film Festival, and his gruff but softhearted demeanor works. —

Dan Lybarger, Arkansas Online, 29 June 2023 How to adopt: Interested adopters can meet softhearted Summer at the Arizona Humane Society’s South Mountain location. —

The Republic, The Arizona Republic, 28 Apr. 2023

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Adjective

When delivered as intended, hospice remains one of the most compassionate and effective models of care in our healthcare system.

— Tom Koutsoumpas, Oc Register, 24 Apr. 2026
Much of this slick drama is a meditation on the differences between how baby boomers — in this case, an old hippy turned seemingly compassionate sage — talk and operate, and how that clashes with the language and moral urgency felt by a very different millennial generation.

— Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026