Synonyms of softhearted

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• compassionate
• benevolent
• kind
• sympathetic
• humane
• thoughtful
• gentle
• kindhearted
• gracious
• kindly
• friendly
• good-hearted
• merciful
• nice
• tenderhearted
• generous
• sweet
• warmhearted
• beneficent
• tender
• good
• humanitarian
• attentive
• benignant
• pleasant
• considerate
• warm
• patient
• good-natured
• solicitous
• affable
• benign
• pitying
• soft
• mild
• lenient
• forgiving
• noble
• charitable
• genial
• liberal
• tolerant
• companionable
• good-tempered
• forbearing
• cordial
• amicable
• neighborly
• selfless
• magnanimous
• altruistic
• unselfish
• philanthropic
• understanding
• comradely
• munificent
• openhearted
• brotherly
• unsparing
• clement
• greathearted
• freehanded
• anticruelty
• cruelty-free

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cruel
• callous
• heartless
• unsympathetic
• savage
• vicious
• brutal
• sadistic
• unkind
• brutish
• ruthless
• unfeeling
• truculent
• brute
• inhuman
• barbaric
• inhumane
• barbarous
• bestial
• pitiless
• atrocious
• merciless
• fiendish
• insensate
• hard-hearted
• thoughtless
• cold-blooded
• insensitive
• uncaring
• tough
• stern
• uncompassionate
• severe
• harsh
• unkindly
• inconsiderate
• unthinking
• grim
• malignant
• wanton
• unsentimental
• malicious
• spiteful
• mean
• hateful
• virulent
• malevolent
• ironhearted
• nasty
• malign
• stonyhearted
• hard-boiled
• uncharitable
• heavy-handed
• antihumanitarian

Example Sentences

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

Your softhearted grandfather might have given you one of their figurines for Christmas one year, or your sentimental mother-in-law might have decorated her guest bathroom with their wall hangings. — Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 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