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Kind

Characteristic of the species; belonging to one's nature; natural; native.

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Benevolent 84% connected

Having a disposition to do good; possessing or manifesting love to mankind, and a desire to promote their prosperity and happiness; disposed to give…

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Benevolent 84% connected

Having a disposition to do good; possessing or manifesting love to mankind, and a desire to promote their prosperity and happiness; disposed to give…

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Benign 84% connected

Of a kind or gentle disposition; gracious; generous; favorable; benignant.

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Benign 84% connected

Of a kind or gentle disposition; gracious; generous; favorable; benignant.

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Benignant 84% connected

Kind; gracious; favorable.

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Benignant 84% connected

Kind; gracious; favorable.

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Charitable 84% connected

Full of love and good will; benevolent; kind.

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Charitable 84% connected

Full of love and good will; benevolent; kind.

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Forgiving 84% connected

of Forgive

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Forgiving 84% connected

of Forgive

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Gentle 84% connected

Well-born; of a good family or respectable birth, though not noble.

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Gentle 84% connected

Well-born; of a good family or respectable birth, though not noble.

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Gracious 84% connected

Abounding in grace or mercy; manifesting love,. or bestowing mercy; characterized by grace; beneficent; merciful; disposed to show kindness or favor;…

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Gracious 84% connected

Abounding in grace or mercy; manifesting love,. or bestowing mercy; characterized by grace; beneficent; merciful; disposed to show kindness or favor;…

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Hospitable 84% connected

Receiving and entertaining strangers or guests with kindness and without reward; kind to strangers and guests; characterized by hospitality.

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Hospitable 84% connected

Receiving and entertaining strangers or guests with kindness and without reward; kind to strangers and guests; characterized by hospitality.

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Kind-hearted 84% connected

Having kindness of nature; sympathetic; characterized by a humane disposition; as, a kind-hearted landlord.

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Kind-hearted 84% connected

Having kindness of nature; sympathetic; characterized by a humane disposition; as, a kind-hearted landlord.

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Kindly 84% connected

According to the kind or nature; natural.

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Kindly 84% connected

According to the kind or nature; natural.

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Large-hearted 84% connected

Having a large or generous heart or disposition; noble; liberal.

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Large-hearted 84% connected

Having a large or generous heart or disposition; noble; liberal.

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Sympathetic 84% connected

Inclined to sympathy; sympathizing.

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Sympathetic 84% connected

Inclined to sympathy; sympathizing.

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Antitype 76% connected

That of which the type is the pattern or representation; that which is represented by the type or symbol.

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Brand 76% connected

A burning piece of wood; or a stick or piece of wood partly burnt, whether burning or after the fire is extinct.

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Color 76% connected

A property depending on the relations of light to the eye, by which individual and specific differences in the hues and tints of objects are apprehen…

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Colour 76% connected

See Color.

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Description 76% connected

The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.

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Flavor 76% connected

That quality of anything which affects the smell; odor; fragrances; as, the flavor of a rose.

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Flavour 76% connected

(physics) the six kinds of quarks

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Genre 76% connected

A style of painting, sculpture, or other imitative art, which illustrates everyday life and manners.

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Genus 76% connected

A class of objects divided into several subordinate species; a class more extensive than a species; a precisely defined and exactly divided class; on…

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Ilk 76% connected

Same; each; every.

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Like 76% connected

Having the same, or nearly the same, appearance, qualities, or characteristics; resembling; similar to; similar; alike; -- often with in and the part…

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Make 76% connected

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

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Manner 76% connected

Mode of action; way of performing or effecting anything; method; style; form; fashion.

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Model 76% connected

A miniature representation of a thing, with the several parts in due proportion; sometimes, a facsimile of the same size.

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Species 76% connected

Visible or sensible presentation; appearance; a sensible percept received by the imagination; an image.

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Stripe 76% connected

A line, or long, narrow division of anything of a different color or structure from the ground; hence, any linear variation of color or structure; as…

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Style 76% connected

An instrument used by the ancients in writing on tablets covered with wax, having one of its ends sharp, and the other blunt, and somewhat expanded,…

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Type 76% connected

The mark or impression of something; stamp; impressed sign; emblem.

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Category 76% connected

One of the highest classes to which the objects of knowledge or thought can be reduced, and by which they can be arranged in a system; an ultimate or…

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Derivationally related 4

Benignity 74% connected

The quality of being benign; goodness; kindness; graciousness.

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Benignity 74% connected

The quality of being benign; goodness; kindness; graciousness.

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Kindness 74% connected

The state or quality of being kind, in any of its various senses; manifestation of kind feeling or disposition beneficence.

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Kindness 74% connected

The state or quality of being kind, in any of its various senses; manifestation of kind feeling or disposition beneficence.

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See also 18

Beneficent 66% connected

Doing or producing good; performing acts of kindness and charity; characterized by beneficence.

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Beneficent 66% connected

Doing or producing good; performing acts of kindness and charity; characterized by beneficence.

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Benign 66% connected

Of a kind or gentle disposition; gracious; generous; favorable; benignant.

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Benign 66% connected

Of a kind or gentle disposition; gracious; generous; favorable; benignant.

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Considerate 66% connected

Given to consideration or to sober reflection; regardful of consequences or circumstances; circumspect; careful; esp. careful of the rights, claims,…

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Considerate 66% connected

Given to consideration or to sober reflection; regardful of consequences or circumstances; circumspect; careful; esp. careful of the rights, claims,…

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Good-natured 66% connected

Naturally mild in temper; not easily provoked.

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Good-natured 66% connected

Naturally mild in temper; not easily provoked.

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Merciful 66% connected

Full of mercy; having or exercising mercy; disposed to pity and spare offenders; unwilling to punish.

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Merciful 66% connected

Full of mercy; having or exercising mercy; disposed to pity and spare offenders; unwilling to punish.

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Soft 66% connected

Easily yielding to pressure; easily impressed, molded, or cut; not firm in resisting; impressible; yielding; also, malleable; -- opposed to hard; as,…

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Soft 66% connected

Easily yielding to pressure; easily impressed, molded, or cut; not firm in resisting; impressible; yielding; also, malleable; -- opposed to hard; as,…

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Attribute 2

Kindness 66% connected

The state or quality of being kind, in any of its various senses; manifestation of kind feeling or disposition beneficence.

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Kindness 66% connected

The state or quality of being kind, in any of its various senses; manifestation of kind feeling or disposition beneficence.

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Synonym 5

form 92% connected

A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.

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Genial 92% connected

Same as Genian.

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Sort 92% connected

Chance; lot; destiny.

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Tolerant 92% connected

Inclined to tolerate; favoring toleration; forbearing; indulgent.

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Variety 92% connected

The quality or state of being various; intermixture or succession of different things; diversity; multifariousness.

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Antonym 2

Unkind 94% connected

Having no race or kindred; childless.

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Unkind 94% connected

Having no race or kindred; childless.

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