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

The della Robbia family produced so many tender terra-cottas of Madonnas and angels offering gentleness and consolation to others in the face of the cruelty of life, but this one suffered such cruelty itself, because it was burned in a fire in Berlin in 1945. —Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024

Leduc portrays him as a sort of French Oscar Wilde, a man both bewildered and fascinated by women, who filled her with terror because of ‘the gentleness in his eyes’. —Hazlitt, 2 Oct. 2024

The gentleness of your first show, a men’s collection, resonated powerfully at a moment when gender issues have been at the forefront of the cultural conversation. —Bridget Foley, WWD, 27 Sep. 2024

There will be growing pains along the way, so move with ease, gentleness and kindness — not just for ourselves but for others as well. —Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 8 Apr. 2024