Synonyms of kindhearted

kindhearted

adjective

ˌkīnd-ˈhär-təd 

as in compassionate

having or marked by sympathy and consideration for others

a kindhearted young man who shoveled his elderly neighbor's driveway after the blizzard

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Examples of kindhearted in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Julianne Nicholson might be the biggest surprise, playing Weird Al’s kindhearted mother. —Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Aug. 2023

Watch the video to see a kindhearted man save a baby raccoon from drowning. —Carissa Quiambao, USA TODAY, 24 July 2023

As much as Nicks tries to sell him as an underdog, the story here is mostly of a talented, dedicated, kindhearted man who is both wildly successful and widely admired. —Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2023

By that time, Cloud had gained widespread acclaim for his portrayal of the kindhearted dealer Fezco on the HBO drama. —Lisa Respers France, CNN, 1 Aug. 2023