Kind

/kaɪnd/

Synonyms for "kind" (345 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (69)

Noun(15 words)
sortgenretypeanimal speciesbenevolentcalculate by categorycaringcategoriescategorycategory basedcategory of abbreviationscategory of energycategory specificchildclass related
Adjective(9 words)
attentivebenevolent actbenign factorbenign fungus speciesbenign influencebenign tonecareful attemptcheerfulcompassionate care

Strong matches (104)

Related words (172)

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Noun(25 words)
kindheartedlike standard englishlinguagens humanasmore benignnaturesneighborly bondoffspringorganism typeromanian formăsamaritansmiling expressionsort relatedsortsstory endingsupportsweettender bidtenderly spokenthoughtful actiontype based
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type oftype of mattervarietalvarietywell mannered
Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(13 words)
mildnice exclamationnicernicestpeacefulpityingprosocial orientationruthfulsweetesttenderesttolerantwarm tonewarmest
Adverb(1 words)
most common humanity
Verb(1 words)

How these synonyms differ

  • benevolent - 'Benevolent' is formal and often institutional, a benevolent ruler, a benevolent organization. It implies kindness from a position of power.
  • compassionate - 'Compassionate' adds empathy, you feel others' suffering and are moved to act. Deeper than everyday kindness.
  • considerate - 'Considerate' means thinking about others' needs before they ask, it's proactive kindness, not just reactive warmth.
  • generous - 'Generous' focuses specifically on giving, time, money, or spirit. Kindness is broader than generosity.
  • gentle - 'Gentle' emphasizes softness of manner, a kind person helps, but a gentle person does so without any rough edges.

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

7 relation types

More general

8 entries

More specific

12 entries
breedcaringcharitablecompassionateconsiderateeducational toolformgentlemath problemmeasurement devicescience experimentvariety

Collocations

8 entries
a kind ofdifferent kindskind actkind gesturekind personkind teacherkind wordskinds of

Inflections

3 entries

Derivations

2 entries

Antonyms

1 entries

similar

22 entries

Showing 16 of 22 words.

Translations

152 translations across 75 languages.

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Afrikaans

2 entries
  • soort noun (type, race, category)
  • tipe noun (type, race, category)

Albanian

2 entries
  • lloj noun (type, race, category)
  • soj noun (type, race, category)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • εἶδος noun (type, race, category)

Arabic

1 entries
  • نوع noun (type, race, category)

Armenian

1 entries
  • տեսակ noun (type, race, category)

Aromanian

1 entries
  • soie noun (type, race, category)

Assamese

1 entries
  • ধৰণ noun (type, race, category)

Basque

3 entries
  • genero noun (type, race, category)
  • klase noun (type, race, category)
  • tipo noun (type, race, category)

Bengali

2 entries
  • প্রকার noun (type, race, category)
  • প্রজাতি noun (type, race, category)

Buginese

1 entries
  • jinisi noun (type, race, category)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • вид noun (type, race, category)
  • порода noun (type, race, category)
  • раса noun (type, race, category)
  • сорт noun (type, race, category)

Burmese

1 entries
  • မျိုး noun (type, race, category)

Catalan

3 entries
  • classe noun (type, race, category)
  • gènere noun (type, race, category)
  • tipus noun (type, race, category)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • جۆڕ noun (type, race, category)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 類 /类 noun (type, race, category)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 類 /类 noun (type, race, category)

Danish

2 entries
  • art noun (type, race, category)
  • slags noun (type, race, category)

Dutch

2 entries
  • soort noun (type, race, category)
  • type noun (type, race, category)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • speco noun (type, race, category)

Estonian

3 entries
  • liik noun (type, race, category)
  • sort noun (type, race, category)
  • tõug noun (type, race, category)

Finnish

4 entries
  • -lainen noun (type, race, category)
  • laatu noun (type, race, category)
  • laji noun (type, race, category)
  • luokka noun (type, race, category)

French

3 entries
  • acabit noun (type, race, category)
  • genre noun (type, race, category)
  • sorte noun (type, race, category)

Georgian

3 entries
  • სახეობა noun (type, race, category)
  • ტიპი noun (type, race, category)
  • ჯიში noun (type, race, category)

German

2 entries
  • Art noun (type, race, category)
  • Sorte noun (type, race, category)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • ʻano noun (type, race, category)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • מִין noun (type, race, category)

Hindi

3 entries
  • तरह noun (type, race, category)
  • दयालु noun (type, race, category)
  • प्रकार noun (type, race, category)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • fajta noun (type, race, category)
  • típus noun (type, race, category)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • gerð noun (type, race, category)
  • tegund noun (type, race, category)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • sorttu noun (type, race, category)

Irish

2 entries
  • gné noun (type, race, category)
  • sórt noun (type, race, category)

Italian

2 entries
  • genere noun (type, race, category)
  • tipo noun (type, race, category)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 種類 noun (type, race, category)

Javanese

4 entries
  • bangsa noun (type, race, category)
  • jinis noun (type, race, category)
  • rupa noun (type, race, category)
  • warna noun (type, race, category)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ប្រភេទ noun (type, race, category)

Korean

1 entries
  • 종류 noun (type, race, category)

Lao

1 entries
  • ຊະນິດ noun (type, race, category)

Latin

1 entries
  • genus noun (type, race, category)

Latvian

3 entries
  • suga noun (type, race, category)
  • veids noun (type, race, category)
  • šķirne noun (type, race, category)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • rūšis noun (type, race, category)
  • veislė noun (type, race, category)

Low German

1 entries
  • Art noun (type, race, category)

Luxembourgish

3 entries
  • Aart noun (type, race, category)
  • Genre noun (type, race, category)
  • Zort noun (type, race, category)

Makasar

1 entries
  • jinisi noun (type, race, category)

Malay

1 entries
  • jenis noun (type, race, category)

Maltese

1 entries
  • razza noun (type, race, category)

Manchu

1 entries
  • ᡥᠠᠴᡳᠨ noun (type, race, category)

Maore Comorian

1 entries
  • aina noun (type, race, category)

Marathi

1 entries
  • प्रकार noun (type, race, category)

Mongolian

3 entries
  • зүйл noun (type, race, category)
  • төрөл noun (type, race, category)
  • төрөл зүйл noun (type, race, category)

Māori

1 entries
  • kano noun (type, race, category)

Nanai

1 entries
  • хачин noun (type, race, category)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • slag noun (type, race, category)

Old Irish

1 entries
  • cenéle noun (type, race, category)

Oromo

1 entries
  • gosa noun (type, race, category)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries
  • جنس noun (type, race, category)
  • صنف noun (type, race, category)
  • صوی noun (type, race, category)
  • فن noun (type, race, category)

Persian

3 entries
  • تیپ noun (type, race, category)
  • نوع noun (type, race, category)
  • گونه noun (type, race, category)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Sort noun (type, race, category)

Polish

4 entries
  • autorament noun (type, race, category)
  • rasa noun (type, race, category)
  • rodzaj noun (type, race, category)
  • typ noun (type, race, category)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • categoria noun (type, race, category)
  • classe noun (type, race, category)
  • género noun (type, race, category)
  • raça noun (type, race, category)

Punjabi

2 entries
  • ਕਿਸਮ noun (type, race, category)
  • ਵਰਗ noun (type, race, category)

Romanian

2 entries
  • fel noun (type, race, category)
  • gen noun (type, race, category)

Russian

4 entries
  • вид noun (type, race, category)
  • разнови́дность noun (type, race, category)
  • род noun (type, race, category)
  • сорт noun (type, race, category)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • gnè noun (type, race, category)
  • seòrsa noun (type, race, category)

Somali

1 entries
  • nooc noun (type, race, category)

Spanish

4 entries
  • calaña noun (type, race, category)
  • estofa noun (type, race, category)
  • forma noun (type, race, category)
  • género noun (type, race, category)

Swedish

4 entries
  • art noun (type, race, category)
  • slag noun (type, race, category)
  • sort noun (type, race, category)
  • typ noun (type, race, category)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • uri noun (type, race, category)

Telugu

2 entries
  • జాతి noun (type, race, category)
  • రకము noun (type, race, category)

Thai

3 entries
  • ชนิด noun (type, race, category)
  • ประเภท noun (type, race, category)
  • อย่าง noun (type, race, category)

Turkish

1 entries
  • tür noun (type, race, category)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • вид noun (type, race, category)
  • тип noun (type, race, category)

Urdu

1 entries
  • نوع noun (type, race, category)

Venetan

2 entries
  • sòrt noun (type, race, category)
  • sòrta noun (type, race, category)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • loại noun (type, race, category)

Welsh

1 entries
  • math noun (type, race, category)

Sample sentences

37 total sentences available.

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I can't live that kind of life.

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You were kind to help me.

Source: tatoeba (15969)

You'll have to manufacture some kind of excuse.

Source: tatoeba (16439)

How kind you are!

Source: tatoeba (16443)

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