Kindness

//ˈkaɪnd.nəs//

Synonyms for "kindness" (140 found)

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Closest matches (28)

Noun(2 words)
affectionbenignity

Strong matches (42)

Noun(1 words)
forgivingness

Related words (70)

Related word relations

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10 relation types

More general

5 entries

Antonyms

1 entries

Synonyms

1 entries

capable of

2 entries

causes desire

1 entries

derived

6 entries

derived from

1 entries

has property

2 entries

is a

6 entries

related to

6 entries

Translations

122 translations across 52 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • εὐμένεια noun (being kind)

Arabic

1 entries
  • إِحْسَان noun (being kind)

Aromanian

1 entries
  • bunãtati noun (being kind)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • дабрата́ noun (being kind)

Catalan

4 entries
  • bondat noun (being kind)
  • bondat noun (instance of charitable behavior)
  • cortesia noun (being kind)
  • gentilesa noun (being kind)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 恩惠 noun (being kind)

Cornish

1 entries
  • kuvder noun (being kind)

Czech

2 entries
  • laskavost noun (being kind)
  • laskavost noun (instance of charitable behavior)

Danish

4 entries
  • elskværdighed noun (being kind)
  • godhed noun (being kind)
  • imødekommenhed noun (being kind)
  • tjeneste noun (instance of charitable behavior)

Dutch

2 entries
  • aardigheid noun (instance of charitable behavior)
  • vriendelijkheid noun (instance of charitable behavior)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • afableco noun (being kind)
  • amindeco noun (being kind)

Finnish

3 entries
  • kiltteys noun (being kind)
  • palvelus noun (instance of charitable behavior)
  • ystävällisyys noun (being kind)

French

1 entries
  • bonté noun (being kind)

Friulian

2 entries
  • bontât noun (being kind)
  • dolçôr noun (being kind)

Galician

3 entries
  • amabilidade noun (being kind)
  • bondade noun (being kind)
  • favor noun (instance of charitable behavior)

Georgian

4 entries
  • გულკეთილობა noun (being kind)
  • გულკეთილობა noun (instance of charitable behavior)
  • სიკეთე noun (being kind)
  • სიკეთე noun (instance of charitable behavior)

German

1 entries
  • Liebenswürdigkeit noun (being kind)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐍃𐌴𐌻𐌴𐌹 noun (being kind)

Greek

2 entries
  • καλοσύνη noun (being kind)
  • καλοσύνη noun (instance of charitable behavior)

Hindi

3 entries
  • दया noun (being kind)
  • दया noun (instance of charitable behavior)
  • दयालुता noun (being kind)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • kedvesség noun (being kind)

Irish

2 entries
  • cineáltas noun (being kind)
  • cineáltas noun (instance of charitable behavior)

Isoko

1 entries
  • uvbovbou noun (being kind)

Italian

4 entries
  • bontà noun (being kind)
  • bontà noun (instance of charitable behavior)
  • cortesia noun (being kind)
  • favore noun (instance of charitable behavior)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 優しさ noun (being kind)
  • 親切 noun (being kind)

Korean

1 entries
  • 친절 noun (being kind)

Latin

3 entries
  • bonitas noun (being kind)
  • caritas noun (being kind)
  • venia noun (instance of charitable behavior)

Malayalam

4 entries
  • അനുകമ്പ noun (being kind)
  • ഐന്തൽ noun (being kind)
  • ദയ noun (being kind)
  • ദയവ് noun (instance of charitable behavior)

Manx

1 entries
  • foayr noun (being kind)

Marathi

1 entries
  • दया noun (being kind)

Marshallese

1 entries
  • jouj noun (being kind)

Middle English

4 entries
  • benignite noun (being kind)
  • benignite noun (instance of charitable behavior)
  • kyndenesse noun (being kind)
  • kyndenesse noun (instance of charitable behavior)

Māori

1 entries
  • tauwhirotanga noun (being kind)

Old French

1 entries
  • dolçor noun (being kind)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • مساعده noun (instance of charitable behavior)
  • منت noun (instance of charitable behavior)

Polish

4 entries
  • benewolencja noun (being kind)
  • dobroć noun (being kind)
  • przychylność noun (being kind)
  • łaskawość noun (being kind)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • caridade noun (instance of charitable behavior)
  • gentileza noun (being kind)

Romanian

3 entries
  • amabilitate noun (being kind)
  • bunătate noun (being kind)
  • bunăvoință noun (being kind)

Russian

4 entries
  • доброжела́тельность noun (being kind)
  • доброта́ noun (being kind)
  • доброта́ noun (instance of charitable behavior)
  • любе́зность noun (being kind)

Sanskrit

3 entries
  • कृपा noun (being kind)
  • दया noun (being kind)
  • राधस् noun (instance of charitable behavior)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • dobrota noun (being kind)
  • dobrota noun (instance of charitable behavior)
  • ljubaznost noun (being kind)
  • milosrdje noun (instance of charitable behavior)

Slovak

1 entries
  • láskavosť noun (being kind)

Spanish

2 entries
  • amabilidad noun (being kind)
  • bondad noun (being kind)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • buti noun (being kind)

Tamil

1 entries
  • அன்பு noun (being kind)

Telugu

2 entries
  • దయ noun (being kind)
  • దయ noun (instance of charitable behavior)

Tonga (Zambia)

1 entries
  • luse noun (being kind)

Turkish

4 entries
  • incelik noun (being kind)
  • incelik noun (instance of charitable behavior)
  • kibarlık noun (being kind)
  • kibarlık noun (instance of charitable behavior)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • доброта́ noun (being kind)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • lòng tốt noun (being kind)

Welsh

2 entries
  • caredigrwydd noun (being kind)
  • caredigrwydd noun (instance of charitable behavior)

Zulu

1 entries
  • umusa noun (being kind)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

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I would like to repay your kindness in the near future.

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Kyoko had the kindness to carry my baggage for me.

Source: tatoeba (19333)

Mary takes Bill's kindness for granted.

Source: tatoeba (31967)

The old man is the epitome of kindness.

Source: tatoeba (43343)

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