He tended to be lenient toward the children.
Source: tatoeba (292197)
Lenient
//ˈliːni.ənt//
Synonyms for "lenient" (111 found)
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Closest matches (23)
Strong matches (33)
Related words (55)
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Antonyms
3 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
5 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
10 entriessimilar
5 entriesTranslations
52 translations across 28 languages.
Belarusian
4 entries- нястрогі adj (tolerant; not strict)
- паблажлівы adj (tolerant; not strict)
- памяркоўны adj (tolerant; not strict)
- спагадлівы adj (tolerant; not strict)
Bulgarian
1 entries- снизходителен adj (tolerant; not strict)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 宽大 adj (tolerant; not strict)
- 宽松 adj (tolerant; not strict)
Czech
1 entries- shovívavý adj (tolerant; not strict)
Dutch
3 entries- mild adj (tolerant; not strict)
- toegeeflijk adj (tolerant; not strict)
- tolerant adj (tolerant; not strict)
Esperanto
1 entries- malsevera adj (tolerant; not strict)
Finnish
1 entries- lempeä adj (tolerant; not strict)
French
3 entries- indulgent adj (tolerant; not strict)
- laxiste adj (tolerant; not strict)
- permissif adj (tolerant; not strict)
Georgian
1 entries- ლმობიერი adj (tolerant; not strict)
German
2 entries- milde adj (tolerant; not strict)
- nachsichtig adj (tolerant; not strict)
Greek
1 entries- επιεικής adj (tolerant; not strict)
Indonesian
1 entries- lunak adj (tolerant; not strict)
Italian
3 entries- indulgente adj (tolerant; not strict)
- permissivo adj (tolerant; not strict)
- tollerante adj (tolerant; not strict)
Latin
1 entries- clēmēns adj (tolerant; not strict)
Macedonian
2 entries- по́пустлив adj (tolerant; not strict)
- сни́сходлив adj (tolerant; not strict)
Māori
1 entries- ngāwari adj (tolerant; not strict)
Occitan
2 entries- permissiu adj (tolerant; not strict)
- tolerant adj (tolerant; not strict)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- lind adj (tolerant; not strict)
Portuguese
1 entries- leniente adj (tolerant; not strict)
Romanian
4 entries- blând adj (tolerant; not strict)
- indulgent adj (tolerant; not strict)
- tolerant adj (tolerant; not strict)
- tolerantă adj (tolerant; not strict)
Russian
3 entries- мя́гкий adj (tolerant; not strict)
- снисходи́тельный adj (tolerant; not strict)
- терпи́мый adj (tolerant; not strict)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- tròcaireach adj (tolerant; not strict)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- popustljiv adj (tolerant; not strict)
Spanish
3 entries- de manga ancha adj (tolerant; not strict)
- leniente adj (tolerant; not strict)
- leno adj (tolerant; not strict)
Swedish
1 entries- skonsam adj (tolerant; not strict)
Thai
1 entries- ปรานี adj (tolerant; not strict)
Turkish
3 entries- hoşgörülü adj (tolerant; not strict)
- müsamahakâr adj (tolerant; not strict)
- müşfik adj (tolerant; not strict)
Ukrainian
2 entries- виба́чливий adj (tolerant; not strict)
- невимо́гливий adj (tolerant; not strict)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Extenuating circumstances led the judge to pass a more lenient sentence.
Source: tatoeba (695227)
Tom is too lenient with his students.
Source: tatoeba (1024803)
Be lenient!
Source: tatoeba (1725805)
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