kind

The word “kind” has 1 syllable: kind

It's pronounced as /kaɪnd/

What is synonym and antonym for kind?

In the thesaurus, “kind” has 160 synonyms and 83 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for kind along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for kind

affable
affectionate
all heart
altruistic
amiable
amicable
anticruelty
attentive
beneficent
benevolent
benign
benignant
big
bleeding-heart
bounteous
bracket
branch
brand
breed
brotherly
bunch
caring
category
charitable
chivalrous
class
classification
clement
companionable
compassionate
comradely
congenial
connection
considerate
cordial
courteous
courtly
cruelty-free
deferential
denomination
description
designation
diplomatic
division
dutiful
eleemosynary
essence
family
feather
fiber
forbearing
forgiving
freehanded
friendly
gallant
generation
generous
genial
genre
gentle
genus
good
good-hearted
good-natured
good-tempered
gracious
grade
greathearted
group
grouping
habit
heading
heart in right place
helpful
hospitable
humane
humanitarian
ilk
indulgent
kidney
kin
kindhearted
kindly
label
league
lenient
liberal
like
likes
lot
loving
magnanimous
manner
merciful
mild
model
mold
munificent
nature
neighborly
nice
noble
number
obliging
openhearted
order
patient
persuasion
philanthropic
philanthropical
pitying
pleasant
polite
propitious
race
regardful
respectful
rubric
sample
section
selfless
set
soft
soft touch
softhearted
solicitous
sort
speciality
specialty
species
specimen
stamp
strain
stripe
style
subclass
subdivision
subgroup
subspecies
suite
sweet
sympathetic
tactful
temperament
tendency
tender
tenderhearted
thoughtful
tier
title
tolerant
tribe
type
understanding
unselfish
unsparing
variety
warm
warmhearted
way

Antonyms for kind

aloof
antagonistic
antihumanitarian
atrocious
bad
barbaric
barbarous
bestial
bitter
brutal
brute
brutish
callous
cold
cold-blooded
cool
cruel
disagreeable
discourteous
disliking
fiendish
grim
hard
hard-boiled
hard-hearted
harsh
hateful
heartless
heavy-handed
heedless
ill-bred
ill-mannered
impolite
inattentive
inconsiderate
indifferent
inhospitable
inhuman
inhumane
insensate
insensitive
ironhearted
malevolent
malicious
malign
malignant
mean
merciless
nasty
pitiless
rough
rude
ruthless
sadistic
savage
severe
spiteful
stern
stonyhearted
thoughtless
tough
truculent
uncaring
uncharitable
uncivil
uncompassionate
unfeeling
unfriendly
ungenerous
unheeding
unhelpful
unkind
unkindly
unmannerly
unmindful
unsentimental
unsociable
unsympathetic
unthinking
vicious
violent
virulent
wanton

Meanings of kind

noun
1. A type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together.
2. A makeshift or otherwise atypical specimen.
3. One's inherent nature; character, natural disposition.
4. Family, lineage.
5. Manner.
6. Goods or services used as payment, as e.g. in barter.
7. Equivalent means used as response to an action.
8. Each of the two elements of the communion service, bread and wine.
adjective
1. Having a benevolent, courteous, friendly, generous, gentle, liberal, sympathetic, or warm-hearted nature or disposition, marked by consideration for – and service to – others.
2. Affectionate.
3. Favorable.
4. Mild, gentle, forgiving.
5. Gentle; tractable; easily governed.
6. Characteristic of the species; belonging to one's nature; natural; native.

Example Sentences

She is always so kind to everyone she meets.
It's important to be kind to animals.
He gave me a very kind offer to help with the project.
That was a kind gesture of you to share your lunch.
People appreciate when others are genuinely kind.

On this page you'll find 243 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to kind, such as: affable, affectionate, all heart, aloof, altruistic, amiable, amicable.

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