KINDNESS Synonyms: 130 Similar and Opposite Words

kindness

noun

ˈkīn(d)-nəs

as in tenderness

sympathetic concern for the well-being of others with touching kindness, the couple offered the stranded tourists a place to stay for the night

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as in sympathy

the capacity for feeling for another's unhappiness or misfortune out of the kindness of your heart, would you at least consider adopting this stray cat?

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as in courtesy

an act of kind assistance what a kindness to allow us to use your car for the funeral

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Recent Examples of kindness Your laugh, your kindness, your wit, your strength, your loyalty, your passion, and your zest for life. —

Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026 Holocaust survivors and local Palm Beach County students joined together for the Legacy of Impact event hosted by inSIGHT Through Education, a program that encourages kindness by using lessons learned from the Holocaust and genocides worldwide. —

Jessica Tzikas, Sun Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026 Financially dependent on her parents throughout her youth and confused by waves of calm or small kindnesses, Gross wrestled with distancing herself for some time before cutting contact with her parents and brothers as an adult. —

Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026 The TikTok comments section filled with reactions praising both the goldendoodle’s manners and the stranger’s kindness. —

Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 27 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for kindness

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But, even if Church’s propensity to recruit nature for heavy-handed symbolism can seem too much today, something about his work—some combination of thrilling ambition, tact tethered to empiricism, and loving tenderness—continues to magnetize our spectacle-jaded eyes.

— Sebastian Smee, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
There are flashes of overwhelming tenderness and wind-stopping moments, and the songs are generally rich and full of character, populated by her usual cast of gay witches, Southern Baptist girls, medicine women, saints, and pre-Christian gods.

— Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 30 Apr. 2026