samaritan

adjective

Definition of samaritannext
as in compassionate

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for samaritan
  1. compassionate
  2. sympathetic
  3. kind
  4. kindly
  5. good-hearted
  6. altruistic
  7. magnanimous
  8. benevolent
Adjective
  • Take compassionate, caring actions to support others.
    Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
  • But the real knockout is Saldaña, a compassionate audience surrogate and urgent energy source.
    Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
Definition of compassionate
Adjective
  • Many states that rely on advisory committee recommendations for vaccination schedules and mandates could also choose to ignore them if people sympathetic to Kennedy’s views join the panels.
    Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The opposition was working with sympathetic regime members to lobby members of Venezuela’s high court to rule Maduro’s reelection illegitimate.
    Zach Dorfman, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of sympathetic
Adjective
  • Be kind to yourself: The election is stressing us out.
    Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
  • So try to do something kind for yourself in the process of grieving.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of kind
Adjective
  • In 2016 in California, Hindu-nationalist groups claimed that sixth-grade textbooks were biased against Hindus and demanded they be revised to give a kindlier depiction of the caste system, and to downplay the role of patriarchy in India.
    Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 Aug. 2024
  • But the kindly decision wasn't popular with the pup, who clearly didn't want to give up any of his beloved toys.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 10 July 2024
Definition of kindly
Adjective
  • As a result, he’s often accused of playing one character: the fundamentally decent, good-hearted, noble but humble all-American Everyman.
    Tim Grierson, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2024
  • There have been a few seasons of the show in which men (see: season five Cole) are portrayed as innocent but good-hearted idiots and women as harsh shrews.
    Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of good-hearted
Adjective
  • Many are driven by their own altruistic visions for AI’s future, making their choice of company often based on its mission and leadership.
    Kylie Robison, The Verge, 3 Oct. 2024
  • This trend does have an altruistic side, too, as older relatives look to splash the cash among their families, helping the younger generations through the cost of living crisis by paying for their next vacation.
    Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
Definition of altruistic
Adjective
  • Spreading the hosting love around is a magnanimous act.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Finally, Rogers urged an approach to politics that was critical yet charitable, principled yet magnanimous.
    Steven Watts, The Conversation, 23 Sep. 2024
Definition of magnanimous
Adjective
  • Many people believe that slavery in Latin America was a benevolent institution.
    Ana Lucia Araujo / Made by History, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024
  • In recent years, the naive belief held by most Americans, that the Fed is an apolitical body of benevolent technocrats who would never use their immense, ring-of-Sauron-like power for anything but the good of humanity, has evaporated.
    Dave Birnbaum, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of benevolent
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