kindness
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the quality of being warmhearted and considerate and humane and sympathetic
Types & categories
- good hypernym
- generosity hyponym
- benevolence hyponym
- loving-kindness hyponym
- considerateness hyponym
Related & opposite
- unkindness antonym
- kind attribute
- unkind attribute
- kind derivation
Sense 2 noun
tendency to be kind and forgiving
Types & categories
- mercifulness hypernym
Related & opposite
- absolvitory derivation
- forgiving derivation
- tolerant derivation
Sense 3 noun
a kind act
Types & categories
- action hypernym
- benefaction hyponym
- cupboard love hyponym
- favor hyponym
- pardon hyponym
- endearment hyponym
- thoughtfulness hyponym
Related & opposite
- kind derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | unkindness |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | kind |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | unkind |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | kind |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | good |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | generosity |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | benevolence |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | loving-kindness |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | considerateness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | absolvitory |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | forgiving |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | tolerant |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | mercifulness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | kind |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | action |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | benefaction |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | cupboard love |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | favor |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | pardon |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | endearment |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | thoughtfulness |