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kind

noun

1 kind

A category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality:
— What kinds of desserts are there?.

synonyms: form, sort, variety.

Roget 75: class, division, category, categorema, head, order, section; department, subdepartment, province, domain.    kind, sort, genus, ... show more

Dutch: genre, categorie, aard, ras, type, soort

adjective

1 kind

Having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior.

Roget 906: benevolent; kind, kindly; well-meaning; amiable; obliging, accommodating, indulgent, gracious, complacent, good-humored.    warm-hearted, kind-hearted, tender-hearted, ... show more

Polish: dobry

2 kind

Agreeable, conducive to comfort:
— A dry climate kind to asthmatics.
— Hot summer pavements are anything but kind to the feet.

synonym: genial.

3 kind

Tolerant and forgiving under provocation:
— Our neighbor was very kind about the window our son broke.

synonym: tolerant.

Polish: tolerancyjny


Moby thesaurus: Christian, Christlike, Christly, accommodating, advantageous, affable, affectionate, agreeable, altruistic, amiable, amicable, animal kingdom, approachable, auspicious, beneficent, beneficial, benevolent, benign, benignant, blood ... show more.

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