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goodnatured
adjective as in jovial
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adjective as in kindhearted
adjective as in kindly
adjective as in lenient
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- allowing
- amiable
- assuaging
- assuasive
- being big
- benignant
- charitable
- clement
- complaisant
- condoning
- easy
- easygoing
- emollient
- excusing
- favoring
- forbearing
- gentle
- going easy on
- good-natured
- humoring
- kind
- kindly
- letting
- live with
- loving
- merciful
- mild
- mollycoddling
- obliging
- pampering
- pardoning
- permitting
- soft
- soft-shell
- softhearted
- sparing
- spoiling
- tender
- yielding
adjective as in likable
adjective as in mild
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- amiable
- clement
- compassionate
- complaisant
- deferential
- docile
- dull
- easy
- equable
- feeble
- flat
- forbearant
- forbearing
- forgiving
- good-humored
- good-natured
- good-tempered
- humane
- indulgent
- insipid
- jejune
- kind
- lenient
- meek
- merciful
- mild-mannered
- obeisant
- obliging
- pacific
- patient
- peaceable
- placid
- serene
- spiritless
- submissive
- subservient
- tender
- unassuming
- vapid
adjective as in obliging
adjective as in playful
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adjective as in polite
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adjective as in sociable
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adjective as in sweet
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adjective as in warmhearted
adjective as in bland
adjective as in kind-hearted
adjective as in cheerful
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adjective as in good-tempered
adjective as in knightly
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- accommodating
- affable
- amiable
- amicable
- approachable
- beneficent
- benevolent
- benign
- benignant
- big-hearted
- bland
- bonhomous
- charitable
- chivalrous
- civil
- compassionate
- complaisant
- congenial
- considerate
- cordial
- courteous
- courtly
- easy
- forthcoming
- friendly
- gallant
- genial
- good-hearted
- good-natured
- hospitable
- indulgent
- lenient
- loving
- merciful
- mild
- obliging
- pleasing
- polite
- sociable
- stately
- suave
- tender
- unctuous
- urbane
- well-mannered
adjective as in matey
adjective as in companionable
adjective as in complaisant
adjective as in affable
adjective as in easy
adjective as in amiable
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adjective as in genial
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adjective as in good-humored
adjective as in good-natured
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adjective as in gracious
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adjective as in humane
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Example Sentences
It was mostly goodnatured laughter, and many of the laughers ended by lending willing hands and hearts to the cause.
The goodnatured Mole picked up a stick, formed his prisoners up in a line on the floor, gave them the order 'Quick march!'
Oliver, encouraged by this confidence, asked of the big, goodnatured man who had vouched for him on sight.
Feversham passed for a goodnatured man: but he was a foreigner, ignorant of the laws and careless of the feelings of the English.
Many were the consultations held by Dr. Jones, with the grateful and goodnatured Count for interpreter.
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On this page you'll find 1245 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to goodnatured, such as: affable, amiable, buoyant, cheery, chipper, and convivial.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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