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compassionate
adjective as in having tender feelings
Strongest matches
benevolent, charitable, humane, merciful, sympathetic, warm, warmhearted
Strong matches
Weak matches
all heart, being big, bleeding-heart, commiserative, going easy on, humanitarian, indulgent, kindhearted, kindly, lenient, living with, old softie, piteous, responsive, soft-shell, softhearted, tenderhearted
Example Sentences
It has been told to ensure residents' health and wellbeing needs were being accurately assessed, documented and met - and that there was skilled and compassionate leadership at all levels of the organisation.
“That, to me, is what I like about the character of Tom Brandis. He’s not a great FBI agent, but he is a compassionate person.”
The compassionate nursing care he received while hospitalized touched him so much that he decided he wanted to provide the same for others.
"I believe that those genuinely fleeing persecution should be afforded asylum and that is a compassionate act," he added.
Tonally, this steady and powerful film is everything the original program wasn’t: hesitant, sorrowful and compassionate for every human being onscreen.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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