Synonyms for well-intentioned
adj harmless, naive- childlike
- gullible
- ignorant
- innocuous
- wide-eyed
- frank
- open
- raw
- safe
- simple
- square
- artless
- credulous
- fresh
- guileless
- hurtless
- inexperienced
- ingenuous
- innoxious
- inobnoxious
- inoffensive
- offenseless
- soft
- unacquainted
- unartificial
- uncool
- unfamiliar
- unhurtful
- uninjurious
- unmalicious
- unobjectionable
- unoffensive
- unschooled
- unsophisticated
- unstudied
- unsuspicious
- unworldly
- wellmeant
- youthful
Antonyms for well-intentioned
- knowledgeable
- untrusting
- wise
- dishonest
- sophisticated
- unclear
- bad
- blamable
- corrupt
- cunning
- evil
- experienced
- guilty
- impure
- sinful
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innocent
adjective. harmless, naive
- artless
- childlike
- credulous
- frank
- fresh
- guileless
- gullible
- hurtless
- ignorant
- inexperienced
- ingenuous
- innocuous
- innoxious
- inobnoxious
- inoffensive
- offenseless
- open
- raw
- safe
- simple
- soft
- square
- unacquainted
- unartificial
- uncool
- unfamiliar
- unhurtful
- uninjurious
- unmalicious
- unobjectionable
- unoffensive
- unschooled
- unsophisticated
- unstudied
- unsuspicious
- unworldly
- well-intentioned
- wellmeant
- wide-eyed
- youthful
more favorable
adjective. approving, friendly
- acclamatory
- affirmative
- agreeable
- amicable
- approbative
- approbatory
- assenting
- benevolent
- benign
- benignant
- commending
- complimentary
- encouraging
- enthusiastic
- in favor of
- inclined
- kind
- kindly
- laudatory
- okay
- positive
- praiseful
- predisposed
- reassuring
- recommendatory
- supportive
- sympathetic
- understanding
- welcoming
- well-disposed
- well-intentioned
most favorable
adjective. approving, friendly
- acclamatory
- affirmative
- agreeable
- amicable
- approbative
- approbatory
- assenting
- benevolent
- benign
- benignant
- commending
- complimentary
- encouraging
- enthusiastic
- in favor of
- inclined
- kind
- kindly
- laudatory
- okay
- positive
- praiseful
- predisposed
- reassuring
- recommendatory
- supportive
- sympathetic
- understanding
- welcoming
- well-disposed
- well-intentioned
sympathetic
adjective. agreeable, friendly
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.
Example Sentences forwell-intentioned
As we do, we must not repeat the well-intentioned errors of our past.
He was not a clever boy, but nothing could exceed his well-intentioned industry.
Understand, they were well-intentioned and enterprising fellows.
Such men, well-intentioned though they might be, were hindrances to progress.
But our well-intentioned mistake was not a sin and we have no need of a scape-goat.
The Dalai-Lama is evidently an energetic and well-intentioned man.
Had these people been well-intentioned, they would not be so secretive.
Bob was well-intentioned, but tact did not enter greatly into his composition.
Barnet expressed his warmest thanks for the well-intentioned proposition.
There is a great deal of well-intentioned dwarfing of childhood.