Meanings
comparative more considerate · superlative most considerate
- Consciously thoughtful and observant (often of other people and their rights, needs, feelings and comfort).
It was very considerate of you to give up your place for your friend.
Synonyms: caring
- Characterised by careful and conscious thought.
Synonyms: deliberate
present singular third person considerates · participle present considerating · participle past considerated · past considerated
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveConsciously thoughtful and observant (often of other people and their rights, needs, feelings and comfort).
adjectiveCharacterised by careful and conscious thought.
verbSynonym of consider.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveshowing concern for the rights and feelings of others
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian деликатен, отзивчив
- деликатен (delikaten)thoughtful
- отзивчив (otzivčiv)thoughtful
- внимателен (vnimatelen)thoughtful
Catalan considerat
- consideratthoughtful
Chinese Mandarin 體貼 /体贴
- 體貼 /体贴 (tǐtiē)thoughtful
Czech ohleduplný
- ohleduplnýthoughtful
Danish forekommende, imødekommende
- forekommendethoughtful
- imødekommendethoughtful
Dutch zorgzaam, voorkomend
- zorgzaamthoughtful
- voorkomendthoughtful
Finnish avoin, avomielinen
- avointhoughtful
- avomielinenthoughtful
- hienotunteinenthoughtful
- huomaavainenthoughtful
French attentif, attentionné
- attentifthoughtful
- attentionnéthoughtful
- prévenantthoughtful
- réfléchideliberate
- circonspectdeliberate
German zuvorkommend, rücksichtsvoll
- zuvorkommendthoughtful
- rücksichtsvollthoughtful
Hebrew מתחשב
- מתחשב (mitkhashev)thoughtful
Hungarian figyelmes, átgondolt
- figyelmesthoughtful
- átgondoltdeliberate
- megfontoltdeliberate
- körültekintődeliberate
Irish cásmhar
- cásmharthoughtful
Italian amichevole, cordiale
- amichevolethoughtful
- cordialethoughtful
- disponibilethoughtful
Japanese 思い遣りのある
- 思い遣りのある (omoiyari no aru)thoughtful
Māori tūpore, manawa popore
- tūporethoughtful
- manawa poporethoughtful
- whaiwhakaarothoughtful
- mākohathoughtful
- ngākau maharathoughtful
Norwegian imøtekommende
- imøtekommendethoughtful
Portuguese atencioso
- atenciosothoughtful
Russian делика́тный, отзы́вчивый
- делика́тный (delikátnyj)thoughtful
- отзы́вчивый (otzývčivyj)thoughtful
- приве́тливый (privétlivyj)thoughtful
- такти́чный (taktíčnyj)thoughtful
- внима́тельный (vnimátelʹnyj)thoughtful
- проду́манный (prodúmannyj)deliberate
Spanish considerado
- consideradothoughtful
Swedish förekommande, omtänksam
- förekommandethoughtful
- omtänksamthoughtful
- tillmötesgåendethoughtful
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Cite this entry
considerate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/considerate
“considerate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/considerate. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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