Meanings
comparative more kindhearted · superlative most kindhearted · alternative kind-hearted
- Having an innately kind disposition or character.
We wanted to share that kind thought with you because today, November 13, is "World Kindness Day" — created back in 1998 by a consortium of kindhearted charities.
2025 November 13, Kamala Thiagarajan, “If you're going to be kind to another human, today is the day to do it!”, in NPRSynonyms: warm-hearted, goodhearted
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHaving an innately kind disposition or character.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivehaving or proceeding from an innately kind disposition
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic رَقِيق, شَفُوق
- رَقِيق (raqīq)having an innately kind disposition or character
- شَفُوق (šafūq)having an innately kind disposition or character
- رَقِيق اَلْقَلْب (raqīq al-qalb)having an innately kind disposition or character
Bulgarian добросърдечен
- добросърдечен (dobrosărdečen)having an innately kind disposition or character
Chinese Mandarin 善良, 親切 /亲切
- 善良 (shànliáng)having an innately kind disposition or character
- 親切 /亲切 (qīnqiè)having an innately kind disposition or character
- 好心腸 /好心肠 (hǎo xīncháng)having an innately kind disposition or character
- 仁慈 (réncí)having an innately kind disposition or character
Czech dobrosrdečný
- dobrosrdečnýhaving an innately kind disposition or character
Danish godhjertet
- godhjertethaving an innately kind disposition or character
Dutch goedhartig
- goedhartighaving an innately kind disposition or character
Estonian heasüdamlik
- heasüdamlikhaving an innately kind disposition or character
Finnish hyväsydäminen
- hyväsydäminenhaving an innately kind disposition or character
French de cœur, de bon cœur
- de cœurhaving an innately kind disposition or character
- de bon cœurhaving an innately kind disposition or character
German gutherzig
- gutherzighaving an innately kind disposition or character
Greek καλόκαρδος
- καλόκαρδος (kalókardos)having an innately kind disposition or character
Hungarian jószívű
- jószívűhaving an innately kind disposition or character
Italian generoso
- generosohaving an innately kind disposition or character
Japanese 優しい, 親切
- 優しい (yasashii)having an innately kind disposition or character
- 親切 (shinsetsu)having an innately kind disposition or character
- 心の優しい (kokoro-no yasashii)having an innately kind disposition or character
Māori ngākau aroha
- ngākau arohahaving an innately kind disposition or character
Norwegian Bokmål godhjertet
- godhjertethaving an innately kind disposition or character
Russian до́брый, добросерде́чный
- до́брый (dóbryj)having an innately kind disposition or character
- добросерде́чный (dobroserdéčnyj)having an innately kind disposition or character
Spanish de buen corazón, bonachón
- de buen corazónhaving an innately kind disposition or character
- bonachónhaving an innately kind disposition or character
Swedish godhjärtad
- godhjärtadhaving an innately kind disposition or character
Thai ใจดี
- ใจดี (jai-dii)having an innately kind disposition or character
Ukrainian добросе́рдий, добросе́рдний
- добросе́рдий (dobrosérdyj)having an innately kind disposition or character
- добросе́рдний (dobrosérdnyj)having an innately kind disposition or character
- добросерде́чний (dobroserdéčnyj)having an innately kind disposition or character
- ла́гідний (láhidnyj)having an innately kind disposition or character
Cite this entry
kindhearted. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kindhearted
“kindhearted.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kindhearted. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kindhearted,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kindhearted.
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