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gentle

adjective

1 the teacher was gentle and patient:

kind, kindly, tender, benign, humane, lenient, merciful, forgiving, forbearing, sympathetic, considerate, understanding, clement, compassionate, benevolent, kindhearted, tenderhearted, good-natured, sweet-tempered, loving;

mild, soft, quiet, shy, demure, modest, humble, retiring, unassuming, still, tranquil, peaceful, peaceable, pacific, placid, serene, reposeful, reverent, meek, docile, lamblike, dove-like.

▷antonyms unkind; brutal.

2 a gentle breeze:

light, soft, zephyr-like, moderate, pleasant.

▷antonyms strong.

3 a gentle slope:

gradual, slight, easy, imperceptible.

▷antonyms steep.

4 archaic a woman of gentle birth:

aristocratic, noble, titled, upper-class, blue-blooded, high-born, well born, patrician, elite;

born with a silver spoon in one's mouth, silver-spoon;

informal posh, upper-crust, upmarket, top-drawer.

▷antonyms low.