Synonyms of the word

gentle

• adj. Tender and amiable; of a considerate or kindly disposition.
• adj. Soft and mild rather than hard or severe.
• adj. Docile and easily managed.
• adj. Gradual rather than steep or sudden.
• adj. Polite and respectful rather than rude.
• adj. (archaic) Well-born; of a good family or respectable birth, though not noble.
• v. (intransitive) to become gentle.
• v. (transitive) to ennoble.
• v. (transitive, animal husbandry) to break; to tame; to domesticate.
• v. (transitive) To soothe; to calm.
• n. (archaic) A person of high birth.
• n. (archaic) A maggot used as bait by anglers.
• n. A trained falcon, or falcon-gentil.

advance

• v. To bring forward; to move towards the front; to make to go on.
• v. (obsolete) To raise; to elevate.
• v. To raise to a higher rank; to promote.
• v. To accelerate the growth or progress of; to further; to forward; to help on; to aid; to heighten.
• v. To bring to view or notice; to offer or propose; to show.
• v. To make earlier, as an event or date; to hasten.
• v. To furnish, as money or other value, before it becomes due, or in aid of an enterprise; to supply beforehand.
• v. To raise to a higher point; to enhance; to raise in rate.
• v. (intransitive) To move forwards, to approach.
• v. (obsolete) To extol; to laud.
• n. A forward move; improvement or progression.
• n. An amount of money or credit, especially given as a loan, or paid before it is due; an advancement.
• n. An addition to the price; rise in price or value.
• n. (in the plural) An opening approach or overture, especially of an unwelcome or sexual nature.
• adj. Completed before need or a milestone event.
• adj. Preceding.
• adj. Forward.

appease

• v. To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to dispel (anger or hatred).
• v. To come to terms with; to adapt to the demands of.

aristocratic

• adj. Of or pertaining to an aristocracy; consisting in, or favoring, a government of nobles, or principal men.
• adj. Partaking of aristocracy; befitting aristocracy; characteristic of, or originating with, the aristocracy.

aristocratical

• adj. (politics) Aristocratic.

assuage

• v. (transitive) To lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve (hunger, emotion, pain etc.).
• v. (transitive) To pacify or soothe (someone).
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To calm down, become less violent (of passion, hunger etc.); to subside, to abate.

blue

• adj. Of the colour blue.
• adj. (informal) Depressed, melancholic, sad.
• adj. Pale, without redness or glare; said of a flame.
• adj. (politics) Supportive of, run by (a member of), pertaining to, or dominated by a political party represented…
• adj. (astronomy) Of the higher-frequency region of the part of the electromagnetic spectrum which is relevant…
• adj. (of steak) Extra rare; left very raw and cold.
• adj. (of a dog or cat) Having a coat of fur of a slaty gray shade.
• adj. (archaic) Severe or overly strict in morals; gloomy.
• adj. (archaic, of women) literary; bluestockinged.
• adj. (particle physics) Having a color charge of blue.
• adj. (comedy) Risque or obscene.
• n. (countable and uncountable) The colour of the clear sky or the deep sea, between green and violet in the…
• n. A blue dye or pigment.
• n. Any of several processes to protect metal against rust.
• n. Blue clothing.
• n. (in the plural) A blue uniform. See blues.
• n. (slang) A member of law enforcement.
• n. The sky, literally or figuratively.
• n. The ocean; deep waters.
• n. Anything blue, especially to distinguish it from similar objects differing only in color.
• n. (snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 5 points.
• n. Any of the blue-winged butterflies of the subfamily Polyommatini in the family Lycaenidae.
• n. A bluefish.
• n. (Australia, colloquial) An argument.
• n. A liquid with an intense blue colour, added to a laundry wash to prevent yellowing of white clothes.
• n. (Britain) A type of firecracker.
• n. (archaic) A pedantic woman; a bluestocking.
• n. (particle physics) One of the three color charges for quarks.
• v. (ergative) To make or become blue.
• v. (transitive, metallurgy) To treat the surface of steel so that it is passivated chemically and becomes…
• v. (transitive, laundry) To brighten by treating with blue (laundry aid).
• v. (transitive, slang) To spend (money) extravagantly; to blow.
• adj. (entertainment, informal) Pornographic or profane.

blue-blooded

• adj. aristocratic or patrician.

calm

• adj. (of a person) Peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety.
• adj. (of a place or situation) Free of noise and disturbance.
• adj. (of water) with little waves on the surface.
• adj. Without wind or storm.
• n. (in a person) The state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative…
• n. (in a place or situation) The state of being calm; absence of noise and disturbance.
• n. A period of time without wind.
• v. (transitive) To make calm.
• v. (intransitive) To become calm.

conciliate

• v. Make calm and content; placate.
• v. Mediate in a dispute.

docile

• adj. Ready to accept instruction or direction, obedient, subservient.
• adj. Yielding to control or supervision, direction, or management.

easy

• adj. (now rare except in certain expressions) Comfortable; at ease.
• adj. Requiring little skill or effort.
• adj. Causing ease; giving comfort, or freedom from care or labour.
• adj. Free from constraint, harshness, or formality; unconstrained; smooth.
• adj. (informal, pejorative, of a person) Consenting readily to sex.
• adj. Not making resistance or showing unwillingness; tractable; yielding; compliant.
• adj. (finance, dated) Not straitened as to money matters; opposed to tight.
• adv. In a relaxed or casual manner.
• adv. In a manner without strictness or harshness.
• adv. Used an intensifier for large magnitudes.
• adv. Not difficult, not hard.
• n. Something that is easy.
• v. (rowing) Synonym of easy-oar.

elevate

• v. (transitive) To raise (something) to a higher position; to lift.
• v. (transitive) To promote (someone) to a higher rank.
• v. (transitive) To ennoble or honour/honor (someone).
• v. (transitive) To lift someone's spirits; to cheer up.
• v. (transitive) To increase the intensity of something, especially that of sound.
• v. (dated, colloquial, humorous) To intoxicate in a slight degree; to render tipsy.
• v. (obsolete, Latinism) To lessen; to detract from; to disparage.
• adj. (obsolete) Elevated; raised aloft.

ennoble

• v. To bestow with nobility, honour or grace.
• v. To perform on a fabric the industrial processes of dry-cleaning, printing and embossing, and sizing and…

entitle

• v. give a title to.
• v. dignify by an honorary designation.
• v. give power, authority (to do something).
• v. give rightful ownership.
• v. give a title to a book, film, play, etc.

gradual

• adj. Proceeding by steps or small degrees; advancing step by step, as in ascent or descent or from one state…
• n. (Roman Catholic Church) An antiphon or responsory after the epistle, in the Mass, which was sung on the…
• n. (Roman Catholic Church) A service book containing the musical portions of the Mass.

gruntle

• v. (obsolete) To utter small, low grunts.
• v. (obsolete) To complain; to grumble.
• n. a grunting sound.
• n. a snort.
• v. (humorous) To humour; to induce the opposite effect of causing a person to become disgruntled.

kind

• n. A type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped…
• n. A makeshift or otherwise atypical specimen.
• n. (archaic) One's inherent nature; character, natural disposition.
• n. Goods or services used as payment, as e.g. in barter.
• n. Equivalent means used as response to an action.
• n. (Christianity) Each of the two elements of the communion service, bread and wine.
• adj. Having a benevolent, courteous, friendly, generous, gentle, liberal, sympathetic, or warm-hearted nature…
• adj. Affectionate.
• adj. Favorable.
• adj. Mild, gentle, forgiving.
• adj. Gentle; tractable; easily governed.
• adj. (obsolete) Characteristic of the species; belonging to one's nature; natural; native.

lenify

• v. (transitive) To assuage or mitigate; to soften.

light

• n. (physics, uncountable) Visible electromagnetic radiation. The human eye can typically detect radiation…
• n. A source of illumination.
• n. Spiritual or mental illumination; enlightenment, useful information.
• n. (in the plural, now rare) Facts; pieces of information; ideas, concepts.
• n. A notable person within a specific field or discipline.
• n. (painting) The manner in which the light strikes a picture; that part of a picture which represents those…
• n. A point of view, or aspect from which a concept, person or thing is regarded.
• n. A flame or something used to create fire.
• n. A firework made by filling a case with a substance which burns brilliantly with a white or coloured flame.
• n. A window, or space for a window in architecture.
• n. The series of squares reserved for the answer to a crossword clue.
• n. (informal) A cross-light in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
• n. Open view; a visible state or condition; public observation; publicity.
• n. The power of perception by vision.
• n. The brightness of the eye or eyes.
• n. A traffic light, or, by extension, an intersection controlled by one or more that will face a traveler…
• v. (transitive) To start (a fire).
• v. (transitive) To set fire to; to set burning; to kindle.
• v. (transitive) To illuminate.
• v. (intransitive) To become ignited; to take fire.
• v. To attend or conduct with a light; to show the way to by means of a light.
• adj. Having light.
• adj. Pale in colour.
• adj. (of coffee) Served with extra milk or cream.
• adj. Of low weight; not heavy.
• adj. Lightly-built; designed for speed or small loads.
• adj. Gentle; having little force or momentum.
• adj. Easy to endure or perform.
• adj. Low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
• adj. Unimportant, trivial, having little value or significance.
• adj. (rail transport, of a locomotive, usually with "run") travelling with no carriages, wagons attached.
• adj. (obsolete) Unchaste, wanton.
• adj. Not heavily armed; armed with light weapons.
• adj. Not encumbered; unembarrassed; clear of impediments; hence, active; nimble; swift.
• adj. (dated) Easily influenced by trifling considerations; unsteady; unsettled; volatile.
• adj. Indulging in, or inclined to, levity; lacking dignity or solemnity; frivolous; airy.
• adj. Not quite sound or normal; somewhat impaired or deranged; dizzy; giddy.
• adj. Not of the legal, standard, or usual weight; clipped; diminished.
• adj. Easily interrupted by stimulation.
• adv. Carrying little.
• n. (curling) A stone that is not thrown hard enough.
• v. (nautical) To unload a ship, or to jettison material to make it lighter.
• v. To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.
• v. To find by chance.
• v. To stop upon (of eyes or a glance); to notice.
• v. (archaic) To alight; to land or come down.

lull

• n. A period of rest or soothing.
• n. (nautical) A period without waves or wind.
• n. (surfing) An extended pause between sets of waves.
• v. (transitive) To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm; to soothe; to quiet.
• v. (intransitive) To become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate.

mild

• adj. Gentle and not easily angered.
• adj. (of a rule or punishment) Of only moderate severity; not strict.
• adj. Not overly felt or seriously intended.
• adj. (of an illness or pain) Not serious or dangerous.
• adj. (of weather) Moderately warm, especially less cold than expected.
• adj. (of a medicine or cosmetic) Acting gently and without causing harm.
• adj. (of food, drink, or a drug) Not sharp, or strong in flavor.
• n. (Britain) A relatively low-gravity beer, often with a dark colour; mild ale.

mollify

• v. To ease a burden, particularly worry; make less painful; to comfort.
• v. To appease (anger), pacify, gain the good will of.
• v. To soften; to make tender.

noble

• n. An aristocrat; one of aristocratic blood.
• n. (now historical) A medieval gold coin of England in the 14th and 15th centuries, usually valued at 6s…
• adj. Having honorable qualities; having moral eminence and freedom from anything petty, mean or dubious in…
• adj. Grand; stately; magnificent; splendid.
• adj. Of exalted rank; of or relating to the nobility; distinguished from the masses by birth, station, or title;…
• adj. (geometry, of a polyhedron) Both isohedral and isogonal.

pacify

• v. (transitive) To bring peace to (a place or situation), by ending war, fighting, violence, anger or agitation.
• v. (transitive) To appease (someone).

patrician

• n. (antiquity) A member of any of the families constituting the populus Romanus, or body of Roman citizens,…
• n. A person of high birth; a nobleman.
• n. One familiar with the works of the Christian Fathers; one versed in patristic lore or life.
• adj. Of or pertaining to the Roman patres ("fathers") or senators, or patricians.
• adj. Of, pertaining to, or appropriate to, a person of high birth; noble; not plebeian.

pet

• n. An animal kept as a companion.
• n. (by extension) Something kept as a companion, including inanimate objects. (pet rock, pet plant, etc.).
• n. One who is excessively loyal to a superior.
• n. Any person or animal especially cherished and indulged; a darling.
• v. (transitive) To stroke or fondle (an animal).
• v. (transitive, informal) To stroke or fondle (another person) amorously.
• v. (intransitive, informal) Of two or more people, to stroke and fondle one another amorously.
• v. (dated, transitive) To treat as a pet; to fondle; to indulge.
• v. (archaic, intransitive) To be a pet.
• adj. Favourite; cherished.
• adj. Kept or treated as a pet.
• n. A fit of petulance, a sulk, arising from the impression that one has been offended or slighted.
• n. Abbreviation of petition.
• n. (Geordie) A term of endearment usually applied to women and children.

placate

• v. (transitive) To calm; to bring peace to; to influence someone who was furious to the point that he or…

promote

• v. (transitive) To raise (someone) to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank.
• v. (transitive) To advocate or urge on behalf of (something or someone); to attempt to popularize or sell…
• v. (transitive) To encourage, urge or incite.
• v. (sports, usually in passive form) To elevate to the above league.
• v. (transitive, chemistry) To increase the activity of (a catalyst) by changing its surface structure.
• v. (transitive, chess) To exchange (a pawn) for a queen or other piece when it reaches the eighth rank.
• v. (intransitive, Singapore) To move on to a subsequent stage of education.

quiet

• adj. With little or no sound; free of disturbing noise.
• adj. Having little motion or activity; calm.
• adj. Not busy, of low quantity.
• adj. Not talking much or not talking loudly; reserved.
• adj. Not showy; undemonstrative.
• adj. (software) Requiring little or no interaction.
• v. To become quiet, silent, still, tranquil, calm.
• v. To cause someone to become quiet.
• n. The absence of sound; quietness.
• n. the absence of movement; stillness, tranquility.
• interj. Be quiet.

quieten

• v. (transitive) To make quiet.
• v. (intransitive) To become quiet.

raise

• v. (physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
• v. (transitive) To create, increase or develop.
• v. (poker, intransitive) To respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand.
• v. (arithmetic) To exponentiate, to involute.
• v. (linguistics, transitive, of a verb) To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause.
• v. (linguistics, transitive, of a vowel) To produce a vowel with the tongue positioned closer to the roof…
• v. To increase the nominal value of (a cheque, money order, etc.) by fraudulently changing the writing or…
• v. (computing) To throw (an exception).
• n. (US) An increase in wages or salary; a rise (UK).
• n. (weightlifting) A shoulder exercise in which the arms are elevated against resistance.
• n. (curling) A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward.
• n. (poker) A bet which increased the previous bet.
• n. A cairn or pile of stones.

soft

• adj. Easily giving way under pressure.
• adj. (of cloth or similar material) Smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh.
• adj. (of a sound) Quiet.
• adj. Gentle.
• adj. Expressing gentleness or tenderness; mild; conciliatory; courteous; kind.
• adj. Gentle in action or motion; easy.
• adj. Weak in character; impressible.
• adj. Requiring little or no effort; easy.
• adj. Not bright or intense.
• adj. Having a slight angle from straight.
• adj. (linguistics) Voiced; sonant.
• adj. (linguistics, rare) voiceless.
• adj. (linguistics, Slavic languages) palatalized.
• adj. (slang) Lacking strength or resolve, wimpy.
• adj. (of water) Low in dissolved calcium compounds.
• adj. (Britain, colloquial) Foolish.
• adj. (physics) Of a ferromagnetic material; a material that becomes essentially non magnetic when an external…
• adj. (of a person) Physically or emotionally weak.
• adj. Incomplete, or temporary; not a full action.
• adj. (Britain, of a man) Effeminate.
• adj. Agreeable to the senses.
• adj. Not harsh or offensive to the sight; not glaring or jagged; pleasing to the eye.
• interj. (archaic) Be quiet; hold; stop; not so fast.
• adv. (obsolete) Softly; without roughness or harshness; gently; quietly.
• n. A soft or foolish person; an idiot.

still

• adj. Not moving; calm.
• adj. Not effervescing; not sparkling.
• adj. Uttering no sound; silent.
• adj. (not comparable) Having the same stated quality continuously from a past time.
• adj. Comparatively quiet or silent; soft; gentle; low.
• adj. (obsolete) Constant; continual.
• adv. Without motion.
• adv. (aspect) Up to a time, as in the preceding time.
• adv. (degree) To an even greater degree. Used to modify comparative adjectives or adverbs.
• adv. (conjunctive) Nevertheless.
• adv. (archaic, poetic) Always; invariably; constantly; continuously.
• adv. (extensive) Even, yet.
• n. A period of calm or silence.
• n. (photography) A photograph, as opposed to movie footage.
• n. (slang) A resident of the Falkland Islands.
• n. A steep hill or ascent.
• n. a device for distilling liquids.
• n. (catering) a large water boiler used to make tea and coffee.
• n. (catering) the area in a restaurant used to make tea and coffee, separate from the main kitchen.
• n. A building where liquors are distilled; a distillery.
• v. to calm down, to quiet.
• v. (obsolete) To trickle, drip.
• v. To cause to fall by drops.
• v. To expel spirit from by heat, or to evaporate and condense in a refrigeratory; to distill.

tame

• adj. Not or no longer wild; domesticated.
• adj. (chiefly of animals) Mild and well-behaved; accustomed to human contact.
• adj. Not exciting.
• adj. Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless.
• adj. (mathematics, of a knot) Capable of being represented as a finite closed polygonal chain.
• v. (transitive) to make something tame.
• v. (intransitive) to become tame.
• v. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to distribute;…

tamed

• adj. domesticated; made tame.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of tame.

tranquilize

• v. (transitive, now rare) To make (something or someone) tranquil; to pacify or calm.
• v. To use a drug to sedate a person or animal.
• v. (intransitive) To become tranquil; to relax.
• v. (intransitive) To calm down.

tranquillise

• v. Alternative spelling of tranquilize.

tranquillize

• v. Alternative spelling of tranquilize.

upgrade

• n. An upward grade or slope.
• n. An improved component or replacement item, usually applied to technology.
• n. An improvement.
• v. (transitive) To improve, usually applied to technology, generally by complete replacement of one or more…
• v. (transitive) To replace with something better.
• v. (transitive) To improve the equipment or furnishings of or services rendered to.
• v. (intransitive) To improve in condition or status.
• v. (intransitive, computing) To replace a program with a later version of itself, a version having a higher…
• adv. Up a slope or grade.