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form, sort, variety, species

n. a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?"

kind

adj. having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior; "kind to sick patients"; "a kind master"; "kind words showing understanding and sympathy"; "thanked her for her kind letter"

kind

adj. having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior; "kind to sick patients"; "a kind master"; "kind words showing understanding and sympathy"; "thanked her for her kind letter"

kind

adj. having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior; "kind to sick patients"; "a kind master"; "kind words showing understanding and sympathy"; "thanked her for her kind letter"

genial

adj. agreeable, conducive to comfort; "a dry climate kind to asthmatics"; "the genial sunshine";"hot summer pavements are anything but kind to the feet"

thoughtful

adj. considerate of the feelings or well-being of others

hospitable

adj. favorable to life and growth; "soil sufficiently hospitable for forest growth"; "a hospitable environment"

good-hearted, kindly, open-hearted

adj. having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior; "kind to sick patients"; "a kind master"; "kind words showing understanding and sympathy"; "thanked her for her kind letter"

tolerant, forbearing

adj. tolerant and forgiving under provocation; "our neighbor was very kind about the window our son broke"

compassionate, merciful

adj. characterized by mercy, and compassion: "compassionate toward disadvantaged people"; "kind to animals"; "a humane judge"

warm, friendly

adj. (warmhearted)

version, variant

n. something a little different from others of the same type; "an experimental version of the night fighter"; "a variant of the same word"; "an emery wheel is the modern variation of a grindstone"; "the boy is a younger edition of his father"

strain, stock, variety, breed

n. a special variety of domesticated animals within a species; "he experimented on a particular breed of white rats"; "he created a new strain of sheep"

class

n. (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders

race, subspecies

n. (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species

liquid, gentle

adj. quiet and soothing; "a gentle voice"; "a gentle nocturne"

tender

adj. given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality; "a tender heart"; "a tender smile"; "tender loving care"; "tender memories"; "a tender mother"

gracious, beneficent, benevolent

adj. doing or producing good; "the most beneficent regime in history"

considerate

adj. showing concern for the rights and feelings of others; "friends considerate enough to leave us alone"

good, full

adj. having the normally expected amount; "gives full measure"; "gives good measure"; "a good mile from here"

tactful

adj. having or showing a sense of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others; "she was tactful enough not to shatter his illusion"; "a tactful remark eased her embarrassment"

thoughtful

adj. exhibiting or characterized by careful thought; "a thoughtful paper"

gracious

adj. characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit; "gracious even to unexpected visitors"; "gracious living"; "he bears insult with gracious good humor"

hospitable

adj. disposed to treat guests and strangers with cordiality and generosity; "a good-natured and hospitable man"; "a hospitable act"; "hospitable invitations"

warm

adj. psychologically warm; friendly and responsive; "a warm greeting"; "a warm personality"; "warm support"

friendly

adj. easy to understand or use; "user-friendly computers"; "a consumer-friendly policy"; "a reader-friendly novel"

tender, sore, hurting, sensitive

adj. hurting; "the tender spot on his jaw"

tender, caring, warm, fond, affectionate

adj. having or displaying warmth or affection; "affectionate children"; "caring parents"; "a fond embrace"; "fond of his nephew"; "a tender glance"; "a warm embrace"

empathic, empathetic

adj. showing empathy or ready comprehension of others' states; "a sensitive and empathetic school counselor"

big, large, magnanimous

adj. generous and understanding and tolerant; "a heart big enough to hold no grudges"; "that's very big of you to be so forgiving"; "a large and generous spirit"; "a large heart"; "magnanimous toward his enemies"

ungrudging

adj. without envy or reluctance; "ungrudging admiration"

accommodating

adj. obliging; willing to do favors; "made a special effort to be accommodating"

adjuvant

adj. enhancing the action of a medical treatment; "the adjuvant action of certain bacteria"

assistive

adj. giving assistance

face-saving

adj. maintaining dignity or prestige; "a face-saving compromise"

facilitative

adj. freeing from difficulty or impediment; "facilitative changes in the economic structure"

facilitatory

adj. inducing or aiding in facilitating neural activity

instrumental, implemental

adj. serving or acting as a means or aid; "instrumental in solving the crime"

laborsaving, labor-saving, labour-saving, laboursaving

adj. designed to replace or conserve human and especially manual labor; "laborsaving devices like washing machines"

attending, ministrant, ministering

adj. serving attendance on someone; "a ministering angel"; "the angels ministrant sang"; "the attending physician"

reformatory, reformative

adj. tending to reform; "reformative and rehabilitative agencies"; "reformatory punishment"

right-hand

adj. most helpful and reliable; "my right-hand man"

stabilizing

adj. causing to become stable; "the family is one of the great stabilizing elements in society"

steadying

adj. causing to become steady; "had a steadying effect on her nerves"

accommodating, accommodative

adj. helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation; "the warden was always accommodating in allowing visitors in"; "made a special effort to be accommodating"

good, benevolent

adj. showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity; "was charitable in his opinions of others"; "kindly criticism"; "a kindly act"; "sympathetic words"; "a large-hearted mentor"

benign, benignant

adj. pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence; "a benign smile"; "the benign sky"; "the benign influence of pure air"

good-natured

adj. having an easygoing and cheerful disposition; "too good-natured to resent a little criticism"; "the good-natured policeman on our block"; "the sounds of good-natured play"

merciful

adj. showing or giving mercy; "sought merciful treatment for the captives"; "a merciful god"

soft

adj. compassionate and kind; conciliatory; "he was soft on his children"

harmless, nonmalignant

adj. not threatening to life or health; not malignant; "a benign tumor is usually harmless"

cordial, genial, affable, amiable

adj. diffusing warmth and friendliness; "an affable smile"; "an amiable gathering"; "cordial relations"; "a cordial greeting"; "a genial host"

chummy, matey, pally, palsy-walsy

adj. (used colloquially) having the relationship of friends or pals

companionate

adj. like a companion; "companionate marriage"; "a companionate dog"

comradely, hail-fellow, hail-fellow-well-met

adj. heartily friendly and congenial

favorable, favourable, well-disposed

adj. favorably disposed; not antagonistic; "a government favorable to our interests"

neighborly, neighbourly

adj. exhibiting the qualities expected in a friendly neighbor

social

adj. marked by friendly companionship with others; "a social cup of coffee"

merciful

adj. (forgiving)

unvindictive

adj. not vindictive

humanitarian, human-centered

adj. marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare; "a humane physician"; "released the prisoner for humanitarian reasons"; "respect and humanistic regard for all members of our species"

painless

adj. with as little pain as possible; "a humane killing"

unkind

adj. lacking kindness; "a thoughtless and unkind remark"; "the unkindest cut of all"

malevolent, malicious

adj. having the nature of or resulting from malice; "malicious gossip"; "took malicious pleasure in...watching me wince"- Rudyard Kipling

severe

adj. unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment; "a parent severe to the pitch of hostility"- H.G.Wells; "a hefty six-footer with a rather severe mien"; "a strict disciplinarian"; "a Spartan upbringing"

nasty

adj. offensive or even (of persons) malicious; "in a nasty mood"; "a nasty accident"; "a nasty shock"; "a nasty smell"; "a nasty trick to pull"; "Will he say nasty things at my funeral?"- Ezra Pound

inconsiderate

adj. lacking regard for the rights or feelings of others; "shockingly inconsiderate behavior"

malevolent, malicious

adj. having the nature of or resulting from malice; "malicious gossip"; "took malicious pleasure in...watching me wince"- Rudyard Kipling

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