kind1
- of a good or benevolent nature or disposition, as a person: a kind and loving person.
- having, showing, or proceeding from benevolence: kind words.
- indulgent, considerate, or helpful; humane (often followed by to): to be kind to animals.
- mild; gentle; clement: kind weather.
- British Dialect. loving; affectionate.
Origin of kind1
Synonyms
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Examples from the Web for kinder
Contemporary Examples
Mr. Huckabee far overshadows his kinder, gentler Gov. Huckabee.
Your sister-in-law is kinder and truly taken aback that you look “so healthy!”
One of his kinder letters of recommendation warned that his scholarship was “open to the charge of sensationalism.”
Wonder Woman’s Creation Story Is Wilder Than You Could Ever ImagineTom Arnold-Forster
November 3, 2014
Carroll was kinder, shrugging that “you can only take a person at his word.”
Sobriety brought a new, kinder, and gentler Womack, who often expressed remorse and regret over his past offenses.
Bobby Womack’s Sexual Democracy: The Late Soul Legend Preached Mutual PleasureDavid Masciotra
June 29, 2014
Historical Examples
My friend was, if any thing, kinder and more affectionate than ever.
All that one is able to record is that she was kinder to Yates than she had been at the beginning.
In the Midst of AlarmsRobert Barr
He kinder started when he see me, jumped on and begin to drive off.
The UnderdogF. Hopkinson Smith
Old mare's kinder skeery o' the engine, so I tied her a piece off.
The UnderdogF. Hopkinson Smith
The eyes were wide apart, and kinder than in the photographs.
It Happened in EgyptC. N. Williamson
kind1
- having a friendly or generous nature or attitude
- helpful to others or to anothera kind deed
- considerate or humane
- cordial; courteous (esp in the phrase kind regards)
- pleasant; agreeable; milda kind climate
- informal beneficial or not harmfula detergent that is kind to the hands
- archaic loving
Word Origin
kind2
- a class or group having characteristics in common; sort; typetwo of a kind; what kind of creature?
- an instance or example of a class or group, esp a rudimentary oneheating of a kind
- essential nature or characterthe difference is one of kind rather than degree
- archaic gender or sex
- archaic nature; the natural order
- in kind
- (of payment) in goods or produce rather than in money
- with something of the same sortto return an insult in kind
- kind of informal
- (adverb)somewhat; ratherkind of tired
- (sentence substitute)used to express reservation or qualified assentI figured it out. Kind of
Word Origin
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Word Origin and History for kinder
kind
n.
"class, sort, variety," from Old English gecynd "kind, nature, race," related to cynn "family" (see kin), from Proto-Germanic *gakundjaz "family, race" (see kind (adj.)). Ælfric's rendition of "the Book of Genesis" into Old English came out gecyndboc. The prefix disappeared 1150-1250. No exact cognates beyond English, but it corresponds to adjective endings such as Goth -kunds, Old High German -kund. Also in English as a suffix (mankind, etc.). Other earlier, now obsolete, senses in English included "character, quality derived from birth" and "manner or way natural or proper to anyone." Use in phrase a kind of (1590s) led to colloquial extension as adverb (1804) in phrases such as kind of stupid ("a kind of stupid (person)").
kind
adj.
"friendly, deliberately doing good to others," from Old English gecynde "natural, native, innate," originally "with the feeling of relatives for each other," from Proto-Germanic *gakundiz "natural, native," from *kunjam (see kin), with collective prefix *ga- and abstract suffix *-iz. Sense development from "with natural feelings," to "well-disposed" (c.1300), "benign, compassionate" (c.1300).
Idioms and Phrases with kinder
kind
In addition to the idiom beginning with kind
- kind of
also see:
- all kinds of
- in kind
- nothing of the kind
- of a kind
- two of a kind