adj
Meaning 1
Kind, sensitive, or empathetic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- She's a very caring person; she always has a kind word for everyone.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
caring
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɛə.ɹɪŋ/
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General-American: /ˈkɛɹ.ɪŋ/
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rhymes with -ɛəɹɪŋ
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CMU ARPABET: K EH1 R IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The act of one who cares.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
present participle and gerund of care
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
feeling and exhibiting concern and empathy for others
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- caring friends
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
a loving feeling
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lovingness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: love
Narrower terms: warmheartedness, warmth
History
Etymology
From care + -ing. The adjective follows from the verb.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: հոգատար (hogatar) — kind, sensitive, empathetic
- Dutch: zorgzaam — kind, sensitive, empathetic
- Erzya: дошуж (došuž) — kind, sensitive, empathetic
- Esperanto: zorgema — kind, sensitive, empathetic
- Finnish: huolehtivainen — kind, sensitive, empathetic
- French: attentionné — kind, sensitive, empathetic
- German: fürsorglich — kind, sensitive, empathetic
- Hungarian: gondoskodó — kind, sensitive, empathetic
- Latvian: gādīgs — kind, sensitive, empathetic
- Latvian: rūpīgs — kind, sensitive, empathetic
- Māori: tūpore — kind, sensitive, empathetic
- Norwegian: omsorgsfull — kind, sensitive, empathetic
- Polish: troskliwy — kind, sensitive, empathetic
- Russian: забо́тливый (zabótlivyj) — kind, sensitive, empathetic
- Spanish: cariñoso — kind, sensitive, empathetic
- Spanish: cuidador — kind, sensitive, empathetic
- Ukrainian: турбо́тливий (turbótlyvyj) — kind, sensitive, empathetic
- Greek: νοιάξιμο (noiáximo) — Translations
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