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kindhearted

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Having an innately kind disposition or character.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: warm-hearted, goodhearted

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

having or proceeding from an innately kind disposition

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a generous and kindhearted teacher

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: kind-hearted

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From kind + hearted.

Across languages

Translations

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: رَقِيق (raqīq) — having an innately kind disposition or character
  • Arabic: شَفُوق (šafūq) — having an innately kind disposition or character
  • Arabic: رَقِيق اَلْقَلْب (raqīq al-qalb) — having an innately kind disposition or character
  • Belarusian: дабрасардэ́чны (dabrasardéčny) — having an innately kind disposition or character
  • Belarusian: лаго́дны (lahódny) — having an innately kind disposition or character
  • Bulgarian: добросърдечен (dobrosǎrdečen) — having an innately kind disposition or character
  • Chinese Mandarin: 善良 (shànliáng) — having an innately kind disposition or character
  • Chinese Mandarin: 親切 /亲切 (qīnqiè) — having an innately kind disposition or character
  • Chinese Mandarin: 好心腸 /好心肠 (hǎo xīncháng) — having an innately kind disposition or character
  • Chinese Mandarin: 仁慈 (réncí) — having an innately kind disposition or character
  • Czech: dobrosrdečný — having an innately kind disposition or character
  • Danish: godhjertet — having an innately kind disposition or character
  • Dutch: goedhartig — having an innately kind disposition or character
  • Estonian: heasüdamlik — having an innately kind disposition or character
  • Finnish: hyväsydäminen — having an innately kind disposition or character
  • French: de cœur — having an innately kind disposition or character
  • French: de bon cœur — having an innately kind disposition or character
  • Georgian: გულკეთილი (gulḳetili) — having an innately kind disposition or character
  • German: gutherzig — having an innately kind disposition or character
  • Gothic: 𐌱𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐍃 (bleiþs) — having an innately kind disposition or character
  • Greek: καλόκαρδος (kalókardos) — having an innately kind disposition or character
  • Hungarian: jószívű — having an innately kind disposition or character
  • Italian: generoso — having an innately kind disposition or character
  • Japanese: 優しい (yasashii) — having an innately kind disposition or character
  • Japanese: 親切 (shinsetsu) — having an innately kind disposition or character
  • Japanese: 心の優しい (kokoro-no yasashii) — having an innately kind disposition or character
  • Māori: ngākau aroha — having an innately kind disposition or character
  • Norwegian Bokmål: godhjertet — having an innately kind disposition or character
  • Russian: до́брый (dóbryj) — having an innately kind disposition or character
  • Russian: добросерде́чный (dobroserdéčnyj) — having an innately kind disposition or character
  • Spanish: de buen corazón — having an innately kind disposition or character
  • Spanish: bonachón — having an innately kind disposition or character
  • Swedish: godhjärtad — having an innately kind disposition or character
  • Thai: ใจดี (jai-dii) — having an innately kind disposition or character
  • Ukrainian: добросе́рдий (dobrosérdyj) — having an innately kind disposition or character
  • Ukrainian: добросе́рдний (dobrosérdnyj) — having an innately kind disposition or character
  • Ukrainian: добросерде́чний (dobroserdéčnyj) — having an innately kind disposition or character
  • Ukrainian: ла́гідний (láhidnyj) — having an innately kind disposition or character