Synonyms for gracious
ˈgreɪ ʃəsgra·cious

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1. gracious

   Human denotes what pertains to mankind, with no suggestion as to its being good or evil; as, the human race; human qualities; we speak of human achievements, virtues, or excellences, human follies, vices, or crimes. Humane denotes what may rightly be expected of mankind at its best in the treatment of sentient beings; a humane enterprise or endeavor is one that is intended to prevent or relieve suffering. The humane man will not needlessly inflict pain upon the meanest thing that lives; a merciful man is disposed to withhold or mitigate the suffering even of the guilty. The compassionate man sympathizes with and desires to relieve actual suffering, while one who is humane would forestall and prevent the suffering which he sees to be possible. Compare MERCY; PITIFUL; PITY.

   See synonyms for BARBAROUS.

   Synonyms:
   benevolent, benignant, charitable, clement, compassionate, forgiving, gentle, human, humane, kind, kind-hearted, merciful, pitying, sympathetic, tender, tender-hearted

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1. gracious

   Synonyms:
   affable, courteous, benignant, kind, civil, condescending, merciful, friendly, tender, gentle, beneficent

   Antonyms:
   haughty, discourteous, illdisposed, ungracious, churlish

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1. graciousadjective

   characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit

   "gracious even to unexpected visitors"; "gracious living"; "he bears insult with gracious good humor"

   Synonyms:
   courteous, nice, benignant

   Antonyms:
   graceless, unkind, ungracious, unpleasing, churlish, impolite, unpropitious

2. benignant, graciousadjective

   characterized by kindness and warm courtesy especially of a king to his subjects

   "our benignant king"

   Synonyms:
   courteous, benign, nice, benignant

   Antonyms:
   impolite, graceless, churlish, unpropitious, unpleasing, unkind, ungracious

3. courteous, gracious, niceadjective

   exhibiting courtesy and politeness

   "a nice gesture"

   Synonyms:
   courteous, overnice, squeamish, dainty, benignant, nice, prissy, skillful, decent

   Antonyms:
   graceless, unpropitious, impolite, unpleasing, churlish, unkind, ungracious

4. graciousadjective

   disposed to bestow favors

   "thanks to the gracious gods"

   Synonyms:
   courteous, nice, benignant

   Antonyms:
   unpleasing, impolite, unkind, unpropitious, churlish, graceless, ungracious

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1. graciousadjective

   Synonyms:
   benevolent, benignant, favorable, kind, friendly, merciful, condescending, compassionate, tender, lenient, mild, gentle

2. graciousadjective

   Synonyms:
   affable, familiar, courteous, civil, polite, easy

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1. graciousadjective

   Synonyms:
   merciful, lenient, beneficent, compassionate, benign, tender, graceful, elegant, courteous, debonair, complaisant, urbane, affable

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1. List of paraphrases for "gracious":

   graceful, divine, rahman, courteous, merciful, al-rahman, clemente, benevolent, non-contentious, cordial

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1. Patrick Henry:

   Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss. Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with those warlike preparations which cover our waters and darken our land. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled, that force must be called in to win back our love? Let us not deceive ourselves, sir. These are the implements of war and subjugationthe last arguments to which kings resort.

2. Nancy Pelosi:

   These, some personality issues and the rest, they are minor, we sat down today. We had a good meeting. And the congresswoman is a very gracious member of Congress, so we had a very positive conversation about our districts and how we represent them, our country.

3. Central Command Twitter feed:

   In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful, the CyberCaliphate continues its CyberJihad.

4. Davey Blackburn:

   My wife was such a beautiful, gracious, loving woman of God, i have not only lost my ministry partner and support but also my very best friend. There is no way to prepare yourself for circumstances like these.

5. Tim Matheson:

   We all became Deltas that night, the thing I remember most about John Belushi was how gracious he was to me … The bond went beyond being just actors and I became a friend to him and he was a great friend to me … He was a great man. He was a wonderful actor.