Benevolent
Benevolent adjective - Having or marked by sympathy and consideration for others.
Usage example: a benevolent willingness to provide veterinary services to low-income families at greatly reduced prices
Soft and benevolent are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Soft" instead an adjective "Benevolent".
Nearby Word: benevolence
Soft
Soft adjective - Not loud in pitch or volume.
Benevolent and soft are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Benevolent" instead an adjective "Soft".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Good Is Not Soft: Mother Nature, while a benevolent being, is terrifying in some of her forms, such as quicksand or hurricanes.
- At the time of the First Contact with the Kzin in the short story "The Warriors", humanity has been conditioned by the A.R.M., basically benevolent Secret Police who rule Earth with a soft but tight iron grip backed up by Government Drug Enforcement, to totally reject war and physical conflict.
Source: Perfect Pacifist People
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