kindhearted

See also: kind-hearted

English

Alternative forms

• kind-hearted

Etymology

From kind +‎ hearted.

Adjective

kindhearted (comparative more kindhearted, superlative most kindhearted)

1. Having an innately kind disposition or character.

   Synonyms: warm-hearted, goodhearted

   • 2025 November 13, Kamala Thiagarajan, “If you're going to be kind to another human, today is the day to do it!”, in NPR‎^[1]:

     We wanted to share that kind thought with you because today, November 13, is "World Kindness Day" — created back in 1998 by a consortium of kindhearted charities.

Derived terms

• kindheartedly
• kindheartedness

Related terms

• kindheart

Translations

having an innately kind disposition or character — see also kind

• Arabic: رَقِيق (raqīq), شَفُوق (šafūq), رَقِيق اَلْقَلْب (raqīq al-qalb)
• Belarusian: дабрасардэ́чны (dabrasardéčny), лаго́дны (lahódny)
• Bulgarian: добросърдечен (bg) (dobrosǎrdečen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 善良 (zh) (shànliáng), 親切 / 亲切 (zh) (qīnqiè), 好心腸 / 好心肠 (hǎo xīncháng), 仁慈 (zh) (réncí)

• Czech: dobrosrdečný
• Danish: godhjertet
• Dutch: goedhartig (nl)
• Estonian: heasüdamlik
• Finnish: hyväsydäminen
• French: de cœur (fr), de bon cœur (fr)
• Georgian: გულკეთილი (gulḳetili)
• German: gutherzig (de)
• Gothic: 𐌱𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐍃 (bleiþs)
• Greek: καλόκαρδος (el) (kalókardos)
• Hungarian: jószívű (hu)
• Italian: generoso (it) m
• Japanese: 優しい (ja) (やさしい, yasashii), 親切 (ja) (しんせつ, shinsetsu), 心の優しい (こころのやさしい, kokoro-no yasashii)
• Māori: ngākau aroha
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: godhjertet (no)

• Russian: до́брый (ru) (dóbryj), добросерде́чный (ru) (dobroserdéčnyj)
• Spanish: de buen corazón, bonachón (es) (colloquial)
• Swedish: godhjärtad (sv)
• Thai: ใจดี (th) (jai-dii)
• Ukrainian: добросе́рдий (dobrosérdyj), добросе́рдний (dobrosérdnyj), добросерде́чний (dobroserdéčnyj), ла́гідний (láhidnyj)