Gentle

What do we mean by gentle?

Considerate or kindly in disposition; amiable and tender. adjective

Not harsh or severe; mild and soft. adjective

Easily managed or handled; docile. adjective

Not steep or sudden; gradual. adjective

Of good family; wellborn. adjective

Suited to one of good breeding; refined and polite. adjective

Noble; chivalrous. adjective

One of good birth or relatively high station. noun

To make less severe or intense. transitive verb

To soothe, as by stroking; pacify. transitive verb

To tame or break (a horse). transitive verb

To raise to the status of a noble. transitive verb

Of good birth or family; well-born; specifically, belonging to the gentry as distinguished from the nobility: as, the studies of noble and gentle youth.

Pertaining to or characteristic of good birth or station; honorable; respectable; refined.

Of well-bred character or quality; gracious; courteous; kindly and considerate; not rough or harsh; mild; soothing: as, a gentle nurse; a gentle nature, manner, voice.

Tame; docile; tractable; peaceable; not wild or refractory: as, a gentle horse or hawk.

Improved by cultivation; ameliorated; domesticated.

Soft; mild in action, performance, or use; not rude or boisterous: as, a gentle breeze; a gentle tap; a gentle tone.

Refreshing; reviving.

A person of high birth.

A maggot used as bait by anglers.

A trained falcon, or falcon-gentil.

Words that are spelled similarly to gentle:
gentle, gentile, gently, kentle, gente, gettle.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word gentle:
steeper, slope, breeze, disposition, slopes, giant, temperament, humour, gradient, loving, caring, satire, curves, calm, ballad, steep, touch, shepherd, humor, valleys, quiet, curve, melody, annie, breed, ben, mild, hills, sensitive, soft, terrain, acoustic, warm, sweet, waves, manner, personality, kind, soul, summit, rolling, rain, spirit, mind, friendly, sharp, dogs, nature.

Words that rhyme with gentle:
fundamental, detrimental, judgemental, incidental, transcendental, instrumental, incremental, sentimental, mental, oriental, monumental, rental, dental, continental, temperamental, elemental, kennel, environmental, judgmental, supplemental, occidental, accidental, lentil, fennel, coincidental, parental, experimental, ornamental, chenille, phenol, developmental, phenyl, crenel, yentl, departmental, governmental, centile, quenelle, cental, intercontinental, transcontinental, regimental, intergovernmental, pentyl, nongovernmental, gentil, trental, kentle, crenelle, ental, unsentimental, compartmental, henle, xenyl, dog fennel, occidentale, wennel, fennell, pennell, pennel, common fennel, florence fennel, simental, pimental, water fennel, sentell, kennell, again ill, again till, ascent hill, ascent till, assent till, ben hill, bene il, benel, bent till, cent till, consent till, den til, den till, descent till, event till, extent till, fehnel, gen hull, glen hill, grenell, haenel, ken hill, kent hill, meant ill, meant till, men ill, men till, n il, n ill, pancontinental, pen till, president hill, president till.

Adjectives that are often used to describe gentle:
soft, true, getz, not, preziosi, yet, temperament, modest, passionless, more, poor, sweet, weak, private, very, former.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective gentle:
breeze, voice, slope, pressure, man, heat, slopes, hand, smile, reader, touch, spirit, manner, nature, eyes, words, wind, rain, face, heart, woman, motion, lady, soul, manners, tone, birth, curve, hands, disposition, art, creature, massage, traction, blood, stream, person, breezes, hills, girl, persuasion, movement, exercise, mother, kiss, tap, means, treatment, agitation, rise, sound, push, tones, light, waves, irony, reminder, wife, handling, suction, love, air, current, kind, movements, knight, humor, expression, curves, undulations, melancholy, warmth, boy, sleep, fingers, squeeze, fire, sigh, swell, hint, knock, look, murmur, heating, manipulation, ascent, winds, creatures, shaking.

Consonant match to gentle:
journal, gentile, genteel, ginnel, gentil, genal, janel, joint ill, gen hull, gene hall, gene hill, ginnell, gintel, jane heal, jane hill, jane hull, jane neal, jayne hill, jean hall, jean hill, joan hill, john hill, john hull, join till, june hill.

Words that sound like gentle:
gentle, gentil, gentille, gentile, genteel, genital, jandal, gentles, genta, jenell, gentled, yentl, chantal, chantel, chantell, schendel, jenelle, ginnel, gentilly, general, genial, chantelle, gentiles, janel, shantel, shantelle, jauntily, gentoo, genty, gtl, genteelly, jemal, shindle, giunta, genal, jonell, schindel, gemel, jointe, geml, janell, mental, rental, dental, lentil, cental, jaunting, jointing, hendel, dentil, mentale, pentyl, kentle, dentile, chenal, ventile, ventil, ginty, jonelle, gemayel, jonah hill, gundel, jehle, genung, gently, gent, jenna, gents, genitals, jetta, gentry, jaunty, gentler, gena, genoa, genna, gente, chandelle, jamel, chenille, chunnel, ental, jent, jandals, hindle, jeta, janda, dentel, geneal, generale, gentz, agential, gentilesse, chital, jamul, buntal, dentelle, jantu, janty, gentling.