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Benign synonyms

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good
In effect; operative:
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  1. In effect; operative:
  2. Pleasant; enjoyable:
  3. Competent; skilled:
gracious
(Archaic) Having pleasing qualities; attractive
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  1. (Archaic) Having pleasing qualities; attractive
  2. Condescendingly courteous; indulgent:
  3. Characterized by elegance and good taste:
kindly
Of a sympathetic, helpful, or benevolent nature:
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  1. Of a sympathetic, helpful, or benevolent nature:
  2. (--- Obsolete) Natural to its kind.
  3. Kind; gracious; benign
favorable
Advantageous; helpful:
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  1. Advantageous; helpful:
  2. Winning approval; pleasing:
  3. Granting what has been desired or requested:
mild
Not extreme:
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  1. Not extreme:
  2. Moderate in type, degree, effect, or force:
  3. Not severe or acute:
innocuous
Not controversial, offensive, or stimulating; dull and uninspiring
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  1. Not controversial, offensive, or stimulating; dull and uninspiring
  2. That does not injure or harm; harmless
  3. Having no adverse effect; harmless.
altruistic
Of or motivated by altruism; unselfish
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  1. Of or motivated by altruism; unselfish
  2. Regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish
beneficent
Characterized by or performing acts of kindness or charity.
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  1. Characterized by or performing acts of kindness or charity.
  2. Producing benefit; beneficial.
  3. Showing beneficence; doing good
benevolent
Characterized by or resulting from benevolence
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  1. Characterized by or resulting from benevolence
  2. Relating to a charitable organization that operates without making a profit.
  3. Doing or inclined to do good; kindly; charitable
benignant
Favorable; beneficial.
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  1. Favorable; beneficial.
  2. Kindly or gracious, sometimes in a patronizing way
  3. (Now rare) Kind; gracious; favorable.
good
In effect; operative:
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  1. In effect; operative:
  2. Pleasant; enjoyable:
  3. Having the qualities that are desirable or distinguishing in a particular thing:
goodhearted
Kind and generous.
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  1. Kind and generous.
kind
Sympathetic, friendly, gentle, tenderhearted, generous, etc.
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  1. Sympathetic, friendly, gentle, tenderhearted, generous, etc.
  2. Agreeable or beneficial:
  3. Gentle; tractable; easily governed.
kindhearted
Having or resulting from a kind heart; sympathetic; kindly
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  1. Having or resulting from a kind heart; sympathetic; kindly
  2. Kind, sympathetic, or generous.
kindly
Of a sympathetic, helpful, or benevolent nature:
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  1. Of a sympathetic, helpful, or benevolent nature:
  2. (--- Obsolete) Natural to its kind.
  3. Kind; gracious; benign
auspicious
Favored by fortune; successful
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  1. Favored by fortune; successful
  2. Presenting favorable circumstances or showing signs of a favorable outcome; propitious:
  3. Of good omen; boding well for the future; favorable; propitious
bright
Clear or brilliant in color or sound; vivid or intense
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  1. Clear or brilliant in color or sound; vivid or intense
  2. Full of promise and hope; auspicious:
  3. Mentally quick; smart, clever, witty, etc.
brilliant
Full of light; shining.
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  1. Full of light; shining.
  2. Having or showing keen intelligence, great talent or skill, etc.
  3. Sharp and clear in tone:
fair
Apparently favorable but really false; specious
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  1. Apparently favorable but really false; specious
  2. Moderately good; acceptable or satisfactory:
  3. Of moderately good size
favorable
Advantageous; helpful:
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  1. Advantageous; helpful:
  2. Winning approval; pleasing:
  3. Granting what has been desired or requested:
fortunate
Presaging happiness.
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  1. Presaging happiness.
  2. Lucky, favored by fortune.
  3. Having unexpected good fortune; lucky.
good
In effect; operative:
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  1. In effect; operative:
  2. Pleasant; enjoyable:
  3. Having the qualities that are desirable or distinguishing in a particular thing:
propitious
Favorably inclined or disposed; gracious
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  1. Favorably inclined or disposed; gracious
  2. Presenting favorable circumstances or showing signs of a favorable outcome; auspicious:
  3. Boding well; favorable; auspicious
Find another word for benign. In this page you can discover 30 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for benign, like: good, gracious, kindly, favorable, mild, innocuous, not malignant, kind, harmless, kind and altruistic.

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  • Their whole business was to hunt through the older authorities in search of " benign " decisions.

  • Of course you want to make sure your family is protected from a potential health risk, but at the same time, you don't want to waste your time and resources avoiding something that is really benign.

  • Abnormally high platelet levels (thrombocytosis) may indicate either a benign reaction to an infection, surgery, or certain medications; or a disease like polycythemia vera, in which the bone marrow produces too many platelets too quickly.

  • The bilirubin test will determine if hyperbilirubinemia is present and, along with other diagnostic tests, help determine if the condition is relatively normal (benign) or possibly related to liver function problems or other conditions.

  • While sci-fi movies of the fifties typically employed robots as threats to either the individual characters or to mankind writ large, the literature and early TV presented much more benign views of robothood.

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