Definition for Merciful:

• Unwilling to give pain; compassionate.

Synonyms for Merciful:

• adj.

  •forgiving (adjective)
  • clement,
  • Absolving.
  •kind, sparing (adjective)
  • easygoing,
  • generous,
  • heart in right place,
  • bleeding heart,
  • pitying,
  • pitiful,
  • beneficent,
  • liberal,
  • sympathetic,
  • Condoning,
  • benignant,
  • feeling,
  • Pardoning,
  • softhearted.
  •mild (adjective)
  • peaceable,
  • unassuming,
  • Forbearant.

• n.

  •
  • understanding,
  • thoughtful.
  •
  • attitude.
  •
  • accept.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • magnanimous.
  •
  • lax,
  • humanitarian.
  •
  • soft.
  •compassionate
  • kindhearted.
  •kind
  • kindly,
  • kind.
  •merciful
  • sparing.
  •Other relevant words:
  • still,
  • kindliness,
  • hallowed,
  • accepting,
  • glorious,
  • gift,
  • unbounded,
  • luminous,
  • ruth,
  • passive,
  • goodness,
  • making,
  • sympathy,
  • creation,
  • unlimited,
  • good-natured,
  • clemency,
  • aid,
  • indulgence,
  • humanist,
  • genial,
  • easy going,
  • yielding,
  • propitious,
  • philanthropic,
  • generosity,
  • mercy,
  • forgiveness,
  • sacred,
  • compassionately,
  • creative,
  • inoffensive,
  • undisturbed,
  • agreeable,
  • humanity,
  • one,
  • humanistic,
  • ruthful,
  • infinite,
  • highest,
  • equable,
  • benignity,
  • light,
  • undefined,
  • exhilarating,
  • decency,
  • melting,
  • friendly,
  • bounteous,
  • largesse,
  • eternal,
  • tranquil,
  • pacific,
  • subdued,
  • affable,
  • condolent,
  • moderate,
  • bountiful,
  • All-wise,
  • loving,
  • humaneness,
  • ubiquitous,
  • joyous,
  • solicitous,
  • deferential,
  • philanthropy,
  • everlasting,
  • kernel,
  • calm,
  • tame,
  • Exorable,
  • considerate,
  • magnanimity,
  • human,
  • cheerful,
  • lenience,
  • submissive,
  • Large-hearted,
  • temperate,
  • timeless,
  • all-knowing,
  • smooth,
  • conciliatory,
  • unhardened,
  • just,
  • balmy,
  • modest,
  • numinous,
  • bounty,
  • hearted,
  • expressing sympathy,
  • compassion,
  • benevolence,
  • beneficial,
  • tenderness,
  • limitless,
  • pity,
  • immortal,
  • restful,
  • boundless,
  • Sympathizing,
  • permanent,
  • tolerance,
  • lenity,
  • shaping,
  • heartwarming,
  • benevolent,
  • immutable,
  • all-seeing,
  • auspicious,
  • eleemosynary,
  • omnipotent,
  • patient,
  • condescending,
  • sensitive,
  • mellow,
  • mercifulness,
  • courtesy,
  • unruffled,
  • profusion,
  • satisfying,
  • placid,
  • docile,
  • changeless,
  • Creating,
  • big,
  • tractable,
  • all-powerful,
  • perpetual,
  • sovereign,
  • majestic,
  • openhearted,
  • peaceful,
  • bland,
  • caring,
  • joyful,
  • loving-kindness,
  • fond,
  • commiserative,
  • non-violent,
  • soothing,
  • untroubled,
  • accommodating,
  • kindness,
  • life-affirming,
  • supreme,
  • pleasing,
  • radiant,
  • liberality,
  • unchanging,
  • weak,
  • warm,
  • munificence,
  • permissive,
  • serene,
  • leniency,
  • mercifully,
  • pitiless,
  • amiable,
  • affectionate,
  • holy,
  • uplifting,
  • meek,
  • charity,
  • virtue,
  • omnipresent,
  • bleeding,
  • quiet,
  • omniscient,
  • beneficence,
  • almighty.

Paraphrases for Merciful:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    compassionate.
  • Proper noun, singular
    compassionate.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    benevolent, lenient, gracious, humane.
  • Proper noun, singular
    gracious, Clemente.

Antonyms for Merciful:

• adj.

  • all
    merciless.
  • kind, sparing
    hateful, mean, Ungiving, harsh, uncompassionate, severe, cruel, merciless, unkind, unsympathetic, hard, inhumane, unmerciful, unforgiving.
  • Other antonyms:
    fierce, tigerish, ungracious.

Homophones for Merciful:

• Marco Polo, marsupial, marsupialia, marriageable.