Gentle

Adjective

 * 1) Tender and amiable; of a considerate or kindly disposition
 * 2) Soft and mild rather than hard or severe
 * 3) Docile and easily managed
 * 4) Gradual rather than steep or sudden
 * 5) Polite and respectful rather than rude

Verb

 * 1)  to become gentle
 * 2)  to ennoble
 * 3)  to break; to tame; to domesticate
 * 4)  To soothe; to calm.

Noun

 * 1)  A person of high birth.
 * 2)  A maggot used as bait by anglers

Adverbs for Gentle
considerately; sympathetically; indulgently; remarkably; particularly; affably; curiously; compassionately; mercifully; understandingly; softly; tolerantly; calmly; forbearingly; patiently; gravely; quietly; serenely; complaisantly; politely;   ingratiatingly; amazingly.

Synonyms for Gentle
kind, tender, mild, bland, placid, peaceful, docile, meek, soft, tame, soothing, suave, moderate, temperate, calm, benign, easy, pacific, serene, balmy, sweet, pleasing, yielding, light, genteel, tractable, compliant.

Antonyms for Gentle
uncultured, boorish, rough, coarse, uncouth, harsh, excessive, strong, rude, wild, barbarous, vulgar, unpolished, clownish, ill-tempered, gross, ill-mannered, uncivil, stormy, boisterous, ungracious.

Derived terms

 * gentleness
 * gently
 * gentleman
 * gentlewoman

Thesaurus
accepting, acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, accustom, adapt, adjust, affable, agreeable, ambling, amiable, appease, aristocratic, balmy, barely audible, bed, bed down, benign, bland, bleeding, bonhomous, break, break in, break to harness, bridle, broken, brush, bust, calm, calm down, case harden, cautious, charitable, chastened, chivalrous, circumspect, claudicant, clement, commiserative, compassionate, complaisant, compose, condition, condolent, confirm, controllable, cool, cordial, cradle, crawling, creeping, creeping like snail, cultivated, cultured, curry, currycomb, cushion, dainty, decrescendo, deliberate, delicate, dim, distant, docile, domesticate, domesticated, domesticize, dovelike, drench, ducal, dulcify, ease, easy, easy-natured, easygoing, establish, even out, exalted, faint, faint-voiced, faltering, familiarize, feeble, feed, fix, flagging, fluff, fodder, foot-dragging, forbearant, forbearing, forgiving, genial, genteel, gentlemanlike, gentlemanly, good-humored, good-natured, good-tempered, gracious, gradual, groom, habituate, halcyon, half-heard, halting, handle, harden, harness, high, highbred, hitch, hobbled, hobbling, housebreak, housebroken, human, humane, humble, hush, hushed, idle, indistinct, indolent, indulgent, inure, judicious, kind, kindly, kinglike, kingly, knead, knightly, ladylike, lamblike, languid, languorous, lax, laxate, lazy, leisurely, lenient, light, limber, limber up, limping, litter, loosen, low, lull, lumbering, manage, manageable, mash, massage, meek, mellow, mellowy, melting, merciful, mild, mild as milk, milden, milk, moderate, mollified, mollify, murmured, naturalize, noble, nonresistive, nonrigid, nonviolent, of gentle blood, of rank, orient, orientate, pacific, pacifistic, pacify, patient, patrician, peaceable, peaceful, pianissimo, piano, pitying, placid, pleasant, pleasing, plump, poking, poky, polished, pour balm into, princelike, princely, prudent, pulp, queenlike, queenly, quell, quiet, quite the lady, refined, relax, relaxed, reluctant, rest, restful, rock, rock to sleep, rub down, ruthful, saddle, sauntering, scarcely heard, season, serene, shake up, shuffling, slack, slothful, slow, slow as death, slow as molasses, slow as slow, slow-crawling, slow-foot, slow-going, slow-legged, slow-moving, slow-paced, slow-poky, slow-running, slow-sailing, slow-stepped, sluggish, smash, smooth, smooth down, smooth over, smoothen, snail-paced, snaillike, sober, soft, soft as putty, soft-sounding, soft-voiced, soften, soften up, softened, softhearted, soothe, soothing, squash, stabilize, staggering, steady, still, strolling, subaudible, subdue, subdued, supple, sweet, sweet-tempered, sympathetic, sympathizing, tame, tamed, temperate, tend, tender, tenderhearted, tenderize, tentative, thoughtful, titled, toddling, tolerant, tone down, tortoiselike, tottering, tractable, train, tranquil, tranquilize, trudging, tune down, turtlelike, unclear, understanding, undisturbed, unhurried, unruffled, untroubled, waddling, warmhearted, water, weak, weak-voiced, well-bred, well-brought-up, well-natured, whisper-soft, whispered, wont, yoke

Etymology
From gentil:, from  gentil:, from  gentilis:, from gens:

Adjective

 * Chinese: 斯文 (sīwén)
 * Finnish:
 * Irish:


 * Italian:
 * Polish: łagodny, delikatny


 * Finnish: ,
 * Irish:


 * Polish: łagodny, delikatny


 * Chinese: 斯文 (sīwén)


 * Irish:


 * Finnish: vähittäinen


 * Chinese: 斯文 (sīwén)


 * : gentil