good nature
Easygoing, friendly temperament
Good nature is a disposition toward kindness, patience, and cheerfulness.
A person of good nature takes things in stride, doesn't hold grudges, and remains pleasant even under minor provocations: His good nature made him easy to work with.
The adjective form good-natured describes someone with this temperament: a good-natured ribbing among friends.
Warm, friendly disposition
- cordialitySincere friendly warmth
- congenialityPleasant, agreeable nature
- warmthHeat you feel
- amiabilityFriendly, agreeable temperament
approachability · sociability · pleasantness · graciousness · agreeableness · amicability · comity · camaraderie
Disposition toward doing good
- compassionConcern for others' distress
- gentlenessSoft, kind demeanor
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
- warmheartednessSincere affection toward others
kindheartedness · consideration · thoughtfulness · caring · sympathy · empathy · solicitude · humanity
Inherent character or arrangement
- characterNature, symbol, or role
- demeanorOutward manner, conduct
- personalityCharacteristic mental patterns
- temperamentInborn behavioral nature
constitution · traits · qualities · spirit · outlook · mentality · mindset · makeup
Patient self-control, delayed enforcement
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
- equanimityUnshakable mental steadiness
- composureEmotional self-control
- imperturbabilityState of being unflappable
unflappability · long-suffering · easygoingness · mildness · placidity · calmness · serenity · tranquility
Amusement with laughter
- jovialityHearty, convivial cheerfulness
- buoyancyFluid's upward resistance
- lightheartednessCheerful lack of worry
- gaietyLively, exuberant cheerfulness
blitheness · optimism · exuberance · ebullience · happiness · joyfulness · vivacity · high spirits
affability
Warm, friendly disposition
- cordialitySincere friendly warmth
- congenialityPleasant, agreeable nature
- warmthHeat you feel
amiability · approachability · sociability · pleasantness · graciousness · agreeableness · amicability · comity · camaraderie · bonhomie
benevolence
Disposition toward doing good
- compassionConcern for others' distress
- gentlenessSoft, kind demeanor
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
warmheartedness · kindheartedness · consideration · thoughtfulness · caring · sympathy · empathy · solicitude · humanity · generosity
disposition
Inherent character or arrangement
- characterNature, symbol, or role
- demeanorOutward manner, conduct
- personalityCharacteristic mental patterns
temperament · constitution · traits · qualities · spirit · outlook · mentality · mindset · makeup · bent
forbearance
Patient self-control, delayed enforcement
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
- equanimityUnshakable mental steadiness
- composureEmotional self-control
imperturbability · unflappability · long-suffering · easygoingness · mildness · placidity · calmness · serenity · tranquility · indulgence
mirth
Amusement with laughter
- jovialityHearty, convivial cheerfulness
- buoyancyFluid's upward resistance
- lightheartednessCheerful lack of worry
gaiety · blitheness · optimism · exuberance · ebullience · happiness · joyfulness · vivacity · high spirits · effervescence
- ___ nature
- gentle traitskindness, patience, warmth, empathy, compassion
- Goodnesskindness, charity, compassion, generosity, goodwill
- kindnesskindness, niceness, goodness, gentleness, empathy
- likable traitsfriendliness, amiability, affability, agreeableness, likability
- gentlenessgentleness, mildness, tenderness, softness, meekness
good naturebad temper
irritability · sourness · surliness · crabbiness · cantankerousness
good naturemeanness
Spiteful, unkind disposition
nastiness · unpleasantness · disagreeableness · ill will · malevolence
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