Synonyms for mild
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1. mildadjective

   Synonyms:
   meek, gentle, clement, placid, calm, pleasant, tranquil, kind, bland, soft, indulgent, mollifying, soothing, tender, assuasive, lenitive

   Antonyms:
   strong, severe, violent, disagreeable, harsh, irritating

2. mildadjective

   A relatively low-gravity beer, often with a dark colour; mild ale

   Synonyms:
   assuasive, kind, tranquil, mollifying, pleasant, tender, gentle, soothing, bland, lenitive, placid, meek, clement, soft, indulgent, calm

   Antonyms:
   violent, severe, strong, harsh, irritating, disagreeable

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1. mild

   Synonyms:
   accountable, complaisant, compliant, conditional, constitutional, contingent, docile, ductile, gentle, humble, lenient, limited, lowly, meek, responsible, submissive, yielding

   Antonyms:
   absolute, arbitrary, arrogant, authoritative, autocratic, coercive, commanding, compulsive, compulsory, controlling, despotic, dictatorial, dogmatic, domineering, exacting, haughty, imperative, imperious, irresponsible, lordly, overbearing, peremptory, positive, supreme, tyrannical, unconditional, unequivocal

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1. mild

   Synonyms:
   moderate, lenient, calm, gentle, genial, tempered, soft, meek, tender, placid

   Antonyms:
   violent, wild, fierce, savage, strong, severe, merciless, harsh, bitter

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. mildadjective

   moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme

   "a mild winter storm"; "a mild fever"; "fortunately the pain was mild"; "a mild rebuke"; "mild criticism"

   Synonyms:
   balmy, soft, modest, meek

   Antonyms:
   deep, intensive, keen, wicked, blood-and-guts, violent, thick, strong, profound, wild, overwhelming, proud, smart, tearing, trigger-happy, concentrated, consuming, uttermost(a), big, unrelenting, inclement, main(a), raging, terrible, extreme, intense, exquisite, severe, utmost(a), aggravated, bad, unabated, brutal, screaming(a), intensified, terrific, vehement, fierce, cold

2. meek, mild, modestadjective

   humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness

   "meek and self-effacing"

   Synonyms:
   tame, low, small, humble, lowly, meek, soft, minor, modest, spiritless, balmy, small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized

   Antonyms:
   intensive, raging, terrible, smart, blood-and-guts, unrelenting, proud, uttermost(a), brutal, violent, main(a), screaming(a), keen, utmost(a), inclement, terrific, wild, deep, wicked, vehement, consuming, thick, trigger-happy, severe, unabated, extreme, bad, concentrated, intense, cold, tearing, aggravated, fierce, strong, big, profound, intensified, exquisite, overwhelming

3. balmy, mild, softadjective

   mild and pleasant

   "balmy days and nights"; "the climate was mild and conducive to life or growth"; "a soft breeze"

   Synonyms:
   crackers, round the bend, flaccid, subdued, bats, nutty, buggy, modest, sonant, soft, delicate, gentle, flabby, wacky, kooky, daft, fruity, easy, kookie, indulgent, voiced, nuts, bonkers, dotty, cracked, haywire, meek, piano, easygoing, loco, diffuse, batty, loony, lenient, barmy, diffused, around the bend, balmy, cushy, loopy, whacky

   Antonyms:
   deep, wild, strong, fierce, big, main(a), violent, trigger-happy, concentrated, unabated, extreme, terrific, overwhelming, intensive, screaming(a), exquisite, consuming, proud, thick, uttermost(a), raging, inclement, unrelenting, bad, terrible, keen, brutal, cold, aggravated, blood-and-guts, vehement, intense, utmost(a), smart, tearing, wicked, profound, severe, intensified

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mildadjective

   Synonyms:
   tender, kind, gentle, merciful, clement, compassionate, indulgent, pacific, not severe, not harsh, not cruel

2. mildadjective

   Synonyms:
   soft, gentle, bland, pleasant, not violent, not intense

3. mildadjective

   Synonyms:
   lenitive, assuasive, mollifying, soothing, emollient, demulcent, not acrid, not corrosive

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1. mildadjective

   Synonyms:
   gentle, indulgent, tender, merciful, clement, lenient, bland, demulcent, lenitive, emollient, mitigative

   Antonyms:
   severe, drastic, rigorous, violent, harsh

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1. List of paraphrases for "mild":

   benign, slight, soft, low-tar, moderate, sweet, gentle, light, minor, léger, light-duty, lenient, fresh, lightweight, légère, modest, smooth, non-malignant, low, latif, small, slightly

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1. Patricia Stinchfield:

   You've got to understand how this spreads, and you want to know what people's symptoms are and who's having mild versus severe disease. How many people are hospitalized ? How many in the intensive care unit ?

2. Alzheimers Association saysWith many doctors:

   Mild cognitive impairment is often harder to pick up than dementia because it's often much more subtle.

3. William Schaffner:

   Your case could be mild, but you could give it to Aunt Susie, who's got diabetes, and Aunt Susie may wind up being much more seriously ill.

4. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus:

   We're concerned that people are dismissing Omicron as mild, surely, we have learned by now that we underestimate this virus at our peril.

5. William Keeton:

   A mild to moderate drought may actually enhance fall foliage to some degree, so long as it didn't lead to a lot of' browning' or early leaf drop, then again, drought one year may mean less robust leaf production the next.