caringadjective
uk/ˈkeə.rɪŋ/us/ˈker.ɪŋ/B2 A caring person is kind and gives emotional support to others:
I've always thought of Jo as a very caring person.
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- The government is deliberately trying to project a more caring image.
- She was a very loving wife and mother and a caring friend.
- He's very efficient and caring - I think he would make a good nurse.
- Unless salaries are improved, more and more good staff will leave the caring professions.
- He is known for his tireless and caring work with disadvantaged children.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Kind & thoughtful
- accommodating
- attentive
- avuncular
- be all heart idiom
- be big of sb idiom
- benign
- consideration
- fatherly
- good-hearted
- good-natured
- goodwill
- gracious
- have a heart of gold idiom
- neighbourly
- nice
- nicely
- obliging
- open-hearted
- supportive
- well meant
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