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Synonyms and Antonyms of indulgent

1 tolerant and kind in the judgment of and expectations for others
  • she was perhaps a bit too indulgent with her children, who always seemed to get away with everything
Synonyms of indulgent

charitable, clement, easy, soft
Words Related to indulgent

accommodating, acquiescent, amenable, obliging

easygoing, laid-back, undemanding
Near Antonyms of indulgent

demanding

uncharitable, unforgiving

inflexible, intolerant, unbending, uncompromising, unyielding
Antonyms of indulgent

hard, harsh, severe, stern, strict
2 given to or marked by excessive gratification of one's desires
  • inherited riches helped fuel her indulgent lifestyle
Synonyms of indulgent

decadent, hedonistic, luxurious, overindulgent, self-indulgent, sybaritic
Words Related to indulgent

carnal, fleshly, sensual, sensuous, voluptuous

masturbatory, onanistic, self-absorbed, self-obsessed

gluttonous, greedy, rapacious, voracious

extravagant, incontinent, intemperate, reckless, splurging, uncontrolled, wanton
Near Antonyms of indulgent

abstemious, abstinent, continent, sober, temperate

ascetic (also ascetical), austere, spartan

disciplined, self-controlled, self-disciplined, self-governed
Antonyms of indulgent

self-abnegating, self-denying
3 willing to do a favor
  • an indulgent clerk who let me try on practically every size-seven shoe the store had
Synonyms of indulgent

accommodating, accommodative, friendly, obliging
Words Related to indulgent

helpful, solicitous

considerate, thoughtful

agreeable, amenable, complaisant, gracious

lenient, overindulgent, permissive

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