benign

Meaning

1. Kind; gentle; mild.
2. mild and favorable
3. Not harmful to the environment.
4. Not posing any serious threat to health; not particularly aggressive or recurrent.

Synonyms

kind

benignant

mild

harmless

kindly

gracious

affable

benevolent

munificent

good

👍

soft

favorable

safe

gentle

innocuous

friendly

noncancerous

favourable

propitious

bland

good natured

complaisant

non-malignant

inoffensive

dependable

faithful

freehearted

generous

genial

golden

good-hearted

humane

indulgent

innocent

😇

kind-hearted

lenient

meek

neighbourly

nonmalignant

obliging

placid

prosperous

quiet

reliable

responsible

secure

softhearted

sure

sympathetic

temperate

trustworthy

well-disposed

well-intentioned

benefic

doing good

couthy

accessible

accommodating

accommodative

amiable

amicable

auspicious

avuncular

balmy

beneficent

beneficial

biddable

boon

bountiful

cancerless

certain

charitable

civil

clement

compassionate

condescending

corrigible

courteous

curable

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɪˈnaɪn/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: benigne

In summary

From Middle English benigne, benygne, from Old French benigne, from Latin benignus (“kind, good”), from bene (“well”) + genus (“origin, kind”). Compare malign.