kinder

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
12
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈkaɪndə/(UK)
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/ˈkaɪndə/(UK) · /ˈkaɪndɚ/(US) · /ˈkɪndə/(UK) · /ˈkɪndɚ/(US)

Definition of kinder

11 senses · 4 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (comparative, form-of)comparative form of kind: more kind
    “My aunt has been kinder to me since my father died.”
    “Electric trains have much lower operating costs and are kinder to the track.”
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adj

  1. (comparative, form-of)comparative form of kind: more kind
    “My aunt has been kinder to me since my father died.”
    “Electric trains have much lower operating costs and are kinder to the track.”

adv

  1. (alt-of, alternative, not-comparable)Alternative form of kinda.
    “I told ’im to give you the strings last night, but I’m kinder glad thet Rosebud interfered an’ saved yer life.”
    “'No, he was kinder reticent about that part of it.'”

noun

  1. (humorous, plural, plural-only)Children.
    “But - let wifey leave him with the kinder while out shopping...”
    “Of special interest to the kinder are The Children's Place, Baby Gap, Gap Kids and Gap, Gymboree, The Limited, America!, and the Sweet Factory.”
    “Do note, as Goin mentions, this is a policy better implemented when the kinder are well past infancy.”
  2. (Australia, Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable)Clipping of kindergarten.
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, informal)Clipping of kindergartner.

name

  1. A surname.
  2. Places in the United States:
  3. Places in the United States:
  4. Places in the United States:
  5. Places in the United States:
  6. A minor river in Derbyshire, England, which joins the River Sett.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From kind + -er.

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