gracious

1. 1.

   characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit

   “gracious even to unexpected visitors”

   “gracious living”

   “he bears insult with gracious good humor”

   Antonymsungracious

   Similarelegantmerciful
2. 2.

   characterized by kindness and warm courtesy especially of a king to his subjects

   “our benignant king”

   Synonymsbenignant

   Similarkind
3. 3.

   exhibiting courtesy and politeness

   “a nice gesture”

   Synonymscourteousnice

   Similarpolite
4. 4.

   disposed to bestow favors

   “thanks to the gracious gods”

   Similarpropitious

Other forms of gracious

comparative

graciouser·

superlative

graciousest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about gracious

What does gracious mean?

gracious means "characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in gracious?

gracious has 2 syllables: gra-cious. The stress falls on "gra". In IPA it is /ˈɡɹeɪʃəs/.

What is another word for gracious?

Close synonyms include benignant, courteous, nice. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of gracious?

The recorded antonyms are ungracious.

Is gracious a common word?

gracious is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.