Usually means: Thoughtful of others' feelings, needs.
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We found 25 dictionaries that define the word considerate:

General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. considerate: Merriam-Webster
  2. considerate: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. considerate: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. considerate: Collins English Dictionary
  5. considerate: Vocabulary.com
  6. Considerate, considerate: Wordnik
  7. considerate: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. considerate: Wiktionary
  9. considerate: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. considerate: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. considerate: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Considerate, considerate: Dictionary.com
  13. considerate: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Considerate: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. considerate: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. considerate: Rhymezone
  17. Considerate: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. considerate: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. considerate: FreeDictionary.org
  20. considerate: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. considerate: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. considerate: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. considerate: Legal dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Consciously thoughtful and observant (often of other people and their rights, needs, feelings and comfort).
▸ adjective:  Characterised by careful and conscious thought.
▸ verb:  (rare) Synonym of consider

Similar:
thoughtful, kind, sensitive, attentive, delicate, tender-minded, caring, compassionate, intelligent, gentle, more...

Opposite:
inconsiderate, thoughtless, rude, selfish

Types:
thoughtful, kind, caring, attentive, generous, selfless, more...

Phrases:
considerate of, considerate thoughtful, extra considerate, being considerate, quality of being considerate, more...

Adjectives:
little, more, real, extra, mighty, exquisitely, same, devilish, inconsiderate, whole, damn

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Similar:
thoughtful, kind, sensitive, attentive, delicate, tender-minded, caring, compassionate, intelligent, gentle, more...

Opposite:
inconsiderate, thoughtless, rude, selfish

Types:
thoughtful, kind, caring, attentive, generous, selfless, more...

Phrases:
considerate of, considerate thoughtful, extra considerate, being considerate, quality of being considerate, not considerate, in a respectful and considerate manner, considerate person, consider considerate, more...

Adjectives:
little, more, real, extra, mighty, exquisitely, same, devilish, inconsiderate, whole, damn

Colors:
    soft blue,     pastel pink,     lavender,     mint green,     light gray, more...



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