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Adjective gracious has 5 senses
- gracious - characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit; "gracious even to unexpected visitors"; "gracious living"; "he bears insult with gracious good humor"
Antonyms: ungracious, churlish, graceless, unpleasing
- beneficent, benevolent, gracious - doing or producing good
Antonyms: evil, wicked (indirect, via good)
- benignant, gracious - characterized by kindness and warm courtesy especially of a king to his subjects; "our benignant king"
Antonym: unkind (indirect, via kind)
- courteous, gracious, nice - exhibiting courtesy and politeness; "a nice gesture"
Antonym: impolite (indirect, via polite)
- gracious - disposed to bestow favors; "thanks to the gracious gods"
Antonym: unpropitious (indirect, via propitious)
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