Do You Hyphenate Kindhearted?

In American English, kindhearted is one word—no space, no hyphen.

Is kindhearted one word or two?

If you're kindhearted, you're a considerate and empathetic person. When someone loses their home in a fire, their kindhearted neighbors will pitch in to help them. Kindhearted is almost a synonym of kind, but it implies an even deeper layer of sympathy and compassion.

How do you use kindhearted in a sentence?

He was a kind-hearted man, with a great capacity for comradeship; and he was humble-minded. The problem is not that a kind-hearted person would not exercise discretion, but that we have no discretion. My only quarrel with him is that he is too kind-hearted.

James H. Sterling

James H. Sterling

Environmental Science & Climate Journalist

James Sterling reports on renewable energy developments, climate policy, ecological conservation, and green tech innovations around the globe.