CONSIDERATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does considerate mean? 

• CONSIDERATE (adjective)
  The adjective CONSIDERATE has 1 sense:

1. showing concern for the rights and feelings of others

  Familiarity information: CONSIDERATE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONSIDERATE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Showing concern for the rights and feelings of others

Context example:

friends considerate enough to leave us alone

Similar:

thoughtful (considerate of the feelings or well-being of others)

Also:

kind (having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior)

unselfish (disregarding your own advantages and welfare over those of others)

tactful (having or showing a sense of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others)

Antonym:

inconsiderate (lacking regard for the rights or feelings of others)

Derivation:

considerateness (kind and considerate regard for others)

 Context examples 

Madam, he replied, Mrs. Micawber and myself are deeply sensible of the very considerate kindness of our friends and patrons.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Wolf Larsen was quite considerate, the sailors helped me, and I was no longer in irritating contact with Thomas Mugridge.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

It has not been considerate enough to leave any of its hair behind it.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Soon after, when he was alone with me, he said, “I have, doubtless, excited your curiosity, as well as that of these good people; but you are too considerate to make inquiries.”

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

That was considerate of Joe, he thought.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

It is most considerate of you, madam.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I thanked her for her considerate choice, and as I really felt fatigued with my long journey, expressed my readiness to retire.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

I know no man more likely than Mr. Knightley to do the sort of thing—to do any thing really good-natured, useful, considerate, or benevolent.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Was I more considerate of you and your comfort?

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

“My dear,” their considerate aunt would reply, “it is very bad, but you must not expect everybody to be as forward and quick at learning as yourself.”

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)