<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>Pleasantly kind, benevolent, and courteous.</li><li>Characterized by good taste, comfort, ease, or luxury: a gracious home.</li><li>Indulgent or beneficent in a pleasantly condescending way, especially to inferiors.</li><li>Merciful or compassionate: our gracious king.</li><li>Obsolete: fortunate or happy.</li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms</strong></p><ul><li>Polite</li><li>Pleasant</li><li>Kindly</li><li>Friendly</li><li>Courteous</li><li>Benign</li><li>Benevolent</li></ul><p><strong>Antonyms</strong></p><ul><li>Churlish</li><li>Cruel</li></ul><p><strong>Interjection</strong></p><ul><li>Also good gracious. (Used as an exclamation of surprise, relief, dismay, etc.)</li></ul>