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Synonyms for humane
hyuˈmeɪn or, often, yu-hu·mane
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Wiktionary
English Synonyms and Antonyms
humane
Human denotes what pertains to mankind, with no suggestion as to its being good or evil; as, the human race; human qualities; we speak of human achievements, virtues, or excellences, human follies, vices, or crimes. Humane denotes what may rightly be expected of mankind at its best in the treatment of sentient beings; a humane enterprise or endeavor is one that is intended to prevent or relieve suffering. The humane man will not needlessly inflict pain upon the meanest thing that lives; a merciful man is disposed to withhold or mitigate the suffering even of the guilty. The compassionate man sympathizes with and desires to relieve actual suffering, while one who is humane would forestall and prevent the suffering which he sees to be possible. Compare MERCY; PITIFUL; PITY.
See synonyms for BARBAROUS.
Synonyms:
benevolent, benignant, charitable, clement, compassionate, forgiving, gentle, gracious, human, kind, kind-hearted, merciful, pitying, sympathetic, tender, tender-hearted
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
humane
Synonyms:
benign, kind, tender, merciful, benevolent, compassionateAntonyms:
unkind, cruel, unmerciful, inhuman
Princeton's WordNet
humanist, humanistic, humaneadjective
pertaining to or concerned with the humanities
"humanistic studies"; "a humane education"
Synonyms:
human-centred, humanistic, humanist, human-centered, humanitarianAntonyms:
insensate, noncivilized, brutal, brutish, cold-blooded, barbarous, vicious, fell, roughshod, bestial, noncivilised, savage, beastly, inhuman, brute(a), pitiless, unkind, inhumane, cold, cannibalic, cruelhumaneadjective
marked or motivated by concern with the alleviation of suffering
Synonyms:
humanistic, humanistAntonyms:
brutish, cannibalic, savage, cold, brutal, inhuman, bestial, fell, brute(a), barbarous, beastly, unkind, cold-blooded, inhumane, vicious, roughshod, insensate, cruel, noncivilized, pitiless, noncivilisedhumaneadjective
showing evidence of moral and intellectual advancement
Synonyms:
humanistic, humanistAntonyms:
vicious, noncivilized, roughshod, savage, fell, unkind, brute(a), cold, noncivilised, cold-blooded, brutal, pitiless, brutish, cannibalic, bestial, beastly, cruel, inhumane, barbarous, inhuman, insensate
Editors Contribution
human voice
the center of conveyor of events and an action on a radio play
harry says"we're stranded!"
Dictionary of English Synonymes
humaneadjective
Synonyms:
kind, benevolent, benignant, obliging, accommodating, tender, sympathetic, charitable, compassionate, clement, gentle, kind-hearted, tenderhearted, good-hearted
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "humane":
human, humanitarian, humanity, humanist, decent, worthy, dignified, humanistic
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How to use humane in a sentence?
Right now, we have to address the reality that we have hundreds, if not thousands, of tents choking virtually every public space in this city and that does not comport with the public’s expectations of what a humane response should be, while we want to be compassionate to those on the streets, we have to respect the fact that people don’t want their doorways blocked, they don’t want their businesses blocked, they don’t want sidewalks impeded.
In terms of your legacy, Ady Barkan, I think it will be very clear that even with the terrible illness that you're struggling with right now, that you didn't give up, that you understood that, especially given your illness, that you could play a significant in rallying the American people toward a sane and humane health care system, and I think you will be remembered in very, very wonderful ways as a man of great courage in doing that.
The United States is grateful to the government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan for its willingness to support ongoing U.S. efforts to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, the United States coordinated with the government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to ensure these transfers took place consistent with appropriate security and humane treatment measures.
But that didn't make her abandon her fight. her murder is an act of cowardice that will only amplify Bertita's message to bring about change in Honduras and make this a better, more humane world.
Humanity could be more humane if we could tie everyone with the thread of love.
Translations for humane
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- إنسانيةArabic
- humàCatalan, Valencian
- humánníCzech
- humaneDanish
- menschlich, humanGerman
- humanaEsperanto
- humanoSpanish
- inimlikEstonian
- inhimillinenFinnish
- humainFrench
- truacantaScottish Gaelic
- אנושיHebrew
- humánusHungarian
- մարդկայինArmenian
- manusiawiIndonesian
- mannúðlegurIcelandic
- umanoItalian
- 人道的Japanese
- ჰუმანურიGeorgian
- humanusLatin
- cilvēcīgs, humānsLatvian
- humaanDutch
- humanNorwegian
- ludzki, humanitarnyPolish
- humanoPortuguese
- umanRomanian
- человечный, гуманныйRussian
- humanSwedish
- மனிதாபிமானம்Tamil
- insancılTurkish
- nhân đạoVietnamese
- 人道Chinese
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