Synonyms for humane
hyuˈmeɪn or, often, yu-hu·mane

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1. humaneadjective

   Antonyms:
   inhuman, inhumane

2. humaneadjective

   It is no longer considered humane to perform vivisection on research animals.

   Antonyms:
   inhumane, inhuman

3. humaneadjective

   Antonyms:
   inhuman, inhumane

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1. 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

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1. humane

   Synonyms:
   benign, kind, tender, merciful, benevolent, compassionate

   Antonyms:
   unkind, cruel, unmerciful, inhuman

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1. humanist, humanistic, humaneadjective

   pertaining to or concerned with the humanities

   "humanistic studies"; "a humane education"

   Synonyms:
   human-centred, humanistic, humanist, human-centered, humanitarian

   Antonyms:
   insensate, noncivilized, brutal, brutish, cold-blooded, barbarous, vicious, fell, roughshod, bestial, noncivilised, savage, beastly, inhuman, brute(a), pitiless, unkind, inhumane, cold, cannibalic, cruel

2. humaneadjective

   marked or motivated by concern with the alleviation of suffering

   Synonyms:
   humanistic, humanist

   Antonyms:
   brutish, cannibalic, savage, cold, brutal, inhuman, bestial, fell, brute(a), barbarous, beastly, unkind, cold-blooded, inhumane, vicious, roughshod, insensate, cruel, noncivilized, pitiless, noncivilised

3. humaneadjective

   showing evidence of moral and intellectual advancement

   Synonyms:
   humanistic, humanist

   Antonyms:
   vicious, noncivilized, roughshod, savage, fell, unkind, brute(a), cold, noncivilised, cold-blooded, brutal, pitiless, brutish, cannibalic, bestial, beastly, cruel, inhumane, barbarous, inhuman, insensate

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1. kind

   Submitted by alista2 on May 22, 2024  

2. human voice

   the center of conveyor of events and an action on a radio play

   harry says"we're stranded!"

   Submitted by anonymous on November 17, 2019  

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1. humaneadjective

   Synonyms:
   kind, benevolent, benignant, obliging, accommodating, tender, sympathetic, charitable, compassionate, clement, gentle, kind-hearted, tenderhearted, good-hearted

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1. List of paraphrases for "humane":

   human, humanitarian, humanity, humanist, decent, worthy, dignified, humanistic

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How to use humane in a sentence?

1. Adele Douglass:

   I think the organic label is very important, for produce, for fruits and vegetables. That should never disappear, we have many farms on our program that are [both] Certified Humane and Organic.

2. The DHS spokesperson:

   DHS currently is, however, under a court order to reimplement MPP in good faith. DHS continues to fight in the courts, including in a pending challenge before the Supreme Court. In the interim, DHS is committed to abiding by the court-mandated reimplementation of MPP in the most humane way possible.

3. Ethical Traveler report:

   By spending travel dollars in forward-thinking countries, explorers can reward the good guys -- and encourage humane practices worldwide.

4. Ted Wheeler:

   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.

5. Franklin D. Roosevelt:

   We have here a human as well as an economic problem. When humane considerations are concerned, Americans give them precedence. The lessons of history, confirmed by the evidence immediately before me, show conclusively that continued dependence upon relief induces a spiritual and moral disintegration fundamentally destructive to the national fibre. To dole out relief in this way is to administer a narcotic, a subtle destroyer of the human spirit.