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Synonyms for humane
hyuˈmeɪn or, often, yu-hu·mane
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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
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kind
Submitted by alista2 on May 22, 2024human 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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#8085 | worthy | |
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#17979 | benign | |
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#30989 | humanist | |
#31395 | forgiving | |
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#93618 | pitying | |
#297352 | benignant |
How to use humane in a sentence?
Humanity could be more humane if we could tie everyone with the thread of love.
So I do think there has been some awareness by more and more folks of the impact this is having on a humanitarian level, on a crime level, and just the fact that there's a realization from these liberal mayors that what Joe Biden has done is not humane, it's insane, and frankly, there is a side of me that says they deserve to experience what border states and communities have been feeling for the last year.
We need to set up a commission that looks at the alternatives to ICE and really starts to understand how do we have these functions in a way that is accountable, transparent and humane.
He was talking about vandals, but he was still participating in a very specific anti-Black idea, part of why it's so challenging to pursue humane policies that can uplift people in high-poverty areas is because we supply a lens of presumed thug -- instead of presumed citizen.
Whoever is open, loyal, true; of humane and affable demeanour; honourable himself, and in his judgement of others; faithful to his word as to law, and faithful alike to God and man....such a man is a true gentleman.
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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