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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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#7256 | decent | |
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#8075 | gentle | |
#8085 | worthy | |
#8928 | charitable | |
#9335 | humanitarian | |
#15979 | humane | |
#16921 | sympathetic | |
#17957 | clement | |
#17979 | benign | |
#18987 | compassionate | |
#20167 | gracious | |
#28923 | benevolent | |
#30989 | humanist | |
#31395 | forgiving | |
#31594 | merciful | |
#37016 | dignified | |
#38451 | humanistic | |
#93618 | pitying | |
#297352 | benignant |
How to use humane in a sentence?
The detainees at Roszke are held in filthy, overcrowded conditions, hungry, and lacking medical care, the Hungarian authorities have an obligation to ensure that migrants and asylum-seekers are held in humane conditions and that their rights are respected.
It's not humane, the people who come here suffer a lot to come here.
This change in leadership will not interrupt the safe, humane, legal care and custody provided to the detainee population at GTMO.
This has not occurred, we expect basic standards of justice and procedural fairness to be met...we will continue to press Chinese authorities for fair and humane treatment, in accordance with international norms.
I’m introducing legislation that would abolish ICE and crack down on the agency’s blanket directive to target and round up individuals and families, the heartless actions of this abused agency do not represent the values of our nation and the U.S. must develop a more humane immigration system, one that treats every person with dignity and respect.
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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