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. 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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1. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   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.

2. Mike DeWine:

   I don't think most Ohioans believe this is a proper disposal, a humane disposal.

3. Oscar Leeser:

   When we reached out to the mayor of El Paso, he was willing to sit down and share what his concerns are and what our concerns are and figure out a humane way to coordinate, and we are clear, we cannot handle all of your migrants, mayor of El Paso. But we were able to communicate with them. We were not able to do that with Governor Abbott's team. We spoke with them, they stated they were going to inform us, and he did not.

4. Mike Christian:

   Nitrogen hypoxia is a better way. It's a more humane way. I believe the use of nitrogen hypoxia will be the thing of the future once it’s passed in Oklahoma.

5. Brian Klein:

   His methods are safe and humane.