Synonyms for humane
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Kindly
benevolent, sympathetic, understanding, pitying, compassionate, kindhearted, human, tenderhearted, forgiving, gracious, charitable, benignant, gentle, tender, clement, benign, obliging, friendly, indulgent, generous, lenient, tolerant, democratic, accommodating, good-natured, liberal, humanitarian, righteous, open-minded, broad-minded, altruistic, philanthropic, helpful, magnanimous, amiable, genial, cordial, unselfish, warmhearted, large-hearted, big-hearted, beneficent, soft-hearted, sympathizing, freehearted, liberal, pitying, good, soft*, easy*; see also kind 1, merciful 1.
Antonyms cruel*, barbaric, inhuman.
Cultural
civilized, advanced, cultured; see educated 1, refined 2.
See humane in American Heritage Dictionary 4 Synonyms
humane compassionate humanitarian merciful
These adjectives mean marked or motivated by concern with the alleviation of suffering: a humane physician; compassionate toward impoverished people; released the prisoner for humanitarian reasons; is merciful to the repentant.
See humane in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
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