humane | Definition of humane

Synonyms and Antonyms of humane

1 having or marked by sympathy and consideration for others

humane guards who treated the prisoners decently

the Geneva conventions spelled out standards for the humane treatment of prisoners of war

Synonyms of humane

beneficent, benevolent, benignant, compassionate, good-hearted, kind, kindhearted, kindly, softhearted, sympathetic, tender, tenderhearted, warmhearted

Words Related to humane

attentive, considerate, solicitous, thoughtful

affable, amicable, benign, companionable, comradely, cordial, friendly, genial, gentle, good, good-natured, good-tempered, gracious, mild, neighborly, nice, pleasant, sweet, warm

clement, forbearing, forgiving, lenient, merciful, soft

patient, pitying, tolerant, understanding

altruistic, brotherly, charitable, freehanded, generous, greathearted, humanitarian, liberal, magnanimous, munificent, noble, openhearted, philanthropic (also philanthropical), selfless, unselfish, unsparing

anticruelty, cruelty-free

Near Antonyms of humane

ironhearted, merciless, pitiless, ruthless, stonyhearted

inconsiderate, insensitive, thoughtless, uncaring, unthinking

grim, hard-boiled, harsh, heavy-handed, severe, stern, tough, unsentimental

hateful, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, mean, nasty, spiteful, virulent

antihumanitarian, uncharitable

Antonyms of humane

atrocious, barbaric, barbarous, bestial, brutal, brute, brutish, callous, cold-blooded, cruel, fiendish, hard-hearted, heartless, inhuman, inhumane, insensate, sadistic, savage, truculent, uncompassionate, unfeeling, unkind, unkindly, unsympathetic, vicious, wanton

2 having or showing the capacity for sharing the feelings of another

the movie's humane depiction of people who are physically and mentally challenged

Synonyms of humane

commiserative, compassionate, empathetic, empathic, sympathetic, understanding

Words Related to humane

feeling, perceptive, sensitive

considerate, gentle, softhearted, tender, tenderhearted, warm, warmhearted

benevolent, benignant, bighearted, charitable, kind, kindhearted, kindly, largehearted, magnanimous

clement, lenient, merciful, tolerant

pitying, ruthful

congenial, cordial, friendly, genial, good-natured, good-tempered, gracious, well-disposed

affectionate, loving

Near Antonyms of humane

inconsiderate, insensitive, thoughtless, unthinking

aloof, cool, indifferent