• adj

Synonyms for humane

kind

Synonyms

• kind
• compassionate
• good
• kindly
• understanding
• gentle
• forgiving
• tender
• mild
• sympathetic
• charitable
• benign
• clement
• benevolent
• lenient
• merciful
• good-natured
• forbearing
• kind-hearted

Antonyms

• cruel
• brutal
• ruthless
• unkind
• inhuman
• unsympathetic
• inhumane
• barbarous
• uncivilized
• unmerciful

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Synonyms for humane

concerned with human welfare and the alleviation of suffering

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Synonyms for humane

pertaining to or concerned with the humanities

marked or motivated by concern with the alleviation of suffering

showing evidence of moral and intellectual advancement

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