'Humane' definitions:
Definition of 'humane'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Pertaining to or concerned with the humanities; "humanistic studies"; "a humane education" [syn: humanist, humanistic, humane]
adjective
Marked or motivated by concern with the alleviation of suffering [ant: inhumane]
adjective
Showing evidence of moral and intellectual advancement
Definition of 'Humane'
From: GCIDE
- Humane \Hu*mane"\, a. [L. humanus: cf. F. humain. See Human.]
- 1. Pertaining to man; human. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Having the feelings and inclinations creditable to man; having a disposition to treat other human beings or animals with kindness; kind; benevolent. [1913 Webster]
- Of an exceeding courteous and humane inclination. --Sportswood. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Humanizing; exalting; tending to refine.
- Syn: Kind; sympathizing; benevolent; mild; compassionate; gentle; tender; merciful. -- {Hu*mane"ly}, adv. -- {Hu*mane"ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'humane'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accepting,
- affectionate,
- altruistic,
- benevolent,
- benign,
- benignant,
- bleeding,
- brotherly,
- charitable,
- chickenhearted,
- Christian,
- Christlike,
- Christly,
- clement,
- commiserative,
- compassionate,
- condolent,
- decent,
- easy,
- easygoing,
- eleemosynary,
- forbearant,
- forbearing,
- forgiving,
- fraternal,
- gentle,
- good,
- gracious,
- human,
- humanitarian,
- kind,
- kindhearted,
- kindly,
- kindly-disposed,
- lax,
- lenient,
- loving,
- melting,
- merciful,
- mild,
- moderate,
- nice,
- patient,
- philanthropic,
- pitying,
- ruthful,
- soft,
- softhearted,
- sympathetic,
- sympathizing,
- tender,
- tenderhearted,
- tolerant,
- understanding,
- warm,
- warmhearted
Words containing 'Humane'
- Human,
- Humanate,
- Humanely,
- Humaneness,
- Humanics,
- Humanism,
- Humanities,
- Humanity,
- Humanization,
- Humanize,
- Humanized,
- Humanizer,
- Humanizing,
- Humanly,
- Humanness,
- human being,
- humans,
- Human fish,
- Religion of humanity,
- doctor of humanities,
- human action,
- human activity,
- human beings,
- human body,
- human botfly,
- human death,
- human dynamo,
- human ecology,
- human elbow,
- human face,
- human factor,
- human foot,
- human head,
- human interest,
- human knee,
- human nature,
- human palaeontology,
- human paleontology,
- human process,
- human race,
- human relationship,
- human right,
- human waste,
- secular humanism,
- commission on human rights,
- doctor of humane letters,
- health and human services,
- human chorionic gonadotrophin,
- human chorionic gonadotropin,
- human gamma globulin,
- human genome project,
- human growth hormone,
- human immunodeficiency virus,
- human language technology,
- human papilloma virus,
- human remains pouch,
- human reproductive cloning,
- human vs nonhuman,
- human-centered,
- human-centred,
- human-sized,
- recombinant human insulin,
- segway human transporter,
- department of health and human services,
- secretary of health and human services,
- human t-cell leukemia virus-1