Synonyms of humane

humane

adjective

hyü-ˈmān 

1

as in compassionate

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 & Similar Words

• compassionate
• benevolent
• kind
• sympathetic
• thoughtful
• gentle
• gracious
• friendly
• kindly
• merciful
• nice
• beneficent
• humanitarian
• kindhearted
• generous
• warmhearted
• benignant
• good
• sweet
• tender
• pleasant
• good-hearted
• softhearted
• attentive
• tenderhearted
• patient
• warm
• considerate
• benign
• solicitous
• noble
• charitable
• mild
• neighborly
• good-natured
• companionable
• liberal
• soft
• affable
• lenient
• genial
• amicable
• cordial
• pitying
• tolerant
• altruistic
• philanthropic
• forgiving
• comradely
• unselfish
• selfless
• forbearing
• understanding
• magnanimous
• good-tempered
• munificent
• unsparing
• philanthropical
• brotherly
• clement
• openhearted
• cruelty-free
• freehanded
• greathearted
• anticruelty

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cruel
• inhumane
• barbaric
• savage
• brutal
• inhuman
• barbarous
• callous
• vicious
• heartless
• sadistic
• brute
• bestial
• ruthless
• unsympathetic
• unfeeling
• unkind
• brutish
• atrocious
• fiendish
• pitiless
• truculent
• insensate
• merciless
• insensitive
• thoughtless
• uncompassionate
• severe
• unthinking
• cold-blooded
• uncaring
• harsh
• tough
• stern
• grim
• unsentimental
• hard-hearted
• inconsiderate
• unkindly
• wanton
• malignant
• malicious
• virulent
• mean
• malevolent
• hateful
• spiteful
• malign
• ironhearted
• nasty
• stonyhearted
• heavy-handed
• uncharitable
• hard-boiled
• antihumanitarian

2

as in sympathetic

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 & Similar Words

• compassionate
• sympathetic
• empathetic
• gentle
• empathic
• understanding
• loving
• affectionate
• benevolent
• warm
• commiserative
• merciful
• feeling
• charitable
• perceptive
• kind
• gracious
• sensitive
• friendly
• considerate
• magnanimous
• kindly
• lenient
• kindhearted
• tolerant
• congenial
• softhearted
• benignant
• pitying
• good-natured
• warmhearted
• bighearted
• tenderhearted
• cordial
• tender
• well-disposed
• genial
• good-tempered
• largehearted
• clement
• ruthful

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• inhumane
• inhuman
• callous
• heartless
• hard
• unsympathetic
• unfeeling
• obdurate
• insensitive
• thoughtless
• cold-blooded
• indifferent
• insensate
• unthinking
• cool
• aloof
• inconsiderate
• uncaring
• uninterested
• ruthless
• coldhearted
• unfriendly
• pitiless
• hard-hearted
• merciless
• unloving
• brutal
• oppressive
• severe
• bigoted
• harsh
• stern
• tough
• grim
• hostile
• unrelenting
• rough
• disagreeable
• abusive
• ungentle
• unaffectionate
• malicious
• virulent
• malevolent
• hateful
• unkind
• mean
• spiteful
• surly
• acrimonious
• blinkered
• narrow-minded
• rancorous
• small-minded
• hard-boiled
• hard-bitten
• ill-natured
• ill-tempered

Examples of humane in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

More:Milwaukee-area humane societies help dozens of cats and dogs affected by Hurricane Helene More:This Milwaukee-area book club has met for 50 years. —Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2024

From another shelter in Tennessee's Unicoi County, about 100 animals were evacuated and are being placed with different groups as the shelter undergoes cleanup and construction, the humane society said. —Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 5 Oct. 2024

All humane organizations worldwide, including the Humane Society of the United State and the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, condemn rodeos for the inherent brutality exerted on the animals. —Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 4 Oct. 2024

International pressure for humane treatment of POWs increased following the Hanoi March. —Heather Wishart-Smith, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024