| Humane 1. (a.) Compassionate; kind; benevolent; having the feelings and inclinations creditable to man; having a disposition to treat other human beings or animals with kindness. 2. (a.) Pertaining to man; human. 3. (a.) Humanizing; exalting; tending to refine. Thesaurus Entries Christian, Christlike, Christly, accepting, affectionate, altruistic, benevolent, benign, benignant, bleeding, brotherly, charitable, chickenhearted, 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 |