Humane, a.
- 1. Kind, benevolent, benignant, obliging, accommodating, tender, sympathetic, charitable, compassionate,
clement, gentle, kindhearted, tender-hearted, good-hearted.
- 2. Proper to man, manlike, worthy of man.
- 3. Elevating, refining, cultivating, humanizing, spiritual, rational.
Humanist, n. Student of polite literature, devotee of culture.
Humanities, n. pl. [With The prefixed.] Belleslettres, polite literature, elegant literature, literature as the vehicle of cultivated reason, literature as the union of truth and beauty.
Humanity, n.
- 1. Human nature.
- 2. Mankind, the human race.
- 3. Kindness, benevolence, benignity, philanthropy, tenderness, sympathy, charity, humaneness, kind-
heartedness, fellow-feeling, good nature, milk of human kindness.
- 4. Human spirit, spirit or essence of man, reason, rationality, culture, spirit of truth and beauty.
Humanize, v. a.
- 1. Soften, make humane.
- 2. Civilize, cultivate, refine, polish, improve, enlighten, educate, reclaim from barbarism, fill with sensibility
to justice, truth, and beauty.
Humble, a.
- 1. Meek, modest, unassuming, unpretending, unobtrusive, lowly, submissive, free from pride, free from
haughtiness, without arrogance.
- 2. Low, small, poor, unpretending.
Humble, v. a.
- 1. Humiliate, shame, mortify, degrade, crush, break, subdue, abash, make ashamed, bring down, put
down, take down, put out of countenance.