Isn't that the most humane punishment for criminals?
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Humane
//hjuːˈmeɪn//
Synonyms for "humane" (64 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (13)
Strong matches (19)
Related words (32)
Related word relations
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Antonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
4 entriesderived
7 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesrelated to
10 entriessimilar
14 entriesTranslations
96 translations across 53 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- i njeridashës adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
Arabic
1 entries- إِنْسَانِيّ adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
Armenian
1 entries- մարդկային adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- insani adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
- insanpərvər adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
Belarusian
3 entries- гума́нны adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
- гуманіта́рны adj (pertaining to branches of learning concerned with human affairs or the [[humanities]])
- чалаве́чны adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
Bulgarian
3 entries- хума́нен adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
- хуманита́рен adj (pertaining to branches of learning concerned with human affairs or the [[humanities]])
- чове́чен adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
Catalan
1 entries- humà adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 人道的 adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
- 有人情 adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
Czech
2 entries- humánní adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
- lidský adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
Danish
2 entries- human adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
- menneskelig adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
Dutch
2 entries- humaan adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
- menselijk adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
Esperanto
2 entries- homama adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
- humana adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
Estonian
1 entries- inimlik adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
Finnish
1 entries- inhimillinen adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
French
2 entries- humain adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
- humain adj (pertaining to branches of learning concerned with human affairs or the [[humanities]])
Georgian
1 entries- ჰუმანური adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
German
2 entries- human adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
- menschlich adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
Hebrew
1 entries- אֱנוֹשִׁי adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
Hindi
1 entries- मानवोचित adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
Hungarian
2 entries- emberséges adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
- humánus adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
Icelandic
1 entries- mannúðlegur adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
Irish
3 entries- Críostúil adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
- daonna adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
- daonnachtúil adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
Italian
1 entries- umano adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
Japanese
1 entries- 人道的 adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
Kalmyk
1 entries- аврңһу adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
Kazakh
1 entries- адамгершілікті adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
Korean
1 entries- 인도적 adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
Kyrgyz
3 entries- адамгерчиликтүү adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
- адамчыл adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
- кишиликтүү adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
Latvian
2 entries- cilvēcīgs adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
- humāns adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
Lithuanian
2 entries- humaniškas adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
- žmogiškas adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
Macedonian
3 entries- хуман adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
- човечен adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
- човечки adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- însanî adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- human adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
- menneskelig adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
Old English
1 entries- mennisċlīċ adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
Pashto
1 entries- انساني adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
Persian
1 entries- انسانی adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
Polish
3 entries- humanitarny adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
- humanitarny adj (pertaining to branches of learning concerned with human affairs or the [[humanities]])
- ludzki adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
Portuguese
1 entries- humano adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
Romanian
2 entries- omenos adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
- uman adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
Russian
4 entries- гума́нный adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
- гуманита́рный adj (pertaining to branches of learning concerned with human affairs or the [[humanities]])
- челове́ческий adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
- челове́чный adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- truacanta adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- hȕmān adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
- ljùdskī adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
- čȍvečan adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
- čȍvječan adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
Slovak
2 entries- humánny adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
- ľudský adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
Slovene
3 entries- human adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
- človečen adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
- človeški adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
Spanish
1 entries- humano adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
Swedish
2 entries- human adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
- mänsklig adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
Tagalog
1 entries- makatao adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
Tajik
1 entries- инсонӣ adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
Turkish
1 entries- insancıl adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
Turkmen
1 entries- adamkärçilikli adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
Ukrainian
4 entries- гума́нний adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
- гуманіта́рний adj (pertaining to branches of learning concerned with human affairs or the [[humanities]])
- лю́дський adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
- лю́дяний adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
Uzbek
2 entries- insoniy adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
- insonparvar adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
Yiddish
1 entries- מענטשלעך adj (with regard for the health and well-being of another)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
Knowledge in itself is not an end, but a means to an end: to live a full and humane life.
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His way of looking after the animals is very humane.
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Tom is humane.
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