We have supplied humanitarian aid to refugees.
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Humanitarian
//hjʊˌmæ.nɪˈtɛː.ɹɪ.ən//
Synonyms for "humanitarian" (56 found)
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Closest matches (12)
Strong matches (16)
Related words (28)
Adjective(2 words)
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4 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesderived
16 entriesderived from
2 entriesis a
2 entriesmeronym
8 entriesrelated to
9 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
63 translations across 39 languages.
Armenian
3 entries- հումանիտար adj (concerned with people's welfare)
- մարդասիրական adj (concerned with people's welfare)
- հումանիստ noun (person with humanitarian concerns)
Asturian
1 entries- humanitariu adj (concerned with people's welfare)
Belarusian
1 entries- гуманіта́рны adj (concerned with people's welfare)
Bulgarian
3 entries- хуманен adj (concerned with people's welfare)
- човечен adj (concerned with people's welfare)
- хуманист noun (person with humanitarian concerns)
Catalan
1 entries- humanitari adj (concerned with people's welfare)
Central Kurdish
2 entries- مِرۆڤدۆستانە adj (concerned with people's welfare)
- مِرۆڤدۆست noun (person with humanitarian concerns)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 人道主義的 /人道主义的 adj (concerned with people's welfare)
- 人道主義者 /人道主义者 noun (person with humanitarian concerns)
Czech
1 entries- humanitární adj (concerned with people's welfare)
Esperanto
1 entries- homama adj (concerned with people's welfare)
Finnish
1 entries- humanitaarinen adj (concerned with people's welfare)
French
4 entries- humanitaire adj (concerned with people's welfare)
- humanitariste adj (concerned with people's welfare)
- humaniste noun (person with humanitarian concerns)
- humanitariste noun (person with humanitarian concerns)
Galician
1 entries- humanitario adj (concerned with people's welfare)
Georgian
2 entries- ჰუმანიტარული adj (concerned with people's welfare)
- ჰუმანიტარი noun (person with humanitarian concerns)
German
1 entries- humanitär adj (concerned with people's welfare)
Greek
1 entries- ανθρωπιστικός adj (concerned with people's welfare)
Hebrew
1 entries- הוּמָנִיטָרִי adj (concerned with people's welfare)
Hindi
2 entries- मानवीय adj (concerned with people's welfare)
- मानवीय noun (person with humanitarian concerns)
Hungarian
1 entries- humanitárius adj (concerned with people's welfare)
Icelandic
1 entries- mannúðar adj (concerned with people's welfare)
Irish
1 entries- daonchairdiúil adj (concerned with people's welfare)
Italian
1 entries- umanitario adj (concerned with people's welfare)
Japanese
2 entries- 人道主義的な adj (concerned with people's welfare)
- 人道主義者 noun (person with humanitarian concerns)
Kazakh
1 entries- гуманитарлық adj (concerned with people's welfare)
Korean
3 entries- 박애의 adj (concerned with people's welfare)
- 인도주의 adj (concerned with people's welfare)
- 인도적 noun (person with humanitarian concerns)
Luganda
1 entries- obuyambi adj (concerned with people's welfare)
Occitan
1 entries- umanitari adj (concerned with people's welfare)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Menschenfrint noun (person with humanitarian concerns)
Polish
1 entries- humanitarny adj (concerned with people's welfare)
Portuguese
2 entries- humanitário adj (concerned with people's welfare)
- humanitário noun (person with humanitarian concerns)
Romanian
3 entries- umanitar adj (concerned with people's welfare)
- umanist noun (person with humanitarian concerns)
- umanitarist noun (person with humanitarian concerns)
Russian
4 entries- гума́нный adj (concerned with people's welfare)
- гуманита́рный adj (concerned with people's welfare)
- гумани́ст noun (person with humanitarian concerns)
- гумани́стка noun (person with humanitarian concerns)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- daonnachdail adj (concerned with people's welfare)
Sicilian
1 entries- umanitaru adj (concerned with people's welfare)
Spanish
2 entries- humanitario adj (concerned with people's welfare)
- humanitario noun (person with humanitarian concerns)
Swedish
2 entries- humanitär adj (concerned with people's welfare)
- människovän noun (person with humanitarian concerns)
Tagalog
2 entries- mapagkawanggawa adj (concerned with people's welfare)
- mapagkawanggawa noun (person with humanitarian concerns)
Turkish
1 entries- insani adj (concerned with people's welfare)
Ukrainian
1 entries- гуманіта́рний adj (concerned with people's welfare)
Welsh
2 entries- dyngarol adj (concerned with people's welfare)
- hiwmanitaraidd adj (concerned with people's welfare)
Sample sentences
33 total sentences available.
This humanitarian group looks for volunteers to distribute meals to the homeless during the month of December.
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Tom is a humanitarian.
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Humanitarian personnel were evacuated as the fighting worsened.
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