<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>characterized by tenderness, compassion, and sympathy for people and animals, especially for the suffering or distressed: humane treatment of prisoners.</li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms</strong></p><ul><li>charitable</li><li>benignant</li><li>benevolent</li><li>sympathetic</li><li>gentle</li><li>compassionate</li><li>tender</li><li>kindhearted</li><li>kindly</li><li>kind</li><li>merciful</li></ul><p><strong>Antonyms</strong></p><ul><li>brutal</li><li>inhumane</li></ul><p><strong>Definition</strong></p><ul><li>acting in a manner that causes the least harm to people or animals: humane trapping of stray pets.</li><li>of or relating to humanistic studies.</li></ul>