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magnanimous, humanitarian, understanding, accommodating,
sympathetic, good-natured, humane, sensitive: Human concern for
others is in short supply these days.
--n. 4 human being, person, individual, woman, man, child,
mortal, one, soul, someone, somebody: Humans have long
maltreated many of the animals on which they depend.
humanitarian
adj. 1 See human, 3.
--n. 2 Good Samaritan, benefactor, philanthropist, altruist:
Because of her charitable works, Lady Pendleton is thought of as
a great humanitarian.
humanity n. 1 human race, people, society, humankind, Homo sapiens; the
public, the masses, community; Possibly offensive man, mankind:
From what we are told, humanity took millions of years to
evolve. 2 humanness, human nature, mortality: On his first
voyage to Mars, Kollworth began to doubt his own humanity. 3
kindness, kindliness, kind-heartedness, consideration,
helpfulness, charitableness, open-heartedness, warm-heartedness,
good will, benevolence, compassion, mercifulness, mercy,
benignity, tenderness, warmth, gentleness, leniency or lenience
or lenity, beneficence, generosity, unselfishness, magnanimity,
understanding, sympathy, sensitivity: It was owing to the
humanity of our neighbours that we survived the bombing.
humble adj. 1 modest, reserved, unpretentious, unostentatious,
self-effacing, unassuming, unpresuming: For someone who has
accomplished so much, she is quite humble. 2 submissive, meek,
servile, obsequious, deferential, mild, respectful, subservient,
subdued: Usually pompous, Nigel became humble in the presence
of the chairman. 3 lowly, low, inferior, mean, ignoble,
ordinary, plebeian, common, simple, obscure, unprepossessing,
unimportant, undistinguished, insignificant; low-born, base,
base-born: He lives in a humble cottage. Though she came from a
humble background, she rose to become prime minister.
--v. 4 chasten, bring or pull down, subdue, abase, debase,
demean, lower, degrade, downgrade, reduce, make (someone) eat
humble pie, lose face, shame, humiliate, crush, break, mortify,
chagrin, Colloq put down, take (someone) down a peg or notch: