humanitarian

humanitarian is a 12-letter English word with 10 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Pertaining to humanitarians, or to humanitarianism; as, a humanitarian view of Christ's nature. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

12 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 20 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Pertaining to humanitarians, or to humanitarianism; as, a humanitarian view of Christ's nature.
2. adjective. Content with right affections and actions toward man; ethical, as distinguished from religious; believing in the perfectibility of man's nature without supernatural aid.
3. adjective. Benevolent; philanthropic.
4. noun. One who denies the divinity of Christ, and believes him to have been merely human.
5. noun. One who limits the sphere of duties to human relations and affections, to the exclusion or disparagement of the religious or spiritual.
6. noun. One who is actively concerned in promoting the welfare of his kind; a philanthropist.
7. noun. an advocate of the principles of humanism; someone concerned with the interests and welfare of humans

   Synonyms: humanist

8. noun. someone devoted to the promotion of human welfare and to social reforms

   Synonyms: improver

9. adjective. marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare

   "a humane physician"

   "released the prisoner for humanitarian reasons"

   Synonyms: humanist, humanistic

10. adjective. of or relating to or characteristic of humanitarianism

    "humanitarian aid"

Synonyms

humanist, improver, humanistic

Common word forms

humanitarians, humanitarianize

Words from these letters

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