humanitarian

1. 1.

   marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare

   “a humane physician”

   “released the prisoner for humanitarian reasons”

   “respect and humanistic regard for all members of our species”

   Synonymshuman-centeredhuman-centredhumanisthumanistic

   Similarhumane

   Canada · United Kingdom

2. 2.

   of or relating to or characteristic of humanitarianism

   “humanitarian aid”

Other forms of humanitarian

plural

humanitarians·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about humanitarian

What does humanitarian mean?

humanitarian means "someone devoted to the promotion of human welfare and to social reforms". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in humanitarian?

humanitarian has 6 syllables: hu-man-i-tar-i-an. The stress falls on "tar". In IPA it is /ˌhjuˌmænəˈtɛɹiən/.

What is another word for humanitarian?

Close synonyms include do-gooder, improver, humanist, human-centered, human-centred. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is humanitarian a common word?

humanitarian is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with humanitarian?

9 words rhyme with humanitarian. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.