- humanistic, humanist - of or pertaining to Renaissance humanism; "the humanistic revival of learning"
- humanist, humanistic - of or pertaining to a philosophy asserting human dignity and man's capacity for fulfillment through reason and scientific method and often rejecting religion; "the humanist belief in continuous emergent evolution"- Wendell Thomas
- humanist, humanistic, humane - pertaining to or concerned with the humanities; "humanistic studies"; "a humane education"
- human-centered, human-centred, humanist, humanistic, humanitarian - 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"
Antonym: inhumane (indirect, via humane)
- humanist - a classical scholar or student of the liberal arts
--1 is a kind of scholar, scholarly person, student
--1 has particulars:classicist, classical scholar; man of letters; philologist, philologue; Erasmus, Desiderius Erasmus, Gerhard Gerhards, Geert Geerts - humanist - an advocate of the principles of humanism
--2 is a kind of advocate, advocator, proponent, exponent
- humanist - an advocate of the principles of humanism