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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun human has 1 sense
- human(n = noun.animal) homo, human being, man - any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage; Array has parts: loin, lumbus, anatomy, bod, build, chassis, figure, flesh, form, frame, human body, material body, physical body, physique, shape, soma, body hair, head of hair, mane, human head, foot, human foot, pes, arm, hand, manus, mitt, paw, face, human face
is a kind of hominid
is a member of genus homo
has particulars: human beings, human race, humanity, humankind, humans, man, mankind, world, homo erectus, homo soloensis, homo habilis, homo sapiens, homo sapiens neanderthalensis, neandertal, neandertal man, neanderthal, neanderthal man, homo rhodesiensis, rhodesian man
Derived forms adjective human3, adjective human1
Adjective human has 3 senses
- human(a = adj.pert) Array - characteristic of humanity; "human nature" Derived forms noun human1, noun humanness1
- human(a = adj.pert) Array - relating to a person; "the experiment was conducted on 6 monkeys and 2 human subjects" Derived forms noun humanity2, noun humanness1
- human(a = adj.all) Array - having human form or attributes as opposed to those of animals or divine beings; "human beings"; "the human body"; "human kindness"; "human frailty" Derived forms noun human1, noun humanity2, noun humanness1
Antonym: nonhuman
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Belonging to man or mankind; having the qualities or attributes of a man; of or pertaining to man or to the race of man; as, a human voice; human shape; human nature; human sacrifices. [1913 Webster]
"To err is human; to forgive, divine."
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human, n.
A human being. [1913 Webster]
"Sprung of humans that inhabit earth."
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"We humans often find ourselves in strange position."
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
human, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 of or belonging to the genus Homo.
2 consisting of human beings (the human race).
3 of or characteristic of mankind as opposed to God or animals or machines, esp. susceptible to the weaknesses of mankind (is only human).
4 showing (esp. the better) qualities of man (proved to be very human).
--n. a human being.
--adj.
1 of or belonging to the genus Homo.
2 consisting of human beings (the human race).
3 of or characteristic of mankind as opposed to God or animals or machines, esp. susceptible to the weaknesses of mankind (is only human).
4 showing (esp. the better) qualities of man (proved to be very human).
--n. a human being.
Idiom
human being any man or woman or child of the species Homo sapiens. human chain a line of people formed for passing things along, e.g. buckets of water to the site of a fire. human engineering
1 the management of industrial labour, esp. as regards man-machine relationships.
2 the study of this. human equation a bias or prejudice. human interest (in a newspaper story etc.) reference to personal experience and emotions etc. human nature the general characteristics and feelings of mankind. human relations relations with or between people or individuals. human rights rights held to be justifiably belonging to any person.
1 the management of industrial labour, esp. as regards man-machine relationships.
2 the study of this. human equation a bias or prejudice. human interest (in a newspaper story etc.) reference to personal experience and emotions etc. human nature the general characteristics and feelings of mankind. human relations relations with or between people or individuals. human rights rights held to be justifiably belonging to any person.
Derivative
humanness n.
Etymology
ME humain(e) f. OF f. L humanus f. homo human being
THESAURUS
human
Adamite, Adamitic, Christian, Christlike, Christly, accommodating, affectionate, android, anthropocentric, anthropoid, anthropological, being, beneficent, benevolent, benign, benignant, bleeding, body, brotherly, cat, chap, character, charitable, child, clement, commiserative, compassionate, condolent, considerate, creature, customer, decent, duck, earthling, earthy, ethological, fallible, fellow, finite, fleshly, forbearant, forgiving, frail, fraternal, generous, gentle, good, good-natured, gracious, groundling, guy, hand, head, hominal, hominid, homo, homocentric, human being, humane, humanistic, humanitarian, individual, joker, kind, kindhearted, kindly, kindly-disposed, lenient, life, living soul, loving, magnanimous, man, man-centered, mankind, manlike, melting, merciful, mortal, nice, nose, one, only human, party, person, personage, personality, pitying, ruthful, sensitive, single, soft, softhearted, somebody, someone, soul, sympathetic, sympathizing, tellurian, tender, tenderhearted, terran, unangelic, understanding, vulnerable, warm, warmhearted, weak, woman, worldlingROGET THESAURUS
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Animality
N animality, animal life, animation, animality, animalization, animalness, corporeal nature, human system, breath, flesh, flesh and blood, physique, strength, fleshly, human, corporeal.Mankind
N man, mankind, human race, human species, human kind, human nature, humanity, mortality, flesh, generation, anthropology, anthropogeny, anthropography, anthroposophy, ethnology, ethnography, humanitarian, human being, person, personage, individual, creature, fellow creature, mortal, body, somebody, one, such a one, some one, soul, living soul, earthling, party, head, hand, dramatis personae, quidam, people, persons, folk, public, society, world, community, community at large, general public, nation, nationality, state, realm, commonweal, commonwealth, republic, body politic, million, population, tribe, clan (paternity), family (consanguinity), cosmopolite, lords of the creation, ourselves, human, mortal, personal, individual, national, civic, public, social, cosmopolitan, anthropoid, am I not a man and a brother?.
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