Human

Quick meaning: Human is an adjective meaning (not comparable) Of or belonging to the species Homo sapiens or its closest relatives.

Meaning

(not comparable) Of or belonging to the species Homo sapiens or its closest relatives.

More Meanings

1. (comparable) Having the nature or attributes of a human being.
2. Compassionate.
3. (loosely) Any hominid of the genus Homo.
4. (strictly, biology) A highly intelligent ape with fine and short body hair; the most abundant species of primate, with members found on every continent (Homo sapiens).
5. (rare) To behave as or become, or to cause to behave as or become, a human.

Example Sentences

To err is human; to forgive, divine.

She's only human, so give her a break!

She was like a Beardsley Salome, he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry.

[N]o attempt is made to call in God to their reſcue, as if he vvere an idle unconcern'd ſpectator of humane affairs, or ſo inconſiderable an ally, as not to be vvorth the care of engaging him on their ſide.

Word Forms

• humane
• humans
• humaning
• humanning
• humaned
• humanned

Synonyms for human

Depending on context, synonyms include mannish, mennish, humane, man, person, humanize.

Antonyms for human

Common opposites include inhuman, nonhuman, unhuman.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include hominid, hominine, anthropoid, anthropomorphic, anthropomorphous, homo.

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