human being

human being

noun

Definition of HUMAN BEING

: human

Examples of HUMAN BEING

1. She's a very warm and generous human being.
2. We should do more to help our fellow human beings.
3. The drug has not yet been tested on human beings.

First Known Use of HUMAN BEING

1751

Related to HUMAN BEING

Synonyms: baby, being, bird, bod [British], body, character, cookie (or cooky), creature, customer, devil, duck, egg, face, fish, guy, head, human, individual, life, man, mortal, party, person, personage, scout, slob, sort, soul, specimen, stiff, thing, wight

Related Words: hominid, homo, humanoid; brother, fellow, fellowman, neighbor; celebrity, personality, self, somebody

Near Antonyms: animal, beast, beastie, brute, critter

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