human

¹hu·man

adj \ˈhyü-mən, ˈyü-\

Definition of HUMAN

1

: of, relating to, or characteristic of humans

2

: consisting of humans

3

a : having human form or attributes b : susceptible to or representative of the sympathies and frailties of human nature <such an inconsistency is very human — P. E. More>

— hu·man·ness \-mən-nəs\ noun

Examples of HUMAN

1. problems that have occurred throughout human history
2. She is a very kind and human person.
3. The dog's expression was almost human.
4. The assembly line was a human machine.
5. Everyone held hands and formed a human chain.

Origin of HUMAN

Middle English humain, from Anglo-French, from Latin humanus; akin to Latin homo human being — more at homage

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to HUMAN

Synonyms: earthborn, mortal, natural

Antonyms: nonhuman

Related Words: anthropoid, creatural, hominid, humanlike, humanoid

Near Antonyms: angelic (or angelical), divine, godlike, preternatural, superhuman, supernatural, supernormal; immortal, omnipotent, omniscient; animal, beastly, bestial, brute, infrahuman; inhuman, robotic, subhuman

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Other Anthropology Terms

ectomorph, ethnography, prehistory, yurt

Rhymes with HUMAN

blooming, crewman, lumen, numen, rumen, Truman, Yuman