HUMAN BEING Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

human being

noun

Definition of human being

as in person

a member of the human race we're all human beings, regardless of our differences

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Noun

In March, Nebraska’s Morrill Fire tore through 642,000 acres to become the largest in state history, killing one person and razing vast stretches of cattle country.

— Martin Goillandeau, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
The Saudis, according to the person briefed on the substance of the call but not authorized to comment publicly, are concerned that Tehran could respond with attacks on the energy infrastructure of the kingdom and other Gulf countries.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of person

Noun

After returning home, Cheogyal restarted his life and education in his home county Drago (Luhuo in Chinese), located in the rolling grasslands and mountains of a Tibetan region of Sichuan, on the southeastern corner of the Tibet-Qinghai plateau.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
Say the necessary thing, confirm the next step, and make your private life less complicated.

— Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of life

Noun

For men, the 181 Relaxed and 281 Baggy fits worn by Puth in the campaign capture the shift toward more relaxed silhouettes that consumers are embracing today.

— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 5 Aug. 2026
However, prison staff quickly intervened and separated both men, the outlet stated.

— Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of man

Noun

But since quarterback is easily the most important position on the field, NFL teams routinely sign those guys to contract extensions well before their fifth-year option runs out.

— Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 30 July 2026
Paul Hornung, Jim Taylor, Bart Starr, Ray Nitschke and all those guys.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026

Definition of guy

Noun

In a first-of-its-kind comprehensive review published in the journal Primates, anthropologists at the University of Oxford explored various instances of monkeys and apes carrying, grooming, playing, and sometimes actually adopting other creatures.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 30 July 2026
Like any living creature, Etna can only speculate about the other shapes that his life might have taken.

— Rachel Vorona Cote, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026

Definition of creature

Noun

Families should be cautious about signing documents, paying unverified individuals or accepting guarantees about release or case outcomes.

— Ascend Agency, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2026
What other research is being done Researchers increasingly treat trust as a multilevel phenomenon – spanning individuals, relationships, networks of people and societies – rather than a single attitude.

— Yigit Topoglu, The Conversation, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of individual

Noun

The series is chock full of supernatural happenings, with evil and malicious beings (both human and not) around every corner.

— Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
More recently, Adam Frank, David Grinspoon and Sara Imari Walker applied the noosphere to SETI by considering the collective intelligence of all the beings on a planet acting as a kind of combined planetary scale intelligence.

— Keith Cooper, Space.com, 27 July 2026

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