human being

noun

: human

Synonyms

• baby
• being
• bird
• bod [British]
• body
• character
• cookie
• 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

Examples of human being in a Sentence

She's a very warm and generous human being.

We should do more to help our fellow human beings.

The drug has not yet been tested on human beings.

Word History

First Known Use

1694, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

human being

noun

: an individual of the species of primate mammal that walks on two feet : a person

Medical Definition

human being

noun

: human