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

One person died in Jelgava, central Latvia, when part of a building collapsed on Saturday, and others were injured across the country.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
The person requested anonymity due to the sensitivity in speaking with foreign media.

— CNN Staff, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of person

Noun

Derrick Moore not only saved Summer’s life, McCallum said, but his own, too.

— Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
This rainfall may produce life threatening flooding and mudslides, especially in steep terrain and over areas that were affected recently by Hurricane Lala.

— Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of life

Noun

In both women and men with class III obesity, defined as a BMI of 40 or higher, there was no statistically significant difference in mortality risk.

— Faye Chiu, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026
Still, the archetypal influencer in our cultural imagination is not a man reviewing watches on YouTube or hosting a podcast from his studio in Austin.

— Laura Jung, Vogue, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of man

Noun

Always unassuming, sitting in the back of the room — but often the smartest person in the room — Saftler became known as the guy who can predict the future of television, constantly analyzing industry trends to figure out what would come next.

— Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2026
Just ask the guy running around Westwood in a literal bear costume earlier this week.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of guy

Noun

Underneath the friendly little pixel clock, though, the presence of an ESP32 makes things interesting, and Ulanzi has done something rather unusual.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 Aug. 2026
The cult member says some predictably culty things about how Thom doesn’t need his father or his friends for guidance.

— Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of thing

Noun

Still, social media videos showed individuals defiantly competing in front of the City Hall building in July.

— Mitchell McCluskey, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
As part of the effort, the Treasury Department designated nearly 60 individuals, entities, and vessels accused of helping Iran evade previously existing sanctions.

— Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of individual

Noun

At the start of each summer season, the mayor takes an inaugural swim at a local beach, though Tom’s outing gets spooky when a potentially supernatural being scratches him out in the water.

— Nicholas DeRenzo, Travel + Leisure, 25 Aug. 2026
The projections can take whatever physical form a ring-bearer wills, and some powerful Lanterns have conjured the shapes of living beings, though sentience is another matter.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026

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