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

The young men made an emergency call for towing assistance and were focused on dealing with the sinking boat and leaving the island.

— Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
Vernon, meanwhile, is encouraging people to remember that there was a man, a husband and father behind the headlines.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 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

There are few things more beautiful than the corona, the sun’s atmosphere, visible only during total solar eclipses like the one that occurred last week over a narrow swath of eastern Greenland, western Iceland and Spain.

— Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2026
In the 1990s, few lawmakers under the Gold Dome had the ability to get things done like Walker.

— Riley Bunch, AJC.com, 20 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

Le Guin’s prose and poetry mourn the dead forest and other living Earth beings while exulting at the mountain’s power.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2026
Enclosed by a network of 13th-century walls, the narrow streets of old York host myriad awe-inspiring relics from its pre-industrial past, perhaps the most famous being York Minster, one of the most beautiful Gothic cathedrals anywhere.

— Paul Jebara, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Aug. 2026

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