HUMANITY Synonyms: 83 Similar and Opposite Words

humanity

noun

hyü-ˈma-nə-tē

Definition of humanity

as in world

human beings in general all humanity can learn from this tragedy

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as in kindness

the capacity for feeling for another's unhappiness or misfortune a country known for the humanity of its liberal immigration policy

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as in mankind

the human race in Greek mythology, the gods display many of the weaknesses of humanity, such as jealousy, foolishness, and greed

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Recent Examples of humanity The same depth of imagination, humanity, and emotional truth that has defined his extraordinary work on stage and screen is present in his music. — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 10 July 2026 From The Moon To The Ocean Floor One of the areas of this year’s Future Lab is New Frontiers, which explores how humanity is pushing into environments that remain incredibly difficult to reach and understand. — Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026 It’s also lined with stories about the existential storms humanity has weathered before — in turn, teaching us how to survive the next one. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 10 July 2026 The Christian Science Monitor was founded in 1908 to lift the standard of journalism and uplift humanity. — Dina Kraft, Christian Science Monitor, 10 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for humanity

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Noun

The Castro family has been linked, through GAESA chiefly, to a lucrative world of hotels, banks, retail monopolies, foreign-currency businesses, foreign private compounds and offshore accounts.

— Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 6 July 2026
Hiltz finished seventh in the 1,500 meters at the 2024 Paris Olympics and fifth in the same race at the 2025 world championships in Tokyo.

— Lindsay Schnell, New York Times, 5 July 2026

Definition of world

Noun

Friends and colleagues contrasted her pugnacious political statements with her personal kindness and good humor.

— Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026
Acts of kindness are few and far between in the punishing Myanmar textile factory where young San Kyi (Nandar Myat Aung) makes a meager living, hunched over a sewing machine.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 11 July 2026

Definition of kindness

Noun

Spiritually, His Holiness is an emanation, or tulku, of the bodhisattva Chenrezig, who renounced nirvana to help mankind.

— Charlie Campbell, Time, 9 July 2026
There are no guarantees in life, but that hasn’t stopped mankind from consistently searching for some semblance of security.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 9 July 2026

Definition of mankind

Noun

Texans mourn Pancake Abbott's Instagram post announcing the news has garnered more than 700 comments as of July 10, with many offering their sympathies to the family.

— Greta Cross, USA Today, 10 July 2026
Last month, a US Air Force engineer won public sympathy after being charged with sawing down over a dozen Flock cameras, with his legal defense’s GoFundMe page quickly raising tens of thousands of dollars.

— Frank Landymore, Futurism, 9 July 2026

Definition of sympathy

Noun

Safer volcanic forecasting is now possible thanks to this new system design that keeps humans out of harm’s way and electronics away from corrosive plumes.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 13 July 2026
So the charge for leaders is not to keep humans hovering over every decision AI touches.

— Oded Netzer, Fortune, 13 July 2026

Definition of human

Noun

On a much larger scale, psychedelic medicine could elevate our collective well-being and happiness, replacing systemic cycles of depression, anxiety, trauma and isolation with connectedness and compassion.

— Camille Hoffman, The Conversation, 7 July 2026
His journey in ‘Frame’ is about discovering where compassion fits within ambition and responsibility.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 July 2026

Definition of compassion

Noun

An ice sculpture of a heart includes a tube through the ice arrow that pierces the heart.

— Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 10 July 2026
However, there has been discussion about keeping the 65-foot heart that has been a major photo-op for the thousands of fans that have come to Fan Fest.

— Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026

Definition of heart

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