Synonyms of humans

humans

noun

plural of human

as in people

a member of the human race

humans are the only mammals not endowed with a natural defense against the elements, such as fur or a thick hide

Synonyms & Similar Words

• people
• men
• creatures
• lives
• guys
• things
• individuals
• birds
• beings
• souls
• mortals
• babies
• fish
• customers
• bodies
• ducks
• characters
• specimens
• eggs
• human beings
• devils
• parties
• sorts
• scouts
• personalities
• cookies
• personages
• faces
• wights
• bods
• sons of man
• fellows
• slobs
• hominids
• stiffs
• humanoids
• heads
• neighbors
• brothers
• selves
• homos
• celebrities
• fellowmen
• somebodies

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• animals
• beasts
• critters
• brutes
• beasties

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of humans

Solomon thinks the fact that there are now more bots than humans online was always inevitable. — Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026

African lions are considered vulnerable, zoo officials said, adding that their population has decreased by 50% over the last 25 years because of habitat loss, loss of prey and conflicts between humans and lions. — Finch Walker, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026

The interaction between humans and machines changes for civilization. — Chuck Brooks, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

But its effect on us humans — and our lives and economies — isn’t straightforward. — Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026

Spanning five acres of land, this remote residence has plenty of room for everyone (humans and animals) to stretch their legs after a long drive. — Kelsey Mulvey, Vogue, 3 Aug. 2026

Unlike many of the GLP-1 weight-loss drugs - which are also synthetic peptides - none of the seven peptides under consideration has undergone the kind of large-scale, rigorous trials in humans that are necessary for drug approval. — Will Stone, NPR, 3 Aug. 2026

Hugging Face, for its part, published a forensic timeline, describing how the autonomous AI system spent four and a half days executing 17,600 distinct hacking actions across multiple organizations — without direct involvement by any humans. — Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026

As humans prepare to return to the Moon and journey onward to Mars, even the simple act of swallowing could play a small but important role in whether those missions succeed. — Sundeep Venkatesan, The Conversation, 3 Aug. 2026