English Explanatory Dictionary

human

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or belonging to the species Homo sapiens or its closest relatives.
  2. Having the nature or attributes of a human being.
  3. Compassionate.
noun
  1. A highly intelligent ape with fine and short body hair; the most abundant species of primate, with members found on every continent (Homo sapiens).
  2. A human as contrasted from superficially similar but typically more powerful humanoid creatures; a member of the human race.
  3. A term of address for any human, often implying the listener's species is their only noteworthy trait.
  4. Any hominid of the genus Homo.
verb
  1. To behave as or become, or to cause to behave as or become, a human.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. The language supposedly spoken by humans
  3. Alternative letter-case form of human used in works that capitalize the names of all sentient species

Pronunciation

hyo͞oʹmən /ˈhjuː.mən/ [ˈçju̟mən] [ˈçju̟mn̩] /ˈju.mən/ en-us-human.ogg

Word forms

human more human most human humane humans humaning humanning humaned humanned

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin hūmānus Old French umain Middle French humainbor. Middle English humayne English human From Late Middle English humaigne, humayne, humain, from Middle French humain, from Old French humain, umain (“of or belonging to man”, adjective), from Latin hūmānus m (“of man, human”, adjective); see there for further details. Spelling human has been predominant since the early 18th century. Compare, and possibly related to man.

Synonyms

mannish mennish humane featherless biped human naked ape human being man person humanize

Antonyms

inhuman nonhuman unhuman

Related words

humane humanitarian humanitarianism humanity person

Derived words

abhuman ahuman antehuman antihuman anti-human chuman countryhuman demihuman economic human European early modern human extrahuman half-human HIV hooman hope springs eternal in the human breast HOV huboon hucow hufu human African trypanosomiasis humanation human bean human behavior human being human betaherpesvirus 5 human billboard human biodiversity human blockhead human body human botfly humanburger human burrito human calculator human cannonball human capital humancentric human chain human chattel human cheese human chorionic gonadotropin human chorionic somatomammotrophin human chorionic somatomammotropin human choriosomatomammotrophin human choriosomatomammotropin human composting human-computer interaction human condition human development human directional human-dominated human dross human enhancement human error humanesque human factors human flag human flea human-flesh search human flesh search engine human fracking

Translations

Abkhaz: ауаҩы Acehnese: ureuëng Achuar: aishmang Afrikaans: mens Ahom: 𑜀𑜤𑜃𑜫 Ainu: アイヌ Aja (East Africa): i'i Akan: onipa Akan: nipa Aklanon: tawo Albanian: njeri Aleut: tayaĝux̂ Amharic: የሰው ልጅ Amharic: ሰው Western Apache: ndeeń Arabic: إِنْسَان Arabic: نَاس Arabic: بَشَر Arabic: إِنْس Arabic: إنسان Arabic: بنيآدم Arabic: بني آدم Arabic: بنادم Chadian Arabic: نادم Aragonese: homo Aragonese: umano Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐ݇ܢܵܫܵܐ Aramaic: אנשא Aramaic: ܐܢܫܐ Argobba: ሱ Armenian: մարդ Aromanian: om (roa-rup) Assamese: মানুহ Asturian: home Asturian: humanu Asturian: ser humanu Avar: чи Avar: гӏадан Avar: инсан Azerbaijani: insan Azerbaijani: adam Azerbaijani: kişi Bashkir: кеше Bashkir: әҙәм Bashkir: бәндә Basque: gizon Basque: gizaki Belarusian: чалаве́к Belarusian: лю́дзі Bengali: মানুষ Bengali: মানব Bengali: ইনসান Bilua: maba Bislama: man Blagar: ne Bouyei: wenz Bulgarian: чове́к Bulgarian: хо́ра Bulgarian: лю́де Burmese: လူ Burmese: မနုဿ Burmese: လူသား Burmese: ပုဂ္ဂိုလ် Buryat: хүн Butuanon: tao Carpathian Rusyn: чолові́к Catalan: home Catalan: humà Catalan: ésser humà Catawba: ye
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