Synonyms for human
ˈhyu mən or, often, ˈyu-; ˈyu mən; yudʒhu·man

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1. human

   Human denotes what pertains to mankind, with no suggestion as to its being good or evil; as, the human race; human qualities; we speak of human achievements, virtues, or excellences, human follies, vices, or crimes. Humane denotes what may rightly be expected of mankind at its best in the treatment of sentient beings; a humane enterprise or endeavor is one that is intended to prevent or relieve suffering. The humane man will not needlessly inflict pain upon the meanest thing that lives; a merciful man is disposed to withhold or mitigate the suffering even of the guilty. The compassionate man sympathizes with and desires to relieve actual suffering, while one who is humane would forestall and prevent the suffering which he sees to be possible. Compare MERCY; PITIFUL; PITY.

   See synonyms for BARBAROUS.

   Synonyms:
   benevolent, benignant, charitable, clement, compassionate, forgiving, gentle, gracious, humane, kind, kind-hearted, merciful, pitying, sympathetic, tender, tender-hearted

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1. human

   Synonyms:
   ethnical, cosmical, anthropological, rational, civilized

   Antonyms:
   inhuman, beastly, irrational

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. homo, man, human being, humanadjective

   any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage

   Synonyms:
   military personnel, world, humankind, man, human beings, mankind, valet de chambre, serviceman, military man, gentleman, homo, valet, homosexual, homophile, humanity, piece, gentleman's gentleman, human being, humans, adult male, gay, human race

   Antonyms:
   apelike, anthropoid, nonhuman, bloodless, anthropoidal, inhuman, dehumanised, dehumanized, unhuman

2. humanadjective

   characteristic of humanity

   "human nature"

   Antonyms:
   dehumanized, anthropoidal, bloodless, unhuman, anthropoid, nonhuman, inhuman, dehumanised, apelike

3. humanadjective

   relating to a person

   "the experiment was conducted on 6 monkeys and 2 human subjects"

   Antonyms:
   inhuman, nonhuman, anthropoidal, dehumanized, anthropoid, bloodless, apelike, dehumanised, unhuman

4. humanadjective

   having human form or attributes as opposed to those of animals or divine beings

   "human beings"; "the human body"; "human kindness"; "human frailty"

   Antonyms:
   inhuman, nonhuman, dehumanised, apelike, unhuman, dehumanized, anthropoid, anthropoidal, bloodless

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. manvi

   yeah it is also known as human

   Submitted by anonymous on April 6, 2021  

2. monolingual

   hercules mulligan

   lafayette

   Submitted by rinat on August 26, 2019  

3. muggle

   a muggle is a human name from harry potter

   "you're a muggle-born?!"

   Submitted by anonymous on November 17, 2019  

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1. humanadjective

   Synonyms:
   man's, of man

2. humanadjective

   Synonyms:
   common to mankind

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1. List of paraphrases for "human":

   humane, humans, humanos, mankind, manpower, humanity, man, humanitarian, humankind, humaine, rights, humaines, humana, humanities, humano, humains, fundamental, anthropogenic, people, bushra

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1. Masahiro Toyoda:

   There have been some pieces of evidence related to human stress reduction by nature with plants or by plants, however, when we get accustomed and/or bored to the same scene, the stress recovery effect will not continue so long.

2. Dartmouth College anthropologist Jeremy DeSilva:

   The legs are long, the knees are like ours, the feet are human-like. Homo naledi walked a lot like us.

3. Helen Keller:

   No pessimest ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an unchartered land or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.

4. Gregory Bateson, "Mind and Matter":

   In the transmission of human culture, people always attempt to replicate, to pass on to the next generation the skills and values of the parents, but the attempt always fails because cultural transmission is geared to learning, not D.N.A.

5. Ryan Mauro:

   Closing Guantanamo Bay will have no impact on terrorist recruitment and radicalization, there is not a single case that I am aware of where a moderate, peace-loving Muslim became angry over the Gitmo issue and suddenly decided to wage violent jihad, behead innocent people, implement theocracy and commit human rights abuses like executing gays and abusing women.