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. Seth Stein:

   He seems not to be familiar with modern geologic knowledge, in particular, geologists now know that the climate is warming rapidly because of human activities. This is is causing many serious problems including rising sea level, which is a major threat to coastal communities.

2. Zhao Lijian:

   I think the U.S. cares nothing about human rights, it is only using this as a pretext to oppress Chinese companies, destabilize Xinjiang and slander China's Xinjiang policy.

3. Martha Nussbaum:

   But the life that no longer trust another human being and no longer forms ties to the political community is not a human life any longer.

4. United Nations:

   I want to make it crystal clear that this step is not a retreat from our human rights commitments. On the contrary. We take this step because our commitment does not allow us to remain a part of a hypocritical and self-serving organization that makes a mockery of human rights, we did not make this decision lightly. When this administration began 17 months ago, we were well aware of the enormous flaws in the Human Rights Council. We could have withdrawn immediately. We did not do that. Instead, we made a good faith effort to resolve the problems.

5. Albert Camus:

   The absurd is born of the confrontation between the human call and the unreasonable silence of the world.