human
1. [ adjective ] characteristic of humanity
Examples:

"human nature"

Related terms: humanness
2. [ adjective ] relating to a person
Examples:

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

Related terms: person
3. [ adjective ] having human form or attributes as opposed to those of animals or divine beings
Examples:

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

Related terms: nonhuman anthropomorphic fallible hominal anthropoid hominian hominine earthborn humanness
4. [ noun ] a human being
Synonyms: person individual someone soul mortal somebody
Examples:

"there was too much for one person to do"

Related terms: life_form causal_agent man friend subject Jew case party worker neighbor leader Black national expert machine slave applicant engineer perceiver amateur adversary consumer White child owner collector registrant commoner bodybuilder relative killer lover scientist self follower combatant homemaker authority life candidate adult victim inhabitant male coward compulsive planner defender ruler peer female individualist user native achiever intellectual traveler convert user ward explorer warrior European left-hander advocate hope modern blond celebrant recipient appointee creature face dead_person homosexual captor acquaintance learner good_guy adventurer interpreter innocent namesake gambler contestant personage philosopher biter best radical redhead rescuer personification creator pistoleer precursor fugitive sleeper religionist demander dissenter entertainer unfortunate sentimentalist Elizabethan enrollee seeker partner free_agent sort good_person bad_guy transfer suspect terror hater survivor tiger introvert immune hoarder kneeler adjudicator linguist advisee actor abstainer malcontent literate man_jack baby_boomer autodidact juvenile jewel middlebrow mixed-blood baldhead large_person bedfellow bullfighter baby_buster communicator anomaly nude nonsmoker outcaste optimist masturbator nonmember mesomorph nonparticipant miracle_man brunet propositus charmer nonworker neutral nondescript nonreligious_person money_handler quitter occultist rich_person repeater clumsy_person roundhead second-rater signer copycat complexifier primitive stigmatic pussycat quarter six-footer simpleton sleepyhead sounding_board debtor creditor sphinx right-hander differentiator deliverer sensualist dribbler ectomorph drug_user double emotional_person endomorph unskilled_person unwelcome_person disputant extrovert small_person fiduciary faddist person_of_color first-rater
5. [ noun ] (zoology) any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae
Synonyms: man human_being homo
Related terms: hominid Homo_habilis homo_sapiens_neanderthalensis Rhodesian_man Homo_soloensis Neanderthal_man Homo_erectus Homo_sapiens genus_Homo homo_erectus hand face arm foot human_body mane human_head body_hair loin earlobe body side prepubescent nutrition syndactyly hyperdactyly schistosome_dermatitis given_birth
6. [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 17725
Similar spelling:   humane
  hunan
  humin