HUMAN
Dictionary entry overview: What does human mean?
• HUMAN (noun)
The noun HUMAN has 1 sense:
1. any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage
Familiarity information: HUMAN used as a noun is very rare.
• HUMAN (adjective)
The adjective HUMAN has 3 senses:
1. characteristic of humanity
2. relating to a person
3. having human form or attributes as opposed to those of animals or divine beings
Familiarity information: HUMAN used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• HUMAN (noun)
Meaning:
Any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
human; human being; homo; man
Hypernyms ("human" is a kind of...):
hominid (a primate of the family Hominidae)
Meronyms (parts of "human"):
loin; lumbus (either side of the backbone between the hipbone and the ribs in humans as well as quadrupeds)
arm (a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb)
foot; human foot; pes (the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint)
face; human face (the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear)
human head (the head of a human being)
head of hair; mane (growth of hair covering the scalp of a human being)
body hair (short hair growing over a person's body)
anatomy; bod; build; chassis; figure; flesh; form; frame; human body; material body; physical body; physique; shape; soma (alternative names for the body of a human being)
hand; manus; mitt; paw (the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb)
Domain member category:
syndactylism; syndactyly (birth defect in which there is partial or total webbing connecting two or more fingers or toes)
prepubertal; prepubescent ((especially of human beings) at the age immediately before puberty; often marked by accelerated growth)
given birth ((used especially of human beings) born)
hyperdactyly; polydactyly (birth defect characterized by the presence of more than the normal number of fingers or toes)
schistosome dermatitis; swimmer's itch (a sensitization reaction to repeated invasion of the skin by cercariae of schistosomes)
nutrition (the scientific study of food and drink (especially in humans))
side (either the left or right half of a body)
body; organic structure; physical structure (the entire structure of an organism (especially an animal or human being))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "human"):
human beings; human race; humanity; humankind; humans; man; mankind; world (all of the living human inhabitants of the earth)
Homo erectus (extinct species of primitive hominid with upright stature but small brain)
Homo soloensis (extinct primitive hominid of late Pleistocene; Java; formerly Javanthropus)
Homo habilis (extinct species of upright East African hominid having some advanced humanlike characteristics)
Homo sapiens (the only surviving hominid; species to which modern man belongs; bipedal primate having language and ability to make and use complex tools; brain volume at least 1400 cc)
Homo sapiens neanderthalensis; Neandertal; Neandertal man; Neanderthal; Neanderthal man (extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia)
Homo rhodesiensis; Rhodesian man (a primitive hominid resembling Neanderthal man but living in Africa)
Holonyms ("human" is a member of...):
genus Homo (type genus of the family Hominidae)
• HUMAN (adjective)
Meaning:
Characteristic of humanity
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
human nature
Pertainym:
humanity (the quality of being human)
Meaning:
Relating to a person
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
the experiment was conducted on 6 monkeys and 2 human subjects
Meaning:
Having human form or attributes as opposed to those of animals or divine beings
Context examples:
human beings / the human body / human kindness / human frailty
Similar:
hominian; hominid (characterizing the family Hominidae, which includes Homo sapiens as well as extinct species of manlike creatures)
hominal (of humankind as a species)
fallible; frail; imperfect; weak (having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings)
earthborn (springing from or born on the earth)
anthropomorphic; anthropomorphous; humanlike (suggesting human characteristics for animals or inanimate things)
anthropoid; manlike (resembling human beings)
hominine (characteristic of humankind)
Attribute:
humanity; humanness; manhood (the quality of being human)
Antonym:
nonhuman (not human; not belonging to or produced by or appropriate to human beings)
