HUMAN BEING
Dictionary entry overview: What does human being mean?
• HUMAN BEING (noun)
The noun HUMAN BEING 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 BEING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• HUMAN BEING (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 being" is a kind of...):
hominid (a primate of the family Hominidae)
Meronyms (parts of "human being"):
loin; lumbus (either side of the backbone between the hipbone and the ribs in humans as well as quadrupeds)
face; human face (the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear)
hand; manus; mitt; paw (the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb)
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)
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)
Domain member category:
side (either the left or right half of a body)
prepubertal; prepubescent ((especially of human beings) at the age immediately before puberty; often marked by accelerated growth)
syndactylism; syndactyly (birth defect in which there is partial or total webbing connecting two or more fingers or toes)
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))
body; organic structure; physical structure (the entire structure of an organism (especially an animal or human being))
given birth ((used especially of human beings) born)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "human being"):
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 being" is a member of...):
genus Homo (type genus of the family Hominidae)
