human
of, relating to, characteristic of, or having the nature of people: human frailty.
consisting of people: the human race.
of or relating to the social aspect of people: human affairs.
sympathetic; humane: a warmly human understanding.
a human being.
Origin of human
1synonym study For human
pronunciation note For human
Other words from human
- hu·man·like, adjective
- hu·man·ness, noun
- half-hu·man, adjective
- in·ter·hu·man, adjective
- o·ver·hu·man, adjective
- pseu·do·hu·man, adjective
- qua·si-hu·man, adjective
- qua·si-hu·man·ly, adverb
- trans·hu·man, adjective
- ul·tra·hu·man, adjective
- un·hu·man, adjective
- un·hu·man·ly, adverb
Words that may be confused with human
- human , humane (see synonym study at the current entry)
Words Nearby human
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How to use human in a sentence
Alphabet, the parent company of Google, owns Calico, a startup researching ways to extend human life spans.
What’s your biological age? A new app promises to reveal it—and help you slow the aging process | Jeremy Kahn | September 17, 2020 | FortuneThe data centers of the future will require less human involvement, instead being managed and run primarily by technologies like robotics and AI.
Microsoft Had a Crazy Idea to Put Servers Under Water—and It Totally Worked | Vanessa Bates Ramirez | September 17, 2020 | Singularity HubFortune has learned that Nadia Rawlinson, the former chief human resources officer for Live Nation Entertainment, is joining the company at the end of the month.
Slack hires former Live Nation exec as new chief people officer | Michal Lev-Ram, writer | September 16, 2020 | FortuneAll of these themes were woven into Bernard Tyson’s holistic vision of human health.
Bernard Tyson’s profound impact continues even after his death—through a new social investment fund | cleaf2013 | September 16, 2020 | Fortune“The report lays out very, very well just how rare it’s going to be that people actually need to access heritable human-genome editing,” said Jackie Leach Scully at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia.
A CRISPR Baby Future? New Report Outlines Path to Human Germline Editing | Shelly Fan | September 15, 2020 | Singularity Hub
The editors, writers, and cartoonists at Charlie Hebdo were human beings with families, friends, and loved ones.
It is the summit of human happiness: the surrender of man to God, of woman to man, of several women to the same man.
Houellebecq’s Incendiary Novel Imagines France With a Muslim President | Pierre Assouline | January 9, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTOur animators are very excited to be drawing the innards of a human being.
‘Archer’ Creator Adam Reed Spills Season 6 Secrets, From Surreal Plotlines to Life Post-ISIS | Marlow Stern | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTPetty, shade, and thirst are my favorite human “virtues” and the trifecta of any good series of “stories.”
‘Empire’ Review: Hip-Hop Musical Chairs with an Insane Soap Opera Twist | Judnick Mayard | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThe billionaire philanthropist tastes the product of a machine that processes human sewage into drinking water and electricity.
Bill Gates Drinks Sewer Water | Jack Holmes, The Daily Beast Video | January 7, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTAfter all, may not even John Burns be human; may not Mr. Chamberlain himself have a heart that can feel for another?
God and my Neighbour | Robert BlatchfordHe must trust to his human merits, and not miracles, for his Sonship is of no value in this conflict.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature | Moncure Daniel ConwayHow is it that one instant of time should work those effects in the human mind which are so lasting in their results!
Few persons can attain to adult life without being profoundly impressed by the appalling inequalities of our human lot.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockBut there is a pinnacle of human success and of human opinion, on which human foot was never yet permitted to rest.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4 | Jane Porter
British Dictionary definitions for human
/ (ˈhjuːmən) /
of, characterizing, or relating to man and mankind: human nature
consisting of people: the human race; a human chain
having the attributes of man as opposed to animals, divine beings, or machines: human failings
kind or considerate
natural
a human being; person
Origin of human
1Other words from human
- Related prefix: anthropo-
Derived forms of human
- human-like, adjective
- humanness, noun
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Scientific definitions for human
[ hyōō′mən ]
A member of the species Homo sapiens; a human being.
A member of any of the extinct species of the genus Homo, such as Homo erectus or Homo habilis, that are considered ancestral or closely related to modern humans.
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Other Idioms and Phrases with human
see milk of human kindness.
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