Human crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Human” are WEAK, HOMO or GIRL, with 4 letters. Below are 67 answers from 3 to 15 letters, best match first in each length, then what each top answer means and how to tell them apart.

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The best answers, explained

MAN 3 letters · noun

any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage

WEAK 4 letters · adjective

wanting in physical strength “a weak pillar”

FRAIL 5 letters · adjective

physically weak “an invalid's frail body”

PERSON 6 letters · noun

a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential “there was too much for one person to do”

HOMINID 7 letters · adjective

characterizing the family Hominidae, which includes Homo sapiens as well as extinct species of manlike creatures

FALLIBLE 8 letters · adjective

likely to fail or make errors “everyone is fallible to some degree”

IMPERFECT 9 letters · adjective

not perfect; defective or inadequate “had only an imperfect understanding of his responsibilities”

ANTHROPOID 10 letters · adjective

resembling human beings

PHILANTHROPY 12 letters · noun

voluntary promotion of human welfare

DOMESTICATION 13 letters · noun

adaptation to intimate association with human beings

ANTHROPOMORPHIC 15 letters · adjective

suggesting human characteristics for animals or inanimate things

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, WEAK, HOMO, GIRL, BABY, COLD and SOUL all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: W → WEAK · H → HOMO · G → GIRL · B → BABY · C → COLD · S → SOUL. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, FRAIL, BUILD, STIFF, DUMMY, ATTIC and BRUTE all fit. The fifth letter tells them all apart: L → FRAIL · D → BUILD · F → STIFF · Y → DUMMY · C → ATTIC · E → BRUTE. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 3 squares, MAN, SON and BOY all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: M → MAN · S → SON · B → BOY. Fill in that crossing answer first.

Other forms of this clue

Clues often use another form of the word, and the answer then takes the same form: “humans” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “human” means

• adjective: characteristic of humanity (“human nature”)
• adjective: relating to a person (“the experiment was conducted on 6 monkeys and 2 human subjects”)
• adjective: having human form or attributes as opposed to those of animals or divine beings (“human beings”)
• noun: any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage

A clue usually points at one of these senses, so the right answer is the one that matches the sense the puzzle means: check it against the crossing words.

About these answers

We match the clue against our own thesaurus and dictionary (Open English WordNet): words that mean the same as HUMAN, and words whose definition is HUMAN. We don't copy answers from newspaper puzzles, so a clue that leans on trivia or wordplay may need the crossing letters instead.