Human definition
Human is an adjective meaning "characteristic of humanity." It has 4 meanings, as an adjective and a noun, listed below with example sentences.
- Part of speech
- adjective, noun
- Syllables
- 2
- Letters
- 5
- How common
- Everyday word
Human as an adjective
characteristic of humanity
"human nature"
relating to a person
"the experiment was conducted on 6 monkeys and 2 human subjects"
having human form or attributes as opposed to those of animals or divine beings
"human beings"
Human as a noun
any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage
Same sense: man, human being, homo
Synonyms and antonyms
- man definition
- human being
- homo
Opposite: nonhuman.
How to say human
Human has 2 syllables and rhymes with inhuman. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.
Words that rhyme with human
- inhuman
- superhuman
- lumen
- cumin
- acumen
- bitumen
- crewman
- albumin
- nonhuman
- subhuman
- rumen
HUMAN in word games
- Scrabble
- 10
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Anagrams
- 0
Is HUMAN a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check HUMAN in the word checker, or unscramble HUMAN to see the shorter words in its letters.
Definitions and examples from Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Browse more words in the dictionary.