human being

Questions about human being

What is another word for human being?

It depends which human being you mean. In the sense “any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage”, the synonyms are homo, man, human. Across all 1 sense there are 3 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of human being?

WordNet records no antonym for human being. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for human being come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of human being

• Full entry for human beingAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for human beingWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.