hominian

1. 1.

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

   Synonymshominid

   Similarhuman

Questions about hominian

What does hominian mean?

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

How many syllables are in hominian?

hominian has 4 syllables and divides as ho-mi-ni-an under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for hominian?

Close synonyms include hominid. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.