humankind

Other forms of humankind

plural

humankinds·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about humankind

What does humankind mean?

humankind means "all of the living human inhabitants of the earth".

How many syllables are in humankind?

humankind has 3 syllables: hu-man-kind. The stress falls on "hu". In IPA it is /ˈhjumənˌkaɪnd/.

What is another word for humankind?

Close synonyms include world, human race, humanity, human beings, humans. 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.

Is humankind a common word?

humankind is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with humankind?

3 words rhyme with humankind. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.