mankind

Other forms of mankind

plural

mankinds·

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 mankind

What does mankind mean?

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

How many syllables are in mankind?

mankind has 2 syllables: man-kind. The stress falls on "man". In IPA it is /ˈmænˈkaɪnd/.

What is another word for mankind?

Close synonyms include world, human race, humanity, humankind, human beings. 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 mankind a common word?

mankind is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. 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 mankind?

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