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- [hyoo-muh n or, often, yoo‐ bee-ing]
- /ˈhyu mən or, often, ˈyu‐ ˈbi ɪŋ/
- /ˈhjuːmən ˈbiː.ɪŋ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [hyoo-muh n or, often, yoo‐ bee-ing]
- /ˈhyu mən or, often, ˈyu‐ ˈbi ɪŋ/
Definitions of human being words
- noun human being any individual of the genus Homo, especially a member of the species Homo sapiens. 1
- noun human being a person, especially as distinguished from other animals or as representing the human species: living conditions not fit for human beings; a very generous human being. 1
- noun human being person 1
- noun human being homo sapiens 1
- countable noun human being A human being is a man, woman, or child. 0
- noun human being a member of any of the races of Homo sapiens; person; man, woman, or child 0
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Origin of human being
First appearance:
before 1855 One of the 30% newest English words
First recorded in 1855-60
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Parts of speech for Human being
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adjective
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pronoun
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determiner
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human being popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 39% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 70% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
human being usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for human being
noun human being
- person — a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons.
- soul — the principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans, regarded as a distinct entity separate from the body, and commonly held to be separable in existence from the body; the spiritual part of humans as distinct from the physical part.
- human — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or having the nature of people: human frailty.
- mortal — subject to death; having a transitory life: all mortal creatures.
- earthling — an inhabitant of earth; mortal.
Antonyms for human being
noun human being
- animal — An animal is a living creature such as a dog, lion, or rabbit, rather than a bird, fish, insect, or human being.
- plant — any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
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