human being

noun

Definition of human beingnext
as in person
a member of the human race we're all human beings, regardless of our differences

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for human being
  1. person
  2. life
  3. man
  4. guy
  5. creature
  6. thing
  7. individual
  8. being
Noun
  • Reddish was ruled out an hour before tipoff because of a right peroneal strain – irritation or inflammation in the tendons that run along the outside of a person’s ankle and foot.
    Khobi Price, Orange County Register, 16 Nov. 2024
  • The last person to pull that off was Navy’s Roger Staubach in 1963.
    Sarah Kelly, The Denver Post, 16 Nov. 2024
Definition of person
Noun
  • Private equity now dominates sectors essential to daily life, from housing to health care.
    Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
  • China has effectively become a lifeline for North Korea, supplying essential goods such as food, clothing, fertilizer, machinery, and construction materials—nearly everything that sustains the daily lives of North Koreans and the country’s industries.
    Sungmin Cho, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2024
Definition of life
Noun
  • Loading your audio article SAN FRANCISCO — The Hayward man behind an iconic 2021 sideshow photograph has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for possessing guns that police found during a raid of his residence, court records show.
    Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • It was not known which of the two men who have protection orders against Schenke made the Facebook post.
    Noe Padilla, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of man
Noun
  • Not necessarily as the guy who’s getting the ball, but boxing out, being in the right spot.
    Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
  • The guys had so many good words to support me from the first day.
    Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 15 Nov. 2024
Definition of guy
Noun
  • The horror-novel-inspiring creatures survive entirely on the blood of their victims.
    Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2024
  • In its current incarnation, the resort caters more to corporate events and local gamblers than nightlife creatures.
    Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of creature
Noun
  • Long-term, things look better for Nix and the Broncos by the week.
    Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
  • Those things don’t have much precedent in U.S. history or in the U.S. system.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2024
Definition of thing
Noun
  • Many Democrats campaigned on a tax-the-rich agenda and advocated paying for other tax cuts by targeting those provisions, as well as rolling back the law’s tax cuts for corporations and individuals making more than $400,000 per year.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
  • Webster-Bass is interested in using investigative storytelling through audio reporting to amplify the voices of individuals from diverse backgrounds.
    Talia Buford, ProPublica, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of individual
Noun
  • For the time being, AVs will not be the low cost solution to transportation companies initially promised.
    Gustavo Castillo, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Not even being able to imagine how this tiny, adorable, screaming being could develop into a rational, articulate human.😂.
    Emma Aerin Becker, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of being
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