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humans

humans

3 1.0
All people as one group
  • noun
  • /ˈhjuːmənz/
translation icon : humanos
  • WE'RE ALL HUMANS HERE.
  • MODERN HUMANS

I think he's one of the greatest humans alive.

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Examples

  • How much time do humans spend their life sleeping?

  • Why do you think we humans long to create art?

  • Table, then plants, animals, you know, humans, light, sound, and then thought.

  • I just know how humans work, right?

  • However, for now at least, humans are still of nature.

  • Like when did when did humans start eating this way?

  • What happens when you take humans out into low gravity?

  • Most focus on areas where humans can outclass computers.

  • We have an innate fascination as humans, beings with fire.

  • As humans, we have the ability to adapt to many environments.

Synonyms

world
vshumans
1.0

All the people who live on Earth

is the basic biological grouping rather than public or audience
mankind
vshumans
400 1.0

All people on Earth viewed as a single group

is the modern neutral expression instead of the older term
humanity
vshumans
392 1.0

All people in the world considered as a group

is the everyday term for that entire community
human beings
vshumans
362 1.0

All people considered together as a group

is the common label for the same group
people
vshumans
264 1.0

Human beings in a group, for example in a country

is wider when meaning the whole global group rather than local citizens
human race
vshumans
111 1.5

All people who live on Earth as one group

is the general term for that collective group
humankind
vshumans
66 2.3

All people as one group

is the neutral general label rather than a formal term
Homo sapiens
vshumans
  • Specialized
3 3.2

The scientific name for the modern human group, different from extinct species like Neanderthals

is the everyday term for the same species rather than scientific
Homo sapiens sapiens
vshumans
  • Specialized
1 6.5

A group of humans that includes all living people

is the common social label, not the technical taxonomic name
Homo hominis
vshumans
  • Formal
9.9

A Latin phrase that scientists use to mean humans

is the general common label rather than a scholarly Latin phrase

Surface Forms

human singular
humans plural

Morphology

humans = human (transparent) = human + s

Regular plural formation from the noun 'human'; the meaning is directly the plural of 'human'.

Etymology

Humans comes from the Latin word humanus, which is related to homo ('man') and to humus ('earth'), so a helpful way to remember it is 'people of the earth'. That's why humans means all people as a group.