HUMAN BEINGS Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

human beings

noun

plural of human being

as in lives

a member of the human race we're all human beings, regardless of our differences

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Recent Examples of human beings That last might be especially true for female human beings who may be more encouraged to have derived an identity based on our role as marital partner or parent. — Gloria Steinem, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2026 My job as a TV writer is to look at the human beings as opposed to [big systems] like the criminal justice system and the FBI — all these things that become really abstract in conversation. — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2026 The Study Of Human Beings Requires Human Instincts Market research is quite literally the science of studying human beings. — Rebecca Brooks, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026 Previous-generation Outbacks were functional but had an unfortunate tendency to look as though their infotainment system had been installed by somebody who strongly disliked both computers and human beings. — New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2026 People may love completely different kinds of art, but art affects human beings. — Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 22 Aug. 2026 Arday and Greenidge are distinct cases, distinct human beings. — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2026 With 50,000 unique items for sale and dozens of each on shelves at your typical big box store, that’s a lot for human beings to keep track of. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026 The film ends with the implication that the family are not alone after all, and will be able to make contact with other human beings. — Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 8 Aug. 2026

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Noun

Released in 2025, the first part of Julia Loktev’s monumental documentary project My Undesirable Friends, subtitled Last Air in Moscow, gave us a sprawling, breathless look at a few devastating months in the lives of Russian journalists.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026
God willing, that place will be juvenile court, where the lives of these young people can be respected and honored.

— Liza Esquibias, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of lives

Noun

Steinem then went on to become a freelance journalist in New York during the 1960s — when newsrooms were largely run by men and female reporters were typically restricted in the topics they were allowed to cover.

— Juliana Kim, NPR, 3 Sep. 2026
Two men were arrested in connection with the deaths on Wednesday, in a joint operation involving the State of Mexico Prosecutor’s Office, the federal Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection and the Mexico City Secretariat of Citizen Security.

— Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of men

Noun

Another 13 people were wounded on downtown Sacramento’s K Street and 10th Street, in what became the deadliest mass shooting in the city’s history.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 19 June 2026
Organizers say more than 125,000 people are expected throughout the event, bringing in millions of dollars for the local economy.

— Ryan Hughes, CBS News, 19 June 2026

Definition of people

Noun

In a statement to PEOPLE, a Fort Collins Police spokesperson confirmed that six individuals were transported by ambulance to area hospitals, including the driver, who was described only as an adult male.

— Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
The fund will immediately support critical relief and recovery efforts in the neediest areas, including the city of Gary, providing food, household supplies, and other essential resources to individuals and families impacted by the flooding.

— Caché McClay, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of individuals

Noun

Treated almost as living beings themselves, many of the artworks in the LACMA installation take up animate relations to one another.

— George Baker, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
In the face of European colonization, Aboriginal artists created images of powerful ancestral beings, a new study has found.

— Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 1 Sep. 2026

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