1. Characteristic of humanity
   "human nature"
    
2. Relating to a person
   "the experiment was conducted on 6 monkeys and 2 human subjects"
    
3. Having human form or attributes as opposed to those of animals or divine beings
   "human kindness"; "human frailty"; "human beings"; "the human body"

1. Any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage
   "Fossil evidence shows that human beings evolved over millions of years";
   - homo, man, human being

Derived forms: humans

See also: anthropoid, anthropomorphic, anthropomorphous, earthborn, fallible, frail, hominal, hominian, hominid, hominine, humanity, humanlike, humanness, imperfect, manhood, manlike, weak

Type of: hominid

Antonym: nonhuman

Part of: genus Homo

Encyclopedia: Human, Space, Time and Human