HUMAN
What does "HUMAN" mean?
A member of the species Homo sapiens; a person.
Meanings
- A man, woman, or child of the species Homo sapiens. The cave held the oldest human remains found on the continent.
- Of, relating to, or characteristic of people. The error was human, not mechanical.
- Showing the better qualities of people, such as kindness or fallibility. It was a surprisingly human gesture from a famously cold man. figurative
Did you know?
- Human and chimpanzee DNA is roughly 98.8% identical, meaning a sliver of about one percent separates the species that builds rockets from the one that cracks nuts with stones.
Word origin
From Latin 'humanus', related to 'homo' (man) and 'humus' (earth, ground); via Old French 'humain' into English, carrying the old idea of an earth-born creature.
Remember it
HUMAN hides HUMUS minus its tail: Latin tied 'humanus' to 'humus', the earth - we are, literally, earthlings.
A little poem
Made of the same dust
that the rivers carry down -
yet we name the stars.
haiku
Wordplay
- Why did the robot envy the human? It heard people get to make mistakes and call it 'character.'
What it teaches
To be human is to err, to ache, and to keep going anyway - the flaws are not the footnote, they are the story.
Quick facts
What does HUMAN mean?
A member of the species Homo sapiens; a person.
Is HUMAN a valid word?
Yes — HUMAN is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is HUMAN?
HUMAN has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does HUMAN come from?
From Latin 'humanus', related to 'homo' (man) and 'humus' (earth, ground); via Old French 'humain' into English, carrying the old idea of an earth-born creature.
What can HUMAN teach us?
To be human is to err, to ache, and to keep going anyway - the flaws are not the footnote, they are the story.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.