human beings

A form of human being — A person; a large sapient, bipedal primate, with notably less hair than others of that order, of the species Homo sapiens.

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of human being

Synonyms & antonyms

nounall of the living human inhabitants of the earth

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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Chicago

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