Meanings
- pluralplural of humanity
- obsoletepluralplural onlySynonym of classical studies: the study of Ancient Greek and Latin, their literature, etc.
Synonyms: classical studies
- pluralplural onlyThe study of language, literature, the arts, history, and philosophy, sometimes including religion.
1 more example
The Old Church is one of nearly 240 recipients of grants awarded by NEH for humanities projects in support of the preservation of historic collections, humanities documentaries and exhibitions, scholarly books and research, and educational opportunities for teachers, according to the agency’s website.
2021 August 17, Artemis Moshtaghian, “Church made famous by Paul Revere reckons with its ties to slavery”, in CNNSynonyms: belles-lettres, arts
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of classical studies: the study of Ancient Greek and Latin, their literature, etc.
nounThe study of language, literature, the arts, history, and philosophy, sometimes including religion.
More synonyms by meaning
nounstudies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan humanitats
- humanitatslanguage, literature, etc.
Chinese Mandarin 人文科學 /人文科学
- 人文科學 /人文科学 (rénwén kēxué)language, literature, etc.
Danish humaniora
- humanioralanguage, literature, etc.
Dutch geesteswetenschappen
- geesteswetenschappenlanguage, literature, etc.
Esperanto homa scienco
- homa sciencolanguage, literature, etc.
Estonian humanitaarained, humaniora
- humanitaarainedlanguage, literature, etc.
- humanioralanguage, literature, etc.
Finnish humanismi
- humanismilanguage, literature, etc.
French sciences humaines
- sciences humaineslanguage, literature, etc.
German Geisteswissenschaften, Humanwissenschaften
- Geisteswissenschaftenlanguage, literature, etc.
- Humanwissenschaftenlanguage, literature, etc.
Greek ανθρωπιστικές επιστήμες, θεωρητικές επιστήμες
- ανθρωπιστικές επιστήμες (anthropistikés epistímes)language, literature, etc.
- θεωρητικές επιστήμες (theoritikés epistímes)language, literature, etc.
Hindi मानविकी
- मानविकी (mānvikī)language, literature, etc.
Hungarian humán tárgyak
- humán tárgyaklanguage, literature, etc.
Icelandic hugvísindi
- hugvísindilanguage, literature, etc.
Indonesian humaniora
- humanioralanguage, literature, etc.
Italian scienze umanistiche
- scienze umanistichelanguage, literature, etc.
Japanese 人文科学, 人文学
- 人文科学 (jinbun kagaku)language, literature, etc.
- 人文学 (jinbungaku)language, literature, etc.
Korean 인문학
- 인문학 (inmunhak)language, literature, etc.
Norwegian Bokmål humaniora
- humanioralanguage, literature, etc.
Polish humanistyka, nauki humanistyczne
- humanistykalanguage, literature, etc.
- nauki humanistycznelanguage, literature, etc.
Portuguese humanas
- humanaslanguage, literature, etc.
Romanian umanioare
- umanioarelanguage, literature, etc.
Russian гуманита́рные нау́ки
- гуманита́рные нау́ки (gumanitárnyje naúki)language, literature, etc.
Slovak spoločenské vedy
- spoločenské vedylanguage, literature, etc.
Spanish humanidades, letras humanas
- humanidadeslanguage, literature, etc.
- letras humanaslanguage, literature, etc.
Swedish humaniora
- humanioralanguage, literature, etc.
Tagalog katuruang-tao
- katuruang-taolanguage, literature, etc.
Thai ศิลปศาสตร์
- ศิลปศาสตร์ (sǐn-lá-bpà-sàat)language, literature, etc.
Turkish beşerî bilimler
- beşerî bilimlerlanguage, literature, etc.
Vietnamese khoa học nhân văn
- khoa học nhân vănlanguage, literature, etc.
Cite this entry
humanities. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/humanities
“humanities.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/humanities. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “humanities,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/humanities.
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