adj. 1 mortal, anthropoid, hominoid, android; hominid; Possibly offensive manlike The aliens from the spaceship had few human characteristics It is human nature to think. 2 sensitive, defenceless, weak, fallible, vulnerable She is human, too, and can be easily hurt 3 kind, kindly, kind-hearted, considerate, charitable, compassionate, merciful, benign, benignant, tender, gentle, forgiving, lenient, benevolent, beneficent, generous, magnanimous, humanitarian, understanding, accommodating, sympathetic, good-natured, humane, sensitive Human concern for others is in short supply these days
n. 4 human being, person, individual, woman, man, child, mortal, one, soul, someone, somebody Humans have long maltreated many of the animals on which they depend