humankind
/ˌhjuːmənˈkaɪnd/
humankind noun: the human race; mankind, humanity; Homo sapiens.
Noun
humankind (usually uncountable, plural humankinds)
- The human race; mankind, humanity; Homo sapiens.
- “I’m gonna say it: soccer is one of the most dogs**t sports to ever exist, it’s an embarassment^([sic]) to humankind. I said it, get mad,” xQc said after his opponent scored yet again. “Keep malding, and I want to make sure people understand: it is not ‘football,’ it’s soccer.”2021 September 26, Bill Cooney, “xQc rage quits and uninstalls FIFA 22 after getting demolished in Ultimate Team”, in Dexerto
- Synonyms:
- the human race, mankind, humanity, Homo sapiens, Man, peoplekind, personkind, race, human race
humankind meaning in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam
humankind in Tamil
- மனித இனம்
humankind in Telugu
- humankind
- నరులు narulu
humankind in Malayalam
- humanity, human race, the human species
- മനുഷ്യരാശി, മനുഷ്യകുലം, മാനവരാശി, മനുഷ്യവംശം, നരർ, നാരം
Examples of humankind in a sentence
- Humankind has never found any other habitable planets apart from Earth.
- Humankind relies on technology to keep average standard of living higher than it would otherwise be.
- For decades, humankind steeled itself for the rise of thinking machines.
Synonyms of humankind
- the human race
- mankind
- humanity
- Homo sapiens
- Man
- peoplekind
- personkind
- race
- human race
Forms of humankind
| plural | humankinds |
|---|---|
| alternative form | human kind |
Origin of humankind
From human + -kind.
Phrases with humankind
Words that rhyme with humankind
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- rind
- signed
- unbind
- unkind
- unmind
- aligned
- chined
- combined
- defined
- designed
- Glynde
- hind
- inclined
- intertwined
- rebind
- spined
- to one's mind
- unassigned
- undersigned
- uninclined
- unlined
- upwind
- vined
- wynd
- amind
- animalkind
- assigned
- brined
- crined
- declined
- dined
- enshrined
- entwined
- fined
- mined
- misaligned
- pined
- presence of mind
- re-signed
- realigned
- reassigned
- redefined
- redesigned
- remind
- resigned
- rined
- shined
- twined
Questions about humankind
- What does humankind mean?
- Humankind means the human race; mankind, humanity; Homo sapiens.
- What is humankind in Tamil?
- Humankind in Tamil is மனித இனம். See Humankind meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is humankind?
- Humankind is a noun.
- How do you pronounce humankind?
- Humankind is pronounced /ˌhjuːmənˈkaɪnd/.
- What is the plural of humankind?
- The plural of humankind is humankinds.
Words near humankind in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: humankind (page history and authors); humankind (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); నరులు (Telugu) (page history and authors); humankind (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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