hum | (noun) a humming noise | Synonyms: humming |
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(noun) the state of being or appearing to be actively engaged in an activity | Synonyms: busyness |
(verb) sing with closed lips | - |
(verb) make a low continuous sound | - |
(verb) sound with a monotonous hum | Synonyms: thrum |
(verb) be noisy with activity | Synonyms: buzz, seethe |
human | (adjective) having human form or attributes as opposed to those of animals or divine beings | - |
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(adjective) characteristic of humanity | - |
(adjective) relating to a person | - |
(noun) any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage | Synonyms: homo, human being, man |
humane | (adjective) marked or motivated by concern with the alleviation of suffering | - |
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(adjective) pertaining to or concerned with the humanities | Synonyms: humanist, humanistic |
(adjective) showing evidence of moral and intellectual advancement | - |
humanely | (adverb) in a humane manner | - |
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humaneness | (noun) the quality of compassion or consideration for others (people or animals) | - |
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humanisation | (noun) the act of making more human | Synonyms: humanization |
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humanise | (verb) make more humane | Synonyms: humanize |
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humanism | (noun) the doctrine emphasizing a person's capacity for self-realization through reason; rejects religion and the supernatural | Synonyms: secular humanism |
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(noun) the doctrine that people's duty is to promote human welfare | Synonyms: humanitarianism |
(noun) the cultural movement of the Renaissance; based on classical studies | - |
humanist | (adjective) pertaining to or concerned with the humanities | Synonyms: humane, humanistic |
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(adjective) of or pertaining to a philosophy asserting human dignity and man's capacity for fulfillment through reason and scientific method and often rejecting religion | Synonyms: humanistic |
(adjective) of or pertaining to Renaissance humanism | Synonyms: humanistic |
(adjective) marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare | Synonyms: human-centered, human-centred, humanistic, humanitarian |
(noun) a classical scholar or student of the liberal arts | - |
(noun) an advocate of the principles of humanism; someone concerned with the interests and welfare of humans | Synonyms: humanitarian |
humanistic | (adjective) pertaining to or concerned with the humanities | Synonyms: humane, humanist |
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(adjective) of or pertaining to a philosophy asserting human dignity and man's capacity for fulfillment through reason and scientific method and often rejecting religion | Synonyms: humanist |
(adjective) of or pertaining to Renaissance humanism | Synonyms: humanist |
(adjective) marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare | Synonyms: human-centered, human-centred, humanist, humanitarian |
humanitarian | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of humanitarianism | - |
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(adjective) marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare | Synonyms: human-centered, human-centred, humanist, humanistic |
(noun) someone devoted to the promotion of human welfare and to social reforms | Synonyms: do-gooder, improver |
(noun) an advocate of the principles of humanism; someone concerned with the interests and welfare of humans | Synonyms: humanist |
humanitarianism | (noun) the doctrine that people's duty is to promote human welfare | Synonyms: humanism |
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humanities | (noun) studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills) | Synonyms: arts, humanistic discipline, liberal arts |
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humanity | (noun) all of the living human inhabitants of the earth | Synonyms: human beings, human race, humankind, humans, man, mankind, world |
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(noun) the quality of being humane | - |
(noun) the quality of being human | Synonyms: humanness, manhood |
humanization | (noun) the act of making more human | Synonyms: humanisation |
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humanize | (verb) make more humane | Synonyms: humanise |
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humankind | (noun) all of the living human inhabitants of the earth | Synonyms: human beings, human race, humanity, humans, man, mankind, world |
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humanlike | (adjective) suggesting human characteristics for animals or inanimate things | Synonyms: anthropomorphic, anthropomorphous |
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humanly | (adverb) in the manner of human beings | - |
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humanness | (noun) the quality of being human | Synonyms: humanity, manhood |
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humanoid | (noun) an automaton that resembles a human being | Synonyms: android, mechanical man |
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humans | (noun) all of the living human inhabitants of the earth | Synonyms: human beings, human race, humanity, humankind, man, mankind, world |
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humate | (noun) material that is high in humic acids | - |
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humble | (adjective) marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful | - |
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(adjective) low or inferior in station or quality | Synonyms: low, lowly, modest, small |
(adjective) of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense) | Synonyms: base, baseborn, lowly |
(adjective) used of unskilled work (especially domestic work) | Synonyms: lowly, menial |
(verb) cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of | Synonyms: abase, chagrin, humiliate, mortify |
(verb) cause to be unpretentious | - |
humblebee | (noun) robust hairy social bee of temperate regions | Synonyms: bumblebee |
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humbled | (adjective) subdued or brought low in condition or status | Synonyms: broken, crushed, humiliated, low |
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humbleness | (noun) a disposition to be humble; a lack of false pride | Synonyms: humility |
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(noun) a humble feeling | Synonyms: humility |
(noun) the state of being humble and unimportant | Synonyms: lowliness, obscureness, unimportance |
humbling | (adjective) causing awareness of your shortcomings | Synonyms: demeaning, humiliating, mortifying |
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humbly | (adverb) in a humble manner | Synonyms: meekly |
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(adverb) in a miserly manner | Synonyms: meanly |
humbug | (noun) something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage | Synonyms: dupery, fraud, fraudulence, hoax, put-on |
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(noun) pretentious or silly talk or writing | Synonyms: baloney, bilgewater, boloney, bosh, drool, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle |
(noun) communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive | Synonyms: snake oil |
(verb) trick or deceive | - |
humdinger | (noun) someone of remarkable excellence | - |
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humdrum | (adjective) tediously repetitious or lacking in variety | Synonyms: monotonous |
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(adjective) not challenging; dull and lacking excitement | Synonyms: commonplace, prosaic, unglamorous, unglamourous |
(noun) the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety | Synonyms: monotony, sameness |
humectant | (noun) any substance that is added to another substance to keep it moist | - |
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humerus | (noun) bone extending from the shoulder to the elbow | - |
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humic | (adjective) of or relating to or derived from humus | - |
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humid | (adjective) containing or characterized by a great deal of water vapor | - |
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humidifier | (noun) an appliance designed to add moisture to the air in a building | - |
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humidify | (verb) make (more) humid | Synonyms: moisturise, moisturize |
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humidity | (noun) wetness in the atmosphere | Synonyms: humidness |
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humidness | (noun) wetness in the atmosphere | Synonyms: humidity |
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humification | (noun) the process of the formation of humus from plant remains | - |
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humified | (adjective) converted to humus | - |
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humify | (verb) convert (plant remains) into humus | - |
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humiliate | (verb) cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of | Synonyms: abase, chagrin, humble, mortify |
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humiliated | (adjective) made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride | Synonyms: embarrassed, mortified |
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(adjective) subdued or brought low in condition or status | Synonyms: broken, crushed, humbled, low |
humiliating | (adjective) causing awareness of your shortcomings | Synonyms: demeaning, humbling, mortifying |
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humiliatingly | (adverb) in a humiliating manner | Synonyms: demeaningly |
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humiliation | (noun) depriving one of self-esteem | Synonyms: abasement |
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(noun) an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect | Synonyms: mortification |
(noun) strong feelings of embarrassment | Synonyms: chagrin, mortification |
(noun) state of disgrace or loss of self-respect | - |
humility | (noun) a disposition to be humble; a lack of false pride | Synonyms: humbleness |
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(noun) a humble feeling | Synonyms: humbleness |
humin | (noun) a black humic substance that is not soluble in water | - |
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hummer | (noun) (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity | Synonyms: bullet, fastball, heater, smoke |
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(noun) a singer who produces a tune without opening the lips or forming words | - |
humming | (noun) the act of singing with closed lips | - |
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(noun) a humming noise | Synonyms: hum |
hummingbird | (noun) tiny American bird having brilliant iridescent plumage and long slender bills; wings are specialized for vibrating flight | - |
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hummock | (noun) a small natural hill | Synonyms: hammock, hillock, knoll, mound |
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hummus | (noun) a thick spread made from mashed chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice and garlic; used especially as a dip for pita; originated in the Middle East | Synonyms: hommos, hoummos, humous, humus |
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humongous | (adjective) (used informally) very large | Synonyms: banging, thumping, walloping, whopping |
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humor | (noun) the quality of being funny | Synonyms: humour |
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(noun) the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous | Synonyms: humour, sense of humor, sense of humour |
(noun) the liquid parts of the body | Synonyms: bodily fluid, body fluid, humour, liquid body substance |
(noun) (Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state | Synonyms: humour |
(noun) a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter | Synonyms: humour, wit, witticism, wittiness |
(noun) a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling | Synonyms: humour, mood, temper |
(verb) put into a good mood | Synonyms: humour |
humoral | (adjective) of or relating to bodily fluids | - |
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humoring | (noun) the act of indulging or gratifying a desire | Synonyms: humouring, indulgence, indulging, pampering |
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humorist | (noun) someone who acts, speaks or writes in an amusing way | Synonyms: humourist |
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humorless | (adjective) lacking humor | Synonyms: humourless, unhumorous |
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humorlessly | (adverb) in a humorless manner | Synonyms: humourlessly |
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humorous | (adjective) full of or characterized by humor | Synonyms: humourous |
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humorously | (adverb) in a humorous manner | - |
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humorousness | (noun) the trait of merry joking | Synonyms: jocoseness, jocosity, merriness |
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humour | (noun) the quality of being funny | Synonyms: humor |
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(noun) the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous | Synonyms: humor, sense of humor, sense of humour |
(noun) the liquid parts of the body | Synonyms: bodily fluid, body fluid, humor, liquid body substance |
(noun) (Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state | Synonyms: humor |
(noun) a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter | Synonyms: humor, wit, witticism, wittiness |
(noun) a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling | Synonyms: humor, mood, temper |
(verb) put into a good mood | Synonyms: humor |
humouring | (noun) the act of indulging or gratifying a desire | Synonyms: humoring, indulgence, indulging, pampering |
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humourist | (noun) someone who acts, speaks or writes in an amusing way | Synonyms: humorist |
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humourless | (adjective) lacking humor | Synonyms: humorless, unhumorous |
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humourlessly | (adverb) in a humorless manner | Synonyms: humorlessly |
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humourous | (adjective) full of or characterized by humor | Synonyms: humorous |
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humous | (noun) a thick spread made from mashed chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice and garlic; used especially as a dip for pita; originated in the Middle East | Synonyms: hommos, hoummos, hummus, humus |
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hump | (noun) something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings | Synonyms: bulge, bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, swelling |
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(verb) have sexual intercourse with | Synonyms: bang, be intimate, bed, bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, jazz, know, lie with, love, make love, make out, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with |
(verb) round one's back by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward | Synonyms: hunch, hunch forward, hunch over |
humpback | (noun) large whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives | Synonyms: humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae |
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(noun) a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine | Synonyms: crookback, hunchback |
(noun) an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column | Synonyms: hunchback, kyphosis |
humpbacked | (adjective) characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column | Synonyms: crookback, crookbacked, gibbous, humped, hunchbacked, kyphotic |
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humped | (adjective) characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column | Synonyms: crookback, crookbacked, gibbous, humpbacked, hunchbacked, kyphotic |
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humus | (noun) a thick spread made from mashed chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice and garlic; used especially as a dip for pita; originated in the Middle East | Synonyms: hommos, hoummos, hummus, humous |
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(noun) partially decomposed organic matter; the organic component of soil | - |