the human race
noun [S]Definition
› all the people in the world, considered as a groupHumans, apes and monkeysPeople in general
(Definition of the human race noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- anthropo- prefix
- anthropoid adjective
- ape noun
- baboon noun
- chimpanzee noun
- gorilla noun
- Homo sapiens noun
- human adjective
- human noun
- humanity noun (PEOPLE)
- lemur noun
- man noun (PEOPLE)
- mandrill noun
- mankind noun
- marmoset noun
- monkey noun (ANIMAL)
- rhesus monkey noun
- simian adjective, noun
- spider monkey noun
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