Synonyms for humanity
Most common
human race human kind human nature world humanness manhood compassion
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Mankind — humankind; human beings as a group
human race, human kind, human nature, world, mortality, mankind dated, man formal dated
3. Compassion
compassion, benevolence, kindness, sympathy, fellow feeling, kindliness, philanthropy, tenderness, charity, lenity, benignity rare
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
Humankind; human beings as a group.
- n. 2
The human condition or nature.
- n. 3
The quality of being benevolent; humane traits of character; humane qualities or aspects.
Related words
- Word family
- humanitarian humanitarianism humanities humane
Forms
- Plural
- humanities → worlds, mortalities, humannesses, manhoods…
Example sentences
- mortality Strict abortion laws lead to higher maternal mortality.
- compassion Compassion is entirely absent from his character.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| humanity | rising | |
| mortality | steady | |
| compassion | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- man1
- 5 letters
- world1
- 6 letters
- lenity
- 7 letters
- charity3, mankind2, manhood2
- 8 letters
- kindness2, sympathy3
- 9 letters
- mortality4, humanness3, benignity
- 10 letters
- compassion3, tenderness3, humaneness, kindliness
- 11 letters
- benevolence4
- 12 letters
- philanthropy4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (charity3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- humanité
- Italiano
- umanità
- Español
- humanidad
- Deutsch
- Menschheit