Synonyms for inhuman
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Cruel — of or pertaining to inhumanity and the indifferently cruel, sadistic or barbaric behavior it brings
cruel, brutal, barbarous, savage, barbaric, pitiless, merciless, brutish, ruthless, bestial, sadistic, barbarian, unfeeling, beastly UK, diabolic, remorseless, blood-thirsty, diabolical, uncivilized, uncivilised UK, demonic, unmerciful, ferocious
2. Cold-blooded
3. Superhuman — transcending or different than what is human
Definitions
- adj. 1
Of or pertaining to inhumanity and the indifferently cruel, sadistic or barbaric behavior it brings.
- adj. 2
Transcending or different than what is human.
Related words
- Other spellings
- inhumane
Example sentences
- cruel I think it is cruel to trap animals for fur coats.
- brutal The city was ruined by the brutal force of nature.
- savage There are still some savage tribes on that island.
- barbarous The slaughter of the prisoners was a barbarous act.
By length
- 4 letters
- cold1
- 5 letters
- cruel2
- 6 letters
- brutal2, savage2
- 7 letters
- demonic3, beastly2, brutish2, bestial2
- 8 letters
- ruthless2, barbaric3, sadistic3, pitiless3, diabolic
- 9 letters
- barbarian4, ferocious3, merciless3, barbarous3, unfeeling3, insensate
- 10 letters
- superhuman4, diabolical5, unmerciful4
- 11 letters
- uncivilized4, remorseless3, uncivilised
- 13 letters
- preternatural
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (cruel2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- inhumain
- Italiano
- inumano
- Deutsch
- unmenschlich
- Català
- inhumà