organism, being - a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently

causal agency, causal agent, cause - any entity that causes events to happen

personality - the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual; "their different reactions reflected their very different personalities"; "it is his nature to help others"

chassis, bod, human body, material body, physical body, physique, build, anatomy, figure, flesh, frame, shape, soma, form - alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak"

people - (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience"

self - a person considered as a unique individual; "one's own self"

adult, grownup - a fully developed person from maturity onward

adventurer, venturer - a person who enjoys taking risks

unusual person, anomaly - a person who is unusual

applicant, applier - a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission

appointee, appointment - a person who is appointed to a job or position

capitalist - a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business)

captor, capturer - a person who captures and holds people or animals

changer, modifier - a person who changes something; "an inveterate changer of the menu"

color-blind person - a person unable to distinguish differences in hue

common man, common person, commoner - a person who holds no title

communicator - a person who communicates with others

contestant - a person who participates in competitions

coward - a person who shows fear or timidity

creator - a person who grows or makes or invents things

controversialist, disputant, eristic - a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy

applied scientist, engineer, technologist - a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems

entertainer - a person who tries to please or amuse

experimenter - a person who enjoys testing innovative ideas; "she was an experimenter in new forms of poetry"

expert - a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully

face - a part of a person that is used to refer to a person; "he looked out at a roomful of faces"; "when he returned to work he met many new faces"

female person, female - a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies

individualist - a person who pursues independent thought or action

denizen, dweller, inhabitant, indweller - a person who inhabits a particular place

indigen, indigene, native - a person who was born in a particular place; an indigenous person

inexperienced person, innocent - a person who lacks knowledge of evil

intellectual, intellect - a person who uses the mind creatively

juvenile, juvenile person - a youthful person

lover - a person who loves or is loved

leader - a person who rules or guides or inspires others

male person, male - a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies

money dealer, money handler - a person who receives or invests or pays out money

national, subject - a person who owes allegiance to that nation; "a monarch has a duty to his subjects"

nonreligious person - a person who does not manifest devotion to a deity

nonworker - a person who does nothing

lumbus, loin - either side of the backbone between the hipbone and the ribs in humans as well as quadrupeds

hominid - a primate of the family Hominidae

genus Homo - type genus of the family Hominidae

Homo erectus - extinct species of primitive hominid with upright stature but small brain; "Homo erectus was formerly called Pithecanthropus erectus"

Homo soloensis - extinct primitive hominid of late Pleistocene; Java; formerly Javanthropus

Homo habilis - extinct species of upright east African hominid having some advanced humanlike characteristics

Homo sapiens - the only surviving hominid; species to which modern man belongs; bipedal primate having language and ability to make and use complex tools; brain 1400 cc

Homo sapiens neanderthalensis, Neandertal, Neandertal man, Neanderthal, Neanderthal man - extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia

body, organic structure, physical structure - the entire physical structure of an organism (especially an animal or human being); "he felt as if his whole body were on fire"

chassis, bod, human body, material body, physical body, physique, build, anatomy, figure, flesh, frame, shape, soma, form - alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak"

body hair - short hair growing over a person's body

head of hair, mane - growth of hair covering the scalp of a human being

human head - the head of a human being

side - either the left or right half of a body; "he had a pain in his side"

human foot, pes, foot - the foot of a human being; "his bare feet projected from his trousers"; "armored from head to foot"

arm - a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb

hand, manus, mitt, paw - the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb; "he had the hands of a surgeon"; "he extended his mitt"

face, human face - the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear; "he washed his face"; "I wish I had seen the look on his face when he got the news"

nutrition - the scientific study of food and drink (especially in humans)

homo erectus - a member of an extinct species of human being; probably an ancestor of modern man

Homo rhodesiensis, Rhodesian man - a primitive hominid resembling Neanderthal man but living in Africa

schistosome dermatitis, swimmer's itch - a sensitization reaction to repeated invasion of the skin by cercariae of schistosomes

hyperdactyly, polydactyly - birth defect characterized by the presence of more than the normal number of fingers or toes

syndactylism, syndactyly - birth defect in which there is partial or total webbing connecting two or more fingers or toes