Library / English Dictionary

SUBHUMAN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Unfit for human beings

Example:

subhuman conditions of life

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

unfit (below the required standards for a purpose)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Less than human or not worthy of a human being

Example:

the subhuman primates

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

infrahuman (belonging to a group below humans in evolutionary development)

Antonym:

superhuman (above or beyond the human or demanding more than human power or endurance)

Credits