semi-human
/sˌɛmihjˈumən/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.45 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any creature that is partly human or human-like.
Example Sentences
- "The greater exposure to danger which these more adventurous spirits encountered and the constant struggles that these semi-human creatures must have had with definite enemies no less than with the forces of nature provided factors which rapidly weeded out those unfitted for the new conditions, and by natural selection made real men of the survivors."
- "Great God! They were moving! They were rushing swiftly and noiselessly downwards! Black, black as night, huge, ill-defined, semi-human and altogether evil and damnable."
- "In one of the layers, close to the floor, are bones of Australopithecus prometheus, a small, spry primate whom Professor Dart considers at least semi-human."
- "These characters prove wonderfully amusing company in their own right, but their entrances are enhanced by a fantastic, hilarious setting - a futuristic cantina catering to all the human, semi-human and non-human riffraff in the territory."
- "Rea is the creation of Professor Justine Cassell, a cognitive psychologist and linguistics expert. Rea is a virtual mannequin that seems semi-human."