unhuman
Beyond our species
Unhuman describes what lies outside the boundaries of human nature or experience.
It can mean not human at all—belonging to animals, machines, or supernatural beings—or it can describe qualities that seem beyond normal human capacity: unhuman endurance, an unhuman scream.
The word overlaps with inhuman but carries less moral judgment; inhuman typically condemns cruelty, while unhuman simply marks difference from the human.
Lacking pity or mercy
- mercilessShowing no clemency
- pitilessLacking any compassion
- cold-bloodedUnfeeling or externally heated
- callousCruelly insensitive to others
brutal · remorseless · ruthless · unfeeling · soulless · emotionless · robotic · calculating
Savagely cruel or unpleasant
- animalisticResembling brute nature
- feralWild after domestication
- savageFierce and untamed
- brutishCruel and uncivilized
bestial · primal · predatory · monstrous · creature · abomination · grotesque · mutant
Being from outer space
- otherworldlySeemingly not earthly
- unearthlySupernatural or eerie
- cosmicPertaining to the universe
- interstellarBetween celestial bodies
xenomorph · android · cyborg · spacefaring · martian · exobiology · synthetic · artificial
Disturbingly strange
- ghostlyResembling a specter
- spectralGhostlike or wavelength-related
- phantasmalLike an apparition
- uncannyEerily beyond normal
eldritch · otherworldly · apparitional · wraithlike · ethereal · paranormal · occult · mystical
heartless
Lacking pity or mercy
- mercilessShowing no clemency
- pitilessLacking any compassion
- cold-bloodedUnfeeling or externally heated
callous · brutal · remorseless · ruthless · unfeeling · soulless · emotionless · robotic · calculating · detached
beastly
Savagely cruel or unpleasant
- animalisticResembling brute nature
- feralWild after domestication
- savageFierce and untamed
brutish · bestial · primal · predatory · monstrous · creature · abomination · grotesque · mutant · twisted
extraterrestrial
Being from outer space
- otherworldlySeemingly not earthly
- unearthlySupernatural or eerie
- cosmicPertaining to the universe
interstellar · xenomorph · android · cyborg · spacefaring · martian · exobiology · synthetic · artificial · replicant
eerie
Disturbingly strange
- ghostlyResembling a specter
- spectralGhostlike or wavelength-related
- phantasmalLike an apparition
uncanny · eldritch · otherworldly · apparitional · wraithlike · ethereal · paranormal · occult · mystical · unearthly
unhumanhuman
Homo sapiens individual
humane · humanlike · flesh and blood · anthropomorphic · mortal
unhumanwarm-blooded
Internally temperature-regulated
relatable · warm · personable · approachable · empathetic
human, humane, humanity, inhuman, humanitarian, superhuman, inhumanity, nonhuman, subhuman