NNHUMAN Human nouns
Definition
Nouns denoting people, roles, or animate beings.
Detection Rules
xiao_2009
mfte
cql[lemma={words} & pos="NN.*"]
Word list (313 items)
family
families
guy
guys
individual
individuals
kid
kids
man
men
manager
managers
member
members
parent
parents
teacher
teachers
child
children
people
peoples
person
people
student
students
woman
women
animal
animals
applicant
applicants
author
authors
baby
babies
boy
boys
client
clients
consumer
consumers
critic
critics
customer
customers
doctor
doctors
employee
employees
employer
employers
father
fathers
female
females
friend
friends
girl
girls
god
gods
historian
historians
husband
husbands
american
americans
indian
indians
instructor
instructors
king
kings
leader
leaders
male
males
mother
mothers
owner
owners
president
presidents
professor
professors
researcher
researchers
scholar
scholars
speaker
speakers
species
species
supplier
suppliers
undergraduate
undergraduates
user
users
wife
wives
worker
workers
writer
writers
accountant
accountants
adult
adults
adviser
advisers
agent
agents
aide
aides
ancestor
ancestors
anthropologist
anthropologists
archaeologist
archaeologists
artist
artists
artiste
artistes
assistant
assistants
associate
associates
attorney
attorneys
audience
audiences
auditor
auditors
bachelor
bachelors
bird
birds
boss
bosses
brother
brothers
buddha
buddhas
buyer
buyers
candidate
candidates
cat
cats
citizen
citizens
colleague
colleagues
collector
collectors
competitor
competitors
counselor
counselors
daughter
daughters
deer
deer
defendant
defendants
designer
designers
developer
developers
director
directors
driver
drivers
economist
economists
engineer
engineers
executive
executives
expert
experts
farmer
farmers
feminist
feminists
freshman
freshmen
eologist
eologists
hero
heroes
host
hosts
hunter
hunters
immigrant
immigrants
infant
infants
investor
investors
jew
jews
judge
judges
lady
ladies
lawyer
lawyers
learner
learners
listener
listeners
maker
makers
manufacturer
manufacturers
miller
millers
minister
ministers
mom
moms
monitor
monitors
monkey
monkeys
neighbor
neighbors
observer
observers
officer
officers
official
officials
participant
participants
partner
partners
patient
patients
personnel
personnels
peer
peers
physician
physicians
plaintiff
plaintiffs
player
players
poet
poets
police
polices
processor
processors
professional
professionals
provider
providers
psychologist
psychologists
resident
residents
respondent
respondents
schizophrenic
schizophrenics
scientist
scientists
secretary
secretaries
server
servers
shareholder
shareholders
sikh
sikhs
sister
sisters
slave
slaves
son
sons
spouse
spouses
supervisor
supervisors
theorist
theorists
tourist
tourists
victim
victims
faculty
faculties
dean
deans
engineer
engineers
reader
readers
couple
couples
graduate
graduates
pakistanis
bangladeshis
srilanakns
usas
cql[lemma={words} & pos="NN|NNS"]
Word list (132 items)
Amazon
Esquire
Eunuch
Madame
Messrs
Monsieur
Signorina
Sloane
anthropocentrism
bachelor
bimbo
bloke
blokes
bluey
bod
boy
boys
broad
brunettes
chap
chappie
chappy
chaps
creap
depopulation
earth-mother
escapist
escapists
f/ms
fans
fella
fellah
feller
fellow
female
feminine
femininity
feminism
feminist
feminists
femme
floozie
forgetfulness
fraulein
gal
geezer
gender
gender-bender
genderism
gent
gentleman
gentlemen
gents
geriatric
geriatrics
giant
giants
girl
girlhood
girlie
girls
guy
hag
heart-throb
house-woman
housewife
housewives
identity
lad
laddie
laddies
ladies
lads
lady
lass
lassie
ma'am
machismo
machoness
madam
maiden
male
man
manhood
mankind
masculine
masculinity
matey
mateys
mechanics
men
mens
misogynist
miss
missy
mister
mr
mr.
ms
ms.
nanine
nanines
nanny
non-gender
overpopulation
patriarchy
playgirl
poppet
populace
population
redhead
sex
sexism
sisterhood
squash
superman
superwoman
thinker
tobabs
tomboy
tramp
tramps
virility
wench
wenches
woman
womanhood
womankind
women
womenfolk
womenkind
womens
Normalization
Per nouns
Sources
- biber_2006 — Biber, Douglas (2006) : University Language — A Corpus-based Study of Spoken and Written Registers
- mfte — Le Foll, Elen & Shakir, Muhammad (2023/2025) : Multi-Feature Tagger of English (MFTE) — Python version
- xiao_2009 — Xiao, Richard (2009) : Multidimensional analysis and the study of world Englishes
- usas — Rayson, Paul; Archer, Dawn; Piao, Scott; McEnery, Tony (2004) : The UCREL Semantic Analysis System