HOMOS Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

homos

noun

Definition of homos

plural of homo

as in people

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Noun

Another 13 people were wounded on downtown Sacramento’s K Street and 10th Street, in what became the deadliest mass shooting in the city’s history.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 19 June 2026
Organizers say more than 125,000 people are expected throughout the event, bringing in millions of dollars for the local economy.

— Ryan Hughes, CBS News, 19 June 2026

Definition of people

Noun

Women tolerate heat better than men and can sit in a sauna, absorb heat and vasodilate, triggering heat shock protein responses.

— Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Oct. 2026
The diaper brand Coterie is running an ad in Golf Digest, whose readership is 75% men.

— Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of men

Noun

Others eat nectar, while others still eat insects, fish and even frogs.

— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2026
The state officials would include the secretaries of energy and environmental affairs and housing and livable communities, the commissioners of fish and game and conservation and recreation, and the state's climate chief.

— Aaron Parseghian, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of fish

Noun

Those were the guys that brought home the Astros’ first World Series championship, as Henderson’s Brewers are trying to do for Milwaukee.

— Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Milwaukee also developed such top guys as Brice Turang (1st round), Garrett Mitchell (1st round), Sal Frelick (1st round) and Cooper Pratt (6th round), among others.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of guys

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Born in 1888, Jim Casey spent his life, starting at the tender age of eleven, thinking about how to deliver things more efficiently.

— Marc Levinson, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2026
New York — Brett Smiley was elected mayor of Providence in 2022 on a pledge to build more housing and get things done in Rhode Island’s capital city.

— Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of things

Noun

Because food can be scarce there and people fear theft, individuals will store rice in their dirt-floor homes, Wagner says, allowing close contact with the rats that infest the island.

— Faye Flam, Scientific American, 27 Oct. 2026
At a news conference Monday, the country’s director of public security, Obeidallah Maaytah, said that law enforcement tracked down the individuals involved in that attack and, after a shootout, managed to arrest them and seize their weapons.

— Aoife Walsh, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of individuals

Noun

As organizations determine which activities belong to humans and which can be delegated to intelligent systems, work is being redesigned.

— Jo Debecker, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Professor Frink reanimates his formerly deceased father after winning the Nobel Prize, but the elder Frink, not content with his current body, steals parts and organs from other humans.

— Joshua Kurp, Vulture, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of humans

Noun

Public health knowledge and guidance on this topic continues to develop, the health department said, but a measles infection increases the risk of complications for pregnant mothers and their babies.

— Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026
Under the federal guidance at the time, parents of babies born to mothers who test negative for hepatitis B can decide with their health care provider whether to vaccinate at birth or begin the series later.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026

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