Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Anthropology \An`thro*pol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. 'a`nqrwpos man +
-logy.]
1. The science of the structure and functions of the human
body.
[1913 Webster]
2. The science of man, including the study of the ditribution
of physical and cultural attributes in relation to man's
origin, location, history, and environment; -- sometimes
used in a limited sense to mean the study of man as an
object of natural history, or as an animal.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
3. That manner of expression by which the inspired writers
attribute human parts and passions to God. See also
anthropopathite, anthropopathism, anthropomorphist.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
anthropology
n 1: the social science that studies the origins and social
relationships of human beings
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
41 Moby Thesaurus words for "anthropology":
anatomy, animal physiology, anthropography, anthropologist,
anthropometry, behavioral science, biology, comparative anatomy,
conchology, craniology, craniometry, demography, ecology,
entomology, ethnography, ethnologist, ethnology, ethology,
helminthology, herpetology, human ecology, human geography,
ichthyology, malacology, mammalogy, ornithology, protozoology,
psychology, science of man, sociologist, sociology, taxidermy,
taxonomy, zoogeography, zoography, zoology, zoonomy, zoopathology,
zoophysics, zootaxy, zootomy