droid

noun

ˈdrȯid 

: android

Examples of droid in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The actors are so terrific and their chemistry so palpable that the hangout scenes in their fabulous Baxter Building penthouse — with a domestic droid that’s like Rosie the Robot from The Jetsons meets Number 5 from John Badham’s Short Circuit — are some of the movie’s most appealing interludes. —David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2025

Teaming up with Rebels like the enigmatic Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) and the sarcastic droid K-2SO (Alan Tudyk), Jyn’s quest for salvation and redemption runs right up to the beginning of the original film, Star Wars: A New Hope. —Mekishana Pierre, EW.com, 26 June 2025

During the Clone Wars, a conflict between the republic and separatists, the latter used an army of robots called droids. —Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025

In collaboration with some friends in the 3D printing world, a few of his droids have even incorporated robotic mechanics. —Olivia Petty, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 July 2025

Word History

Etymology

by shortening

First Known Use

1952, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for droid

• joyed
• stroyed
• toyed
• void
• adenoid
• alkaloid
• amoeboid
• amyloid
• aneroid
• anthropoid
• arachnoid
• asteroid