ANTHROPOID Synonyms: 150 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

Definition of anthropoid

as in humanoid

resembling a human in shape or form They were on the lookout for the famed Sasquatch, a tall anthropoid creature some thought lived deep in these forests.

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noun

as in ape

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Recent Examples of anthropoid

Noun

That the officiant would be a giant anthropoid jar of mayo named Manny Mayo was actually too good to be true. — Heather Schroering, Bon Appetit Magazine, 6 Aug. 2025 The Chinese, conversely, have been convinced forc enturies that the entire rest of the world is inhabited by an alien species of lower anthropoid. — Jean Shepherd, Car and Driver, 18 Dec. 2022 Solo’s first mate on the Millennium Falcon, Chewbacca, a 7-foot monkey-face anthropoid has his own following. — Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2021 But thanks to a meager fossil record, the question of where this first anthropoid was born has remained open. — Rachel Preiser, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019 This 65-67 million-year-old relic looked down from on high on the anthropoids enjoying their time of evolutionary flourishing. — Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 18 June 2017 Because the fossil indicates that the tarsier and anthropoid primate groups split before that era, the anthropoid lineage is also at least that old, says Beard. — Sid Perkins, Scientific American, 5 June 2013 Since humans are apes, and apes are anthropoid primates, the last common ancestor of all anthropoids would be one of our distant primate ancestors. — Brian Switek, WIRED, 1 July 2009

Recent Examples of Synonyms for anthropoid

Adjective

According to Hon Weng Chong, Cortical Labs founder and CEO, some potential applications include drug discovery, humanoid robotics, cybersecurity and fraud detection.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026
The company RoboStore had previously become the main North American distributor for humanoid robots and quadruped robots from Unitree Robotics, a Chinese robotics company that produces some of the most affordable and popular humanoid robot models.

— Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of humanoid

Adjective

Things could be better, which goes without saying in the aftermath of a flu pandemic that has wiped out most of the planet’s human population, but the four principals here could also be dead, so there’s that.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
The service got its name from the original Mechanical Turk, an 18th century chess-playing robot that was actually controlled by a human chess master.

— Annie Palmer, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of human

Noun

Most sportsmen wonder how any whitetail bucks, let alone a brute such as Kontras’, could have been so easily patterned.

— Jeff Murray, Outdoor Life, 20 Aug. 2026
The show’s depiction of Hugh as a family man has been much more sympathetic than the book’s description of him as a power-hungry brute.

— James Grebey, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of brute

Noun

This arrangement worked well until the vine-killing louse made its way from Bordeaux to Rioja and destroyed the vineyards there, which upended the region’s industry for decades.

— Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 26 June 2026
Soaking in the warm water may disrupt louse activity or egg placement within their fur.

— Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 21 Jan. 2026

Definition of louse

Noun

Furious drops the ball a bit in the interactions with Emma and Jay Easton, turning them into one-dimensional caricatures instead of complex villains, but honestly, this show isn’t really about them.

— Erin Qualey, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026
Saoirse Ronan is ready to step into the dark side and is doubling down on wanting to play a villain in the James Bond universe.

— Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of villain

Noun

Review There are sprawling meadows made for picnicking, walking trails that snake through dense forests, and a picturesque lake.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Aug. 2026
The zoo’s veterinary team collaborated with cancer specialists at nearby University of Liverpool to adapt an emerging treatment called electrochemotherapy, readying it for first-time use in a snake.

— Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of snake

Noun

So our hero’s a delightful cad, and then his own missiles explode him toward tin-man redemption.

— EW Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026
Rota’s gorgeous score swells sweetly as this affair is sketched, but Mario — older and wiser, to quote the Rodgers and Hammerstein song — has his doubts about a man who seems to him like a cad.

— Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 1 Aug. 2026