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

The approach, developed by a team led by researchers from York University in Toronto, could improve how humanoid robots judge distances, recognize object orientation, and navigate complex environments.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026
Companies are investing heavily in humanoid automatons aimed at working in factories and homes.

— Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of humanoid

Noun

At the University of Mississippi, a video went viral of a Black woman surrounded by white students and the white students mimicking ape-like motions toward the woman and making monkey-like calls.

— Irene Wright, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
While Limbani prepared for the move, Lee stopped by to give the young ape a personal drumming performance.

— Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of ape

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

Hailing from London as the son of hardscrabble fruit sellers, Winstone was often asked to channel his rough-and-tumble upbringing and pre-acting career as a boxer into mobster and villain roles.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Aug. 2026
Standing in his way is a mysterious villain intent on his destruction.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of villain

Noun

Long lines snake toward bars selling the tournament’s speciality cocktail, and a David Chang stall cooks elevated chicken tenders.

— Albert Samaha, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
Rather than killing the snakes found on its property, Cat Haven relocates them to areas farther from the cats, according to Anderson.

— Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 28 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