creatural

adjective

Definition of creaturalnext
as in humanoid

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  1. humanoid
  2. human
  3. humanlike
  4. hominid
Adjective
  • With self-driving vehicles and even some humanoid robots entering larger-scale production, there’s an increasingly high demand to build AI systems that better grasp how to move about the physical world without barreling into everything around it.
    — Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 14 Oct. 2026
  • According to Liv, LaPenna pushed for the opportunity to face humanoid opponents in the cage.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of humanoid
Adjective
  • Learning from human demonstrations offers another way to develop skills by using examples of how a task should be performed.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Even today human infants are helpless without at least one connection.
    — Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of human
Adjective
  • Others are humanlike avatars that can smile, blink and nod their heads — albeit in a slightly uncanny manner.
    — Sophie Caldwell Juhohn Lee, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Researchers have developed a new framework that enables humanoid robots to perform agile, humanlike movements and transition smoothly between different skills.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of humanlike
Adjective
  • Over ten million years ago, long before the human species existed, our hominid ancestors adapted to metabolize alcohol.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Jan. 2026
  • The team used laser ablation mass spectrometry (LA-MS), a technique that uses direct micro-scale sampling to provide high-precision elemental and isotope analyses of solid materials, to scan Neanderthal molars and other hominid fossils.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2025
Definition of hominid
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“Creatural.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/creatural. Accessed 23 Oct. 2026.

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