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adjective

Definition of humanoidnext
as in human
looking or acting like a human being humanoid robots The movie is about humanoid aliens invading Earth.

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noun

as in creature

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Recent Examples of humanoid
Adjective
China is far ahead on humanoid robots, with firms like Unitree on the vanguard of cutting-edge tech. — John Werner, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 The machine features a humanoid upper body, four-legged mobility, and modular arm mounts that can carry tools such as a chainsaw. — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2026
Noun
People become more suspicious of a humanoid robot that makes errors, especially when the robot is an expressive conversation partner. — Yigit Topoglu, The Conversation, 3 Aug. 2026 But, a year later, a bright-red humanoid—swinging a pair of spindly arms for balance—beat all twelve thousand human competitors and broke the world record. — Evan Osnos, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for humanoid
Recent Examples of Synonyms for humanoid
  1. human
  2. creature
  3. hominid
  4. person
  5. individual
  6. man
  7. fish
  8. body
Adjective
  • The piece urges critical inquiry into such claims, emphasizing that human oversight, not AI's inherent deviousness, can be a sizable contributor.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The metrics that would reveal the human cost have not been built yet.
    — Dan Schawbel, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of human
Noun
  • The clip continues with the fox switching swimming directions, putting the animal closer to an area where Six Flags employees stand ready to scoop up the creature.
    — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026
  • For others, those creatures are their whole lives—and livelihoods.
    — ForbesTV, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of creature
Noun
  • That’s also when a Seattle gastroenterologist named Walter Voegtlin published a pale volume with a drawing of a loincloth-wearing hominid on the cover.
    — David Merritt Johns, The Atlantic, 27 June 2026
  • The species detailed in a study published today in the Journal of Systematic Palaeontology even likely went after anthropology’s most famous historical hominid—Australopithecus afarensis, better known as Lucy.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 12 Mar. 2026
Definition of hominid
Noun
  • One police officer was killed and another person injured when a gunman opened fire in a Montreal neighborhood in June, officials said.
    — Mark Morales, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Abarca alleged that the situation involved at least one legislative staffer and one legislator, and that at least one person has been placed on administrative leave as a result.
    — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of person
Noun
  • Ries argues that leadership transitions succeed not because remarkable individuals take over, but because organizations have embedded their purpose deeply enough to survive leadership change.
    — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Any individual or institution with an Internet connection faces the danger that its proprietary data will be sucked into AI training sets.
    — Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of individual
Noun
  • For men, the 181 Relaxed and 281 Baggy fits worn by Puth in the campaign capture the shift toward more relaxed silhouettes that consumers are embracing today.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • However, prison staff quickly intervened and separated both men, the outlet stated.
    — Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of man
Noun
  • Humpback whales create bubble clouds to corral their prey and then lunge through the center to swallow the small fish.
    — Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 10 Aug. 2026
  • To some food-safety experts, enjoying a roll of raw fish isn’t worth the risk.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of fish
Noun
  • Things get increasingly bleak, as the family dog’s heart medicine runs out and Jason has to put him out of his misery, and then — in doomsday prepper mode — carves up the body and puts it in the freezer just in case food gets dire.
    — William Earl, Variety, 8 Aug. 2026
  • North and Central America and Caribbean governing body CONCACAF and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) have both criticized the FIFA president and rejected the plan.
    — Aleks Klosok, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
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“Humanoid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/humanoid. Accessed 11 Aug. 2026.

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