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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
Shares of Unitree, one of China's largest humanoid robot makers, initially soared as much as 629% in its public stock trading debut Wednesday in Shanghai, in the latest highlight of investor optimism over China’s technological advances. — ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026 Still, not everyone is convinced by predictions of a coming humanoid robotics boom. — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2026
Noun
Just because Unitree’s robots can perform impressive feats doesn’t mean the company is on the verge of ushering in a humanoid robot revolution. — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026 Chinese consumer electronics company Xiaomi showed off its humanoid robot in Beijing at the World Humanoid Conference in August 2026. — Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 21 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
  • Court documents allege that MacLean and Taylor sold human body parts to numerous buyers and that MacLean also stored and sold remains in Kat's Creepy Creations, her store in Salem, Massachusetts.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The institution's permanent collection of more than eight million works, which documents the story of human culture from well before Classical Antiquity to the present day, is also among the largest in existence.
    — Paul Jebara, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of human
Noun
  • Slash’s groundsnake won’t hurt humans, but human activity could spell disaster for this snake and other creatures in New Guinea.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 20 Aug. 2026
  • His project has left him with much more fellow-feeling for the creatures.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 20 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 person died in Jelgava, central Latvia, when part of a building collapsed on Saturday, and others were injured across the country.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
  • The person requested anonymity due to the sensitivity in speaking with foreign media.
    — CNN Staff, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of person
Noun
  • The wave of litigation against Meta and other social media companies from individuals, school districts and states has been called Big Tech’s Big Tobacco moment.
    — Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
  • According to police, the individual who was found shot at Anthon Drive was a teenage boy.
    — Mike Darnay, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of individual
Noun
  • The young men made an emergency call for towing assistance and were focused on dealing with the sinking boat and leaving the island.
    — Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Vernon, meanwhile, is encouraging people to remember that there was a man, a husband and father behind the headlines.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of man
Noun
  • On Bunny’s request, Joy fries up some fish and meat for the non-vegans and adjusts the tacos for the vegans.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 18 Aug. 2026
  • About how many pounds of fish do each of these strapping, 1,100-lb lads eat per day?
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of fish
Noun
  • The body of a missing 63-year-old grandmother from New York City was found near Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, police said Friday.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC news, 22 Aug. 2026
  • There have been no arrests made in relation to the death, police told CNN, but the father of one of Fortune’s children was arrested shortly after the discovery of her body on unrelated weapons charges, jail records show.
    — Chris Boyette, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
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“Humanoid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/humanoid. Accessed 23 Aug. 2026.

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