HUMANOID Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

Definition of humanoid

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

Human movements from motion capture and video are converted to a robot-compatible format through kinematic retargeting, while animation can provide movements that humans cannot perform or that are better suited to non-humanoid robots. — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026 Chinese vendors accounted for more than 97% of all humanoid robots shipped worldwide in the first half of the year, and Chinese buyers absorbed more than 85% of global demand. — John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026

Noun

Deep Robotics has released new footage showing its DR02 humanoid robot climbing outdoor concrete stairs, highlighting the machine’s ability to handle challenging terrain and maintain dynamic movement. — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 14 Aug. 2026 Nearly three-quarters of its humanoid revenue came from research and education in the first nine months of 2025, while corporate tours made up more than half of its still-small industrial business, a company filing showed. — Elaine Yu,anniek Bao, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for humanoid

Recent Examples of Synonyms for humanoid

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

The the world’s largest mountain range and deepest canyon occupy these might waters, but warming waters and habitat destruction have left the ocean‘s creatures struggling.

— Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 13 Aug. 2026
No other compound can unlock as much energy—and any creature that goes without O2 has to make do with less.

— James Dinneen, New Yorker, 13 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

Two people were killed by Russian strikes in Zelenskyy's home city of Kryvyi Rih, the president wrote, as was one person in the northeastern city of Sumy.

— David Brennan, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026
Thirteen employees of a steel factory in Kryvyi Rih were injured and one person died, according to Arcelor Mittal, which operates the plant.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 16 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

Aetrex is a technology company that uses data and learnings to design and create footwear that is anatomically correct to support your body from the ground up, offering superior arch support and pain relief.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
Monday's meeting will be open to the entire church body, both sides said.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Aug. 2026

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