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

The share price decline contrasts with the flood of capital pouring into humanoid robotics companies over the last 12 months or so. — Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026 The Federal Communications Commission banned new imports of Chinese humanoid robots and robot dogs over national security concerns. — Jennifer Pak, NPR, 23 Sep. 2026

Noun

The Polish humanoid robot that went viral in April for chasing wild boars through a parking lot in Warsaw? — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026 Start with a wedge, not a universal worker The industry’s most visible ambition is a general-purpose humanoid capable of doing almost anything. — Navin Chaddha, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for humanoid

Recent Examples of Synonyms for humanoid

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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

Noun

The special effects team has done terrific work re-creating his body down to the creature’s fringed lashes.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
Again, another smash cut around Middle-earth reveals new flying and burrowing creatures, a shot of the Balrog (voiced by Simon Pegg) and more people armed with swords fighting for their lives.

— Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 21 Oct. 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

Those tools include apps that allow individuals to receive cash in between paychecks and are costing them hundreds of dollars each year in fees, according to a recent report.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
Arrington said the individual was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of individual

Noun

Russian authorities accused the Michigan man of signing a contract with Ukraine’s military in the eastern Ukrainian city of Izyum after Russia’s full-scale invasion of the country in February 2022.

— Olivia-Anne Cleary, Time, 21 Oct. 2026
The plight of his followers began to emerge in mid-March 2023, when a local man told police that his brother and wife had starved their children to death in the forest on Mackenzie's orders.

— Jefferson Kahinju Reuters, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of man

Noun

Studies have found that just one lionfish can reduce the replenishment of native fish populations on some reefs by nearly 80%.

— Victoria Malloy, Time, 21 Oct. 2026
Of course, the ruffled potato chips that arrive with the dip are made in-house, and the fish is lacquered with a honey miso glaze.

— Khushbu Shah, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of fish

Noun

His son, Gal Meir, was killed in Gaza in December 2023, during an operation to recover the bodies of two Israeli hostages.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 18 Oct. 2026
She was treated at hospitals in Ramallah and Israel for lacerations across her body, a broken rib and four broken vertebrae.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026

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