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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
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
  1. human
  2. creature
  3. hominid
  4. person
  5. individual
  6. man
  7. fish
  8. body
Adjective
  • What’s crucially lacking here is a particularly compelling sense of Reagan and Gorbachev as human characters.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Advances in microscopy, DNA sequencing, and genomics continue to reveal the enormous diversity of the microbial world and its central role in ecosystems, agriculture, biotechnology, and human health.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 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
  • 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
  • Officers were already at an unrelated car crash two blocks away when they were summoned to a single-family home in Windfield based on a 911 call from a man who identified himself as the shooter, Windfield Police Chief Robbie DeLong said.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC news, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The mother of 19-year-old Izick Aminartey is remembering her son as a loving young man after he was identified as one of two people killed in a shooting in Essex, Maryland.
    — Drew Aunkst, CBS News, 12 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
  • 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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“Humanoid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/humanoid. Accessed 17 Aug. 2026.

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