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

So what’s the point of building humanoid robots that can perform athletically? — Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026 Unitree, one of China’s leading humanoid robot makers, also made its listing debut in Shanghai in August. — ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026

Noun

This dynamic complements the friendly camaraderie between Maki and Omura, the former of whom is a bubbly girl and the latter a more laidback, blue-skinned male humanoid with horns. — George Yang, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2026 Analysts have previously noted the auto industry shares many of the same suppliers as the humanoid robotics sector. — Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 30 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for humanoid

Recent Examples of Synonyms for humanoid

Adjective

Many enterprises’ security processes were built for a world in which threats developed at roughly human speed.

— Shane Buckley, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
The sense of being outside the patterns of human familial weaving is very sharp.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of human

Noun

More than 600 creatures are pictured, including horses, bison, deer, and aurochs, making the Lascaux caves one of the most concentrated showcases of cave art in existence.

— Michele Metych Britannica Editors Sep. 10, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Sep. 2026
Barbara Cartland, like most successful writers, was a creature of routine.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 10 Sep. 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

For the first few days, they were held in a room crammed with up to 80 men, with just a handful of open toilets, in frigid conditions and with only a thin towel to sleep under, before being moved to two-person cells.

— Hanna Park, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2026
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has some new digs—an Airstream trailer in Memphis, parked just steps from xAI’s most ambitious project yet.

— Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of man

Noun

Humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa, quite the mouthful and named after Hawaiʻi's official state fish, is the resort's signature seafood restaurant, and a dreamy one.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Sep. 2026
Since joining, the aquarium has taken in more than 3,300 trafficked animals, including axolotls, corals, reptiles and fish.

— John Donegan LONG BEACH POST, Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of fish

Noun

Again, while many dip to their left before throwing a hook to the body, the American stands tall and finds the angle with his long reach.

— Chris McKenna, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
In 1968, patrolman Ed Pospisil of Fire Patrol 3 led the effort to locate the bodies of 12 FDNY firefighters killed in a raging East 23rd Street fire the year before.

— Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2026

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