android

noun

an·​droid ˈan-ˌdrȯid 

: a mobile robot usually with a human form

sci-fi androids

Examples of android in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Working alongside him is Thia, played by Elle Fanning, who fans speculate is a Weyland-Yutani android owing to a vague logo spotted in the the wreckage of a ship. —Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2025

Internet sleuths have already guessed that in certain frames, Fanning’s Thia could be a Weyland-Yutani android. —Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 23 Apr. 2025

The trailer depicts sequences involving multiple predators fighting or threatening one another, Elle Fanning looking very strange and cool as an android, and glimpses of new monsters and the alien world the movie focuses on. —John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 23 Apr. 2025

The director of the never completed and never to be seen android drama series White Horse/Conquest, the 47-year-old Rinsch could be incarcerated for the rest of his life if found guilty by a jury. —Dominic Patten, Deadline, 3 Apr. 2025

Word History

Etymology

earlier androides "automaton having a human form," borrowed from French androïde, perhaps borrowed from Late Greek androeidḗs "in the form of a man, like a man," from Greek andr-, anḗr "man, husband, human" + -oeidēs -oid entry 2 — more at andro-

Note: The word may equally well have been formed in post-medieval Latin, but evidence is lacking. An early English instance can be found in The History of Magick by way of Apology, for all the Wise Men who have unjustly been reputed Magicians (London, 1657), a translation, by "J. Davies," of Apologie pour tous les grands personnages qui ont esté faussement soupçonnez de magie (Paris, 1625) by the French librarian and scholar Gabriel Naudé (1600-53). The French word occurs earlier in Le mastigophore, ou precurseur du Zodiaque ([Paris]: 1609), a satirical work by the priest Antoine Fuzy/Fusi (1560-1629). Both authors use androïde in connection with the legendary talking automaton devised by albertus magnus, without any suggestion that the word was a neologism.

First Known Use

circa 1736, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for android

• alloyed
• annoyed
• avoid
• centroid
• convoyed
• cuboid
• cycloid
• decoyed
• deployed
• dermoid
• destroyed
• devoid

Kids Definition

android

noun

an·​droid

ˈan-ˌdrȯid

: a mobile robot with human form

Medical Definition

android

adjective

an·​droid ˈan-ˌdrȯid 

1

of the pelvis : having the angular form and narrow outlet typical of the human male

a disproportionate number of difficult labors occur in women with android pelvises

compare anthropoid entry 1, gynecoid, platypelloid

2

: relating to or characterized by the distribution of body fat chiefly in the abdominal region

android obesity

compare gynecoid