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- [hyoo-muh-noid or, often, yoo-]
- /ˈhyu məˌnɔɪd or, often, ˈyu-/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [hyoo-muh-noid or, often, yoo-]
- /ˈhyu məˌnɔɪd or, often, ˈyu-/
Definitions of humanoid word
- adjective humanoid having human characteristics or form; resembling human beings. 1
- noun humanoid a humanoid being: to search for humanoids in outer space. 1
- noun humanoid (esp. in science fiction) A being resembling a human in its shape. 1
- noun humanoid android, robot that looks like a human 1
- adjective humanoid like a human being 1
- adjective humanoid Something that is humanoid looks or acts like a human being, although it is not human. 0
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Origin of humanoid
First appearance:
before 1915 One of the 14% newest English words
First recorded in 1915-20; human + -oid
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Humanoid
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
humanoid popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 68% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
humanoid usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for humanoid
adj humanoid
- personal — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
- hominoid — Anthropology. a member of the biological superfamily Hominoidea, including all modern great apes and humans and a number of their extinct ancestors and relatives.
- individual — a single human being, as distinguished from a group.
- animal — An animal is a living creature such as a dog, lion, or rabbit, rather than a bird, fish, insect, or human being.
- mortal — subject to death; having a transitory life: all mortal creatures.
noun humanoid
- orang — orangutan.
- gorilla — the largest of the anthropoid apes, Gorilla gorilla, terrestrial and vegetarian, of western equatorial Africa and the Kivu highlands, comprising the subspecies G. g. gorilla (western lowland gorilla) G. g. graueri (eastern lowland gorilla) and G. g. beringei (mountain gorilla) now rare.
- gibbon — Edward, 1737–94, English historian.
- sasquatch — Big Foot.
- android — In science fiction books and films, an android is a robot that looks like a human being.
adjective humanoid
- human — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or having the nature of people: human frailty.
- social — relating to, devoted to, or characterized by friendly companionship or relations: a social club.
- civilised — to bring out of a savage, uneducated, or rude state; make civil; elevate in social and private life; enlighten; refine: Rome civilized the barbarians.
- ethnologic — Ethnological.
- ethological — Of or pertaining to ethology.
Antonyms for humanoid
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