humanoid

[ hyoo-muh-noidor, often, yoo- ]

adjective

1. having human characteristics or form; resembling human beings.

noun

1. a humanoid being:

   to search for humanoids in outer space.

humanoid

/ ˈhjuːməˌnɔɪd /

adjective

1. like a human being in appearance

noun

1. a being with human rather than anthropoid characteristics
2. (in science fiction) a robot or creature resembling a human being

Word History and Origins

Origin of humanoid¹

First recorded in 1915–20; human + -oid

Example Sentences

The Massachusetts-based firm shook up the robotics industry in 2013 with its dynamic humanoid robot developed for the Pentagon research arm, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency or DARPA.

From Washington Post

The video features a pair of the company’s vaguely humanoid Atlas robots that do the running man along with a litany of other familiar dance moves you might expect from a background dancer in The Blues Brothers.

From Popular-Science

Several videos of the company’s robotic dog Spot, cat Cheetah and humanoid Atlas have gone viral, stoking admiration — and terror — across the Internet.

From Washington Post

Boston Dynamics is well known inside and out the industry for making some of the most advanced robotics systems on the planet, including BigDog and the humanoid Atlas.

From TechCrunch

From 2014 to 2018 he was also chief scientist at Hanson Robotics, the Hong Kong–based firm that unveiled a talking humanoid robot called Sophia in 2016.

From MIT Technology Review

What if, instead of saying oddly humanoid remarks like “I love cars,” Mitt decided to do more showing and less telling.

From The Daily Beast

They're bipeds—lizardoid rather than humanoid—and are a fairly intelligent and law-abiding lot.

From Project Gutenberg

However, if the Spican was wearing a suit of plastiflesh that looked remotely humanoid, I would at least stay and talk to him.

From Project Gutenberg

Vaguely humanoid in shape from the waist up, it was built more like a miniature military tank from the waist down.

From Project Gutenberg

Think of it this way—here's a race, obviously humanoid, on another star system.

From Project Gutenberg

The Venusians proved to be a humanoid race of people who used telepathy for communication.

From Project Gutenberg