anthropomorphous

adjective

Synonym of anthropomorphic.

Similar
anthropomorphichumanlikehuman
OriginProto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? ← Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ) ← English anthropo- →
Scrabble 28
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

adjective
  1. Synonym of anthropomorphic.

    Synonyms: anthropomorphic

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveSynonym of anthropomorphic.

Similar
anthropomorphic

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivesuggesting human characteristics for animals or inanimate things

Similar
anthropomorphichumanlikehuman
Also see
anthropomorphichumanhumanlike

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekᾰ̓́νθρωπος (ắnthrōpos)
  2. Englishanthropo-
  3. Ancient Greekμορφή (morphḗ)
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₃édosder.?
  6. Englishanthropomorphous

From anthropo- + -morphous.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

anthropomorphous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anthropomorphous

MLA

“anthropomorphous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anthropomorphous. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anthropomorphous,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anthropomorphous.

Source: anthropomorphous on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.