Meanings
comparative more humanoid · superlative most humanoid
- Having the appearance or characteristics of a human; being anthropomorphic under some criteria (physical, mental, genetical, ethological, ethical etc.).
About 56% of the humanoid robot supply chain companies are based in China, according to a Morgan Stanley research report last month.
2025 March 25, John Liu, “Elon Musk thinks robots are a $10 trillion business. He’s got some competition from China”, in CNN, archived from the original on 20 Jun 20251 more example
That's how I came to be down there, Captain, pursuing the devil's own spawn, a thing I've chased across the universe. He's humanoid outside, but inside, he's a hideous, murdering monster. I'll get him, Captain. I swear it.
1967, Star Trek, The Alternative Factor, season 1, episode 27, Robert Brown (actor)Synonyms: humaniform
plural humanoids
- A being having the appearance or characteristics of a human.
Lowering prices for humanoids would mark a major step to their eventual commercialization and wider adoption.
2025 March 25, John Liu, “Elon Musk thinks robots are a $10 trillion business. He’s got some competition from China”, in CNN, archived from the original on 20 Jun 2025
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHaving the appearance or characteristics of a human; being anthropomorphic under some criteria (physical, mental, genetical, ethological, ethical etc.).
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinhūmānu
- Old Frenchumain
- Middle Frenchhumain
- Middle Englishhumayne
- Englishhuman
- Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
- Proto-Indo-European*wéydos
- Proto-Hellenic*wéidos
- Ancient Greekεἶδος (eîdos)
- Englishhumanoid
From human (from Latin hūmānus m (“of or belonging to a man, human, humane”, adjective)) + -oid.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἀνθρωποειδής
- ἀνθρωποειδής (anthrōpoeidḗs)having the appearance or characteristics of a human
Catalan humanoide, humanoide
- humanoidehaving the appearance or characteristics of a human
- humanoidea being having the appearance or characteristics of a human
Chinese Mandarin 類人的 /类人的, 似人的
- 類人的 /类人的 (lèirén de)having the appearance or characteristics of a human
- 似人的 (sìrén de)having the appearance or characteristics of a human
- 人形的 (rénxíng de)having the appearance or characteristics of a human
Czech humanoidní, humanoid
- humanoidníhaving the appearance or characteristics of a human
- humanoida being having the appearance or characteristics of a human
Dutch humanoïde, humanoïde
- humanoïdehaving the appearance or characteristics of a human
- humanoïdea being having the appearance or characteristics of a human
Esperanto homeca, homforma
- homecahaving the appearance or characteristics of a human
- homformahaving the appearance or characteristics of a human
- homsimilahaving the appearance or characteristics of a human
- homformuloa being having the appearance or characteristics of a human
- homsimiluloa being having the appearance or characteristics of a human
Finnish ihmismäinen, humanoidi
- ihmismäinenhaving the appearance or characteristics of a human
- humanoidia being having the appearance or characteristics of a human
French humanoïde, humanoïde
- humanoïdehaving the appearance or characteristics of a human
- humanoïdea being having the appearance or characteristics of a human
German menschenähnlich, humanoid
- menschenähnlichhaving the appearance or characteristics of a human
- humanoidhaving the appearance or characteristics of a human
- Humanoida being having the appearance or characteristics of a human
- Humanoidea being having the appearance or characteristics of a human
Greek ανθρωποειδής, ανθρωποειδές
- ανθρωποειδής (anthropoeidís)having the appearance or characteristics of a human
- ανθρωποειδές (anthropoeidés)a being having the appearance or characteristics of a human
Hungarian humanoid, emberszerű
- humanoidhaving the appearance or characteristics of a human
- emberszerűhaving the appearance or characteristics of a human
- humanoida being having the appearance or characteristics of a human
Indonesian humanoid
- humanoidhaving the appearance or characteristics of a human
Japanese 人型の, ヒューマノイド
- 人型の (hitogata no)having the appearance or characteristics of a human
- ヒューマノイド (hyūmanoido)a being having the appearance or characteristics of a human
Korean 인간형(人間型)의, 휴머노이드
- 인간형(人間型)의 (in'ganhyeong-ui)having the appearance or characteristics of a human
- 휴머노이드 (hyumeonoideu)a being having the appearance or characteristics of a human
Persian آدمواره, انساننما
- آدمواره (âdamvâre)having the appearance or characteristics of a human
- انساننما (ensân-nemâ)having the appearance or characteristics of a human
Polish humanoidalny, humanoid
- humanoidalnyhaving the appearance or characteristics of a human
- humanoida being having the appearance or characteristics of a human
Portuguese humanoide
- humanoidehaving the appearance or characteristics of a human
Romanian umanoid
- umanoidhaving the appearance or characteristics of a human
Russian человекоподо́бный, гумано́ид
- человекоподо́бный (čelovekopodóbnyj)having the appearance or characteristics of a human
- гумано́ид (gumanóid)a being having the appearance or characteristics of a human
Spanish humanoide, humanoide
- humanoidehaving the appearance or characteristics of a human
- humanoidea being having the appearance or characteristics of a human
Turkish insansı
- insansıhaving the appearance or characteristics of a human
Vietnamese hình nhân
- hình nhâna being having the appearance or characteristics of a human
Cite this entry
humanoid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/humanoid
“humanoid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/humanoid. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “humanoid,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/humanoid.
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