mechanoid

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noun

A robot that is designed to look and act like a human.

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Meanings

nounmechanoid (plural mechanoids)

plural mechanoids

  1. literatureA robot that is designed to look and act like a human.

    Originally he'd entered the Game to rescue the others. He was a sanitation Mechanoid, programmed to clean, and, in theory, should have been immune to the Game's lure. But he wasn't.

    1990, Grant Naylor, Better Than Life

    Synonyms: android

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA robot that is designed to look and act like a human.

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android

Origin

From mechano- + -oid.

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APA

mechanoid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mechanoid

MLA

“mechanoid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mechanoid. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mechanoid,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mechanoid.

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