robotlike

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adjective

Having some similarity to a robot.

Similar
automaticautomatonlikemachinelikeroboticmechanical
OriginProto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English robot →
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Meanings

adjectiverobotlike (comparative more robotlike, superlative most robotlike)

comparative more robotlike · superlative most robotlike

  1. Having some similarity to a robot.

    Italian authorities say they are planning to use “sophisticated robotlike equipment” to help rescuers find the bodies of seven people still missing in the wreckage of the Costa Concordia cruise liner.

    2012 March 13, Leila Merrill, “Robotlike equipment to aid search for 7 missing in shipwreck”, in The Dallas Morning News

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveresembling the unthinking functioning of a machine

Similar
automaticautomatonlikemachinelikeroboticmechanical
Also see
automaticautomatonlikemachinelikerobotic

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Old Czechrobota
  2. Czechrobota
  3. Czechrobot
  4. Englishrobot
  5. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  6. Proto-Germanic*līką
  7. Englishrobotlike

From robot + -like.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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