android

Mechanical person replica

An android is a robot designed to look and act like a human being.

The term emphasizes human-like appearance rather than just mechanical function—the android of science fiction walks among us, sometimes indistinguishable from real people.

The android passed for human until its skin was damaged.

In casual use, android often refers to any sophisticated humanoid robot. (Capitalized Android is the mobile operating system.)

humanoid

robot

Programmable automated machine

bipedal · lifelike · synthetic · mechanical · artificial · humanlike · simulacrum · mannequin · uncanny valley · sentient

scifi

Blade Runner

One who retires replicants

C-3PO · Star Trek · Metropolis · dystopia · futuristic · sentient · rebellion · consciousness · creator · Philip K. Dick

cybernetic

implant

Device placed inside tissue

prosthesis · enhancement · transhumanism · wearable · exoskeleton · chip · integration · biotechnology · nanotechnology

Categories
Opposites
biological vs. artificial nature

androidhuman

Homo sapiens individual

human being · person · man · woman · flesh and blood

sentience and soul

androidsoul

Innermost animating essence

living soul · spirit · sentient being · authentic self · mind

mobile operating system

androidiOS

Mobile operating system

iPhone · Apple · iPad · macOS

Phrases
Family

androgynous, androgyny, androids, androgen

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G