humanoid

Two-armed, two-legged creature

Humanoid describes something having human form or characteristics.

The word appears most often in science fiction for robots, aliens, or creatures that walk upright on two legs with a head, torso, and arms arranged like a human: The humanoid aliens communicated through gestures.

As a noun, a humanoid is such a being: The ship's crew encountered several humanoids on the planet's surface.

robot

cyborg

Organic-mechanical hybrid entity

synthetic · artificial · droid · actuator · sensor · locomotion · manipulator · servomechanism · circuitry · processor

scifi

cyborg

Organic-mechanical hybrid entity

replicant · alien · shapeshifter · Data · Bishop · Borg · Westworld · synth · host · bicentennial

mythology

centaur

Half-human, half-equine being

  • mermaidFish-tailed ocean woman
  • golemAnimated clay servant
  • trollDeliberate online antagonist

ogre · minotaur · satyr · faun · dryad · harpy · cyclops · nymph · selkie · djinn

figure

mannequin

Life-sized display figure

  • dummyLifelike substitute figure
  • effigySculpted human representation
  • statueThree-dimensional sculpted likeness

sculpture · figurine · puppet · marionette · doll · waxwork · scarecrow · ventriloquist · crash test dummy · display model

anthropology

bipedalism

Walking on two limbs

primate · evolution · upright · fossil · prehistoric · cranial · skeletal · Lucy · hominin · opposable thumb

Categories
Opposites
body morphology

humanoidamorphous

Without distinct shape

tentacled · blob-like · formless · serpentine · shapeless

biological authenticity

humanoidhuman

Homo sapiens individual

person · real person · natural · organic · animal

Phrases
Family

humanoids

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G