humanoids
Creatures resembling people
Humanoids are beings or machines resembling humans in form—having a head, torso, and upright bipedal posture.
The term appears most often in science fiction for alien species and in robotics for human-shaped machines: The film featured humanoids from a distant galaxy.
As an adjective, humanoid describes anything with human-like characteristics: a humanoid robot, humanoid features.
Human-shaped artificial beings
- cyborgsMachine-enhanced organic beings
- replicantsArtificial beings duplicating humans
- automatonsSelf-operating mechanical devices
- syntheticsChemically manufactured substances
bipedal · actuators · servomechanism · locomotion · Asimov · C-3PO · Data · Terminator
Human-like primate family
- NeanderthalsExtinct European hominins
- Homo erectusExtinct bipedal human ancestor
- AustralopithecusExtinct hominin genus
- bipedalismWalking on two limbs
Lucy · fossils · anthropology · primates · Darwin · natural selection · Paleolithic · Pleistocene
Mythical small beings
- dwarvesMythical small beings
- orcsSavage fantasy humanoids
- goblinsMalicious mythical creatures
- trollsDeliberate online agitators
ogres · faeries · gnomes · halflings · giants · shapeshifters · changelings · Tolkien
Beings from other worlds
- GreysSupposed alien species
- MartiansFourth planet's supposed inhabitants
- NordicsNorthern European countries
- abductionUnlawful seizure of person
close encounter · UFO · Roswell · Area 51 · first contact · xenobiology · SETI · probe
androids
Human-shaped artificial beings
- cyborgsMachine-enhanced organic beings
- replicantsArtificial beings duplicating humans
- automatonsSelf-operating mechanical devices
synthetics · bipedal · actuators · servomechanism · locomotion · Asimov · C-3PO · Data · Terminator · uncanny valley
hominids
Human-like primate family
- NeanderthalsExtinct European hominins
- Homo erectusExtinct bipedal human ancestor
- AustralopithecusExtinct hominin genus
bipedalism · Lucy · fossils · anthropology · primates · Darwin · natural selection · Paleolithic · Pleistocene · speciation
elves
Mythical small beings
trolls · ogres · faeries · gnomes · halflings · giants · shapeshifters · changelings · Tolkien · D&D
extraterrestrials
Beings from other worlds
- GreysSupposed alien species
- MartiansFourth planet's supposed inhabitants
- NordicsNorthern European countries
abduction · close encounter · UFO · Roswell · Area 51 · first contact · xenobiology · SETI · probe · mothership
centaurs
Horse-bodied humanoids
- mermaidsHalf-woman, half-fish beings
- minotaursHybrid bull-human monsters
- cyclopsSingle-eyed mythical titan
satyrs · fauns · nymphs · dryads · gorgons · harpies · sphinx · selkies · oni · tengu
- roboticsrobot, android, robotic arm, servo, gripper
- aliensE.T., grey alien, aliens, grey aliens, grays
- Artificial Beingsandroid, androids, automaton, automata, cyborg
- machineryengine, machinery, industrial machinery, motors, engines
humanoidsquadrupeds
Animals with four feet
invertebrates · insectoids · starfish · jellyfish · octopuses
- humanoid robotPerson-shaped autonomous machine
- humanoid form