humanlike
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4.2
- adjective
- /ˈhjuːmənˌlaɪk/
:
humanoide
- Scientists study the humanlike features of primates to understand our own evolution.
- humanlike robot
- humanlike creature
- humanlike species
Examples
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With its humanlike expressions and movements, the android amazed everyone at the technology fair.
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This will make them seem far more humanlike to us, of course, because they will be exactly so.
Fiction book (2002) -
We have experience in dealing with humanlike others, after all.
Fiction book (2002) -
With Chip's Challenging Moments function, you can get this in a much more loving, nurturing, humanlike way.
Blog text (30) -
This gives them an intelligent, humanlike quality, almost as if they are contemplating something (maybe lunch?).
Academic text (1998) -
Computer scientists are simulating brain functions using virtual reality and "neural networks" that perform intelligent, humanlike operations.
Academic text (1997) -
With a great effort, she tore her thoughts and mind away from the mirror and the humanlike creature and tried to move her right hand; first the fingers of her hand, then her whole arm obeyed her.
Fiction book (1996) -
And just to put the icing on the cake, CybeServe intended its new bot to be humanlike: bipedal, about six feet in height, with multijointed arms and legs and five fingers on each hand.
Fiction book (2000) -
The robot was designed to exhibit humanlike behaviors, such as smiling and making eye contact.
Synonyms
44
6.1
With a body that looks like a human
22
3.9
That looks and moves like a real person or animal
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8.4
People describe animals and objects as having human form or feelings
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6.2
Like an adult man in look or behavior
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7.9
Like a human in shape or appearance
Having the shape and qualities of a human, like an animal or object
Showing feelings, thoughts, or actions like a person
Looks and acts like a person
How Humanlike
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word humanlike is made from human ('person') and the part -like ('similar to'). So it literally means 'similar to a person', which is why we use it for things that look or act like people.