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humanoid

[hyoo-muh-noid, yoo-] / ˈhyu məˌnɔɪd, ˈyu- /
ADJECTIVE
manlike
Synonyms
STRONG
animal anthropoid biped hominid hominoid individual mortal
WEAK
anthropological anthropomorphic anthropomorphous bipedal creatural ethnologic ethological hominal hominine

Example Sentences

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CEO Elon Musk’s massive trillion-dollar 2025 pay award includes the goal of selling one million Optimus humanoid robots.

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

But the “Model 2,” as investors nicknamed the car, was scrapped by the following April as Tesla ramped up its focus on humanoid robots and robotaxis.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

As many auto and industrial components are related to current humanoid robot production, China has an upper hand, Lau says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

China has particularly excelled in so-called "humanoid" robots: machines broadly designed to look and act like people.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

He sobbed in desperation and turned, but the thing pursuing him now stood in his path—a colossal being wrapped in shadows, its shape vaguely humanoid, its head almost scraping the ceiling twenty feet above.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan