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Possessing human qualities.

Adjective

  1. Possessing human qualities.
  2. Of the pelvis, having a narrow anterior segment and a heart-shaped brim, typically found in the male.
  3. Characteristic of men.
    • an android fat distribution

    Antonyms: gynoid

Origin

Learned borrowing from New Latin androides, from Ancient Greek ἀνδρός (andrós, genitive of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man, human”)) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, itself from εἶδος (eîdos, “form, image, shape, appearance, look”)). By surface analysis, andr- + -oid.

Forms

more android most android androides

Noun

  1. A robot that is designed to look and act like a human being (not necessarily a male one).
  2. An artificial human.

Forms

androids androides

Hypernyms

robot

Hyponyms

gynoid fembot

Related

cyborg

Derived

actroid androidism androidlike andy bioroid droid femoid Randroid