Adjective: anthropoid 'an-thru,poyd
- Resembling human beings
"The anthropoid robot moved with eerily human-like gestures";
- manlike
- Resembling apes
"The anthropoid features of early hominids are evident in fossil records";
- anthropoidal, apelike
- Any member of the suborder Anthropoidea including monkeys and apes and hominids
"Orangutans are anthropoids native to the rainforests of Indonesia"
- Person who resembles a nonhuman primate
"His hunched posture and long arms made him look like an anthropoid";
- ape
Derived forms: anthropoids
Encyclopedia: Anthropoid