Home › Words › M › mechanoidmechanoidmechanoid · noun — A robot that is designed to look and act like a human.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, mechanoid ranks #8,631 of 42,862 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom mechano- + -oid.nounA robot that is designed to look and act like a human.e.g.“Originally he'd entered the Game to rescue the others. He was a sanitation Mechanoid, programmed to clean, and, in theory, should have been immune to the Game's lure. But he wasn't.” — 1990, Grant Naylor, Better Than Life:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.biomechanoid 73% match — A robot in the form of an animal. vs mechanoid →anthrobot 71% match — A machine designed to resemble a human being; an android. vs mechanoid →biorobot 66% match — A biological organism that has been created and designed by artificial means. vs mechanoid →bioroid 64% match — A cybernetic or fully biological organism created by artificial means. vs mechanoid →bion 62% match — A cyborg or robot. vs mechanoid →droid 62% match — A robot, especially one made with some physical resemblance to a human (an android). vs mechanoid →anthrobotics 61% match — robotics related to humanlike robots vs mechanoid →mech 61% match — A large piloted combat robot. vs mechanoid →