Home › Words › R › roboteerroboteerroboteer means one who operates a robot.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, roboteer ranks #2,165 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom robot + -eer.nounOne who operates a robot.e.g.“Covered with American Cyanamid decals, this contrivance is radio-controlled by a roboteer behind a rattan screen at one end of Cyanamid's make-believe lounge […]” — 1984, Orville Schell, Modern Meat, page 7:One who takes an interest in robotics.e.g.“There are roboteers who think it would be an advance to replace our brain tissue with computer circuits.” — 1994, David Clarke Burks, Place of the Wild: A Wildlands Anthology, page 52:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.teleoperator 74% match — One who operates a robot, etc. remotely. vs roboteer →roboticist 62% match — One who conceptualizes, designs, builds, programs, and experiments with robots. vs roboteer →robotized 62% match — Like or having characteristics of a robot; automated. vs roboteer →telerobot 60% match — A robot that can be controlled remotely; a telerobotic system. vs roboteer →robopsychologist 60% match — One who studies robopsychology. vs roboteer →robotless 57% match — Without robots; not using or utilising robotics. vs roboteer →botter 57% match — One who operates a bot (automated software process). vs roboteer →astrobot 57% match — Robot designed to work in space. vs roboteer →