Definition for Anthropoid:

• resembling human beings

Synonyms for Anthropoid:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • apelike,
  • anthropoidal,
  • manlike,
  • anthropoid.
  •anthropomorphic (adjective)
  • most humanlike,
  • more humanlike,
  • humanlike.
  •hominoid (adjective)
  • more vulnerabl,
  • most vulnerabl.
  •human (adjective)
  • humanistic,
  • fleshly,
  • biped,
  • hominine,
  • anthropological,
  • hominal,
  • ethnologic,
  • Creatural,
  • Ethological,
  • bipedal,
  • hominid,
  • personal.

• n.

  •
  • culture,
  • articulate,
  • best-of-breed,
  • amphibious.
  •ape (noun)
  • orang,
  • monkey,
  • gibbon.
  •human (noun)
  • human.
  •person (noun)
  • ape.
  •primate (noun)
  • cercopithecoid,
  • great ape,
  • Gibbons,
  • hominoids,
  • brachiator.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • stuffed,
  • anthropomorphous,
  • asexual,
  • housebroken,
  • horned,
  • androgynous,
  • freshwater,
  • downy,
  • feral,
  • untrained,
  • lop-eared,
  • spineless,
  • fluffy,
  • rabid,
  • pygmy,
  • warm-blooded,
  • shy,
  • arboreal,
  • Caged,
  • hominoid,
  • polymorphous,
  • anthropomorphic,
  • well-bred,
  • scaly,
  • aquatic,
  • transgenic,
  • captive,
  • domesticated,
  • feathered,
  • furred,
  • tufted,
  • purebred.
  •
  • domestic,
  • naturalized,
  • nocturnal,
  • mangy,
  • omnivorous,
  • winged,
  • saltwater,
  • petrified,
  • territorial,
  • man-eating,
  • pedigree,
  • temperate,
  • tolerant,
  • higher,
  • cold-blooded,
  • diurnal,
  • indigenous,
  • venomous,
  • tame,
  • furry.
  •
  • rogue,
  • parasitic,
  • poisonous,
  • wild,
  • predatory.
  •
  • savage,
  • draft,
  • social,
  • giant,
  • native,
  • juvenile.
  •
  • flying.
  •
  • mature.

Antonyms for Anthropoid:

• adj.

  • Other antonyms:
    human, nonhuman.

Anthropoid Sentence Examples:

• On both tests it was found by experiment that the blood of man and of the anthropoid ape behaved in such a way as to prove that they were closely related.

• Darwin in his great work on the " Expression of the Emotions" points to the fact that the gibbon, the most erect and active of the anthropoid apes, is able to sing an octave in half - tones, and it is interesting to note that Dubois considers his Pithecanthropus Erectus is on the same stem as the gibbon.

Homophones for Anthropoid:

• anthropoidea.

Hyponym for Anthropoid:

• n.

  • animal
    primate.
  • person
    misfit.