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- [hom-uh-noid]
- /ˈhɒm əˌnɔɪd/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [hom-uh-noid]
- /ˈhɒm əˌnɔɪd/
Definitions of hominoid word
- noun hominoid Anthropology. a member of the biological superfamily Hominoidea, including all modern great apes and humans and a number of their extinct ancestors and relatives. 1
- noun hominoid A primate of a group that includes humans, their fossil ancestors, and the great apes. 1
- adjective hominoid of or like man; manlike 0
- adjective hominoid of, relating to, or belonging to the primate superfamily Hominoidea, which includes the anthropoid apes and man 0
- noun hominoid a hominoid animal 0
- noun hominoid a gibbon, great ape, or human: in some systems of classification, any of a superfamily (Hominoidea) of such primates 0
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Origin of hominoid
First appearance:
before 1925 One of the 11% newest English words
1925-30; < Latin homin- (stem of homō) man (see Homo) + -oid
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Parts of speech for Hominoid
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hominoid popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 68% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 62% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
hominoid usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for hominoid
adj hominoid
- personal — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
- humanoid — having human characteristics or form; resembling human beings.
- individual — a single human being, as distinguished from a group.
- animal — An animal is a living creature such as a dog, lion, or rabbit, rather than a bird, fish, insect, or human being.
- mortal — subject to death; having a transitory life: all mortal creatures.
adjective hominoid
- human — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or having the nature of people: human frailty.
- civilised — to bring out of a savage, uneducated, or rude state; make civil; elevate in social and private life; enlighten; refine: Rome civilized the barbarians.
- ethnologic — Ethnological.
- ethological — Of or pertaining to ethology.
noun hominoid
- cercopithecoid — of, relating to, or belonging to the primate superfamily Cercopithecoidea (Old World monkeys)
- gorilla — the largest of the anthropoid apes, Gorilla gorilla, terrestrial and vegetarian, of western equatorial Africa and the Kivu highlands, comprising the subspecies G. g. gorilla (western lowland gorilla) G. g. graueri (eastern lowland gorilla) and G. g. beringei (mountain gorilla) now rare.
- brachiator — any primate which swings by its arms from one hold to the next
- gibbon — Edward, 1737–94, English historian.
- primate — Ecclesiastical. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country.
Antonyms for hominoid
adj hominoid
- general — of or relating to all persons or things belonging to a group or category: a general meeting of the employees.
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