Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

humanlike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.84 in modern English

Syllables: hu-man-like
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having characteristics of a human.

Example Sentences

"Crows are humanlike in their creativity and their ability to thrive in the ecosystems we shape, so their presence looks to some observers like an extension of human disruption."
"They say that making these systems act like humanlike entities, rather than as tools with no inner life, creates cognitive dissonance for users about what exactly they are interacting with and how much to trust it."

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin hūmānusbor. Old French umain Middle French humainbor. Middle English humayne English human Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English humanlike From human + -like.

Inflected Forms

more humanlike (comparative) most humanlike (superlative)

Derived Forms

humanlikeness unhumanlike

Synonyms

anthropoid anthropomorphic humanoid anthropomorphous

Questions

What does humanlike mean?: Having characteristics of a human.
Where does humanlike come from?: Etymology tree Latin hūmānusbor. Old French umain Middle French humainbor. Middle English humayne English human Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English humanlike From human + -like.

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