android

/ˈænˌdɹɔɪd/
nounadjective

A robot that is designed to look and act like a human being (not necessarily a male one).

NWL Collins ENABLE

Noun 2 meanings

  1. A robot that is designed to look and act like a human being (not necessarily a male one).

  2. An artificial human.

Adjective 3 meanings

  1. Possessing human qualities.

  2. Of the pelvis, having a narrow anterior segment and a heart-shaped brim, typically found in the male.

  3. Characteristic of men.

    “an android fat distribution”

Definitions: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA) via Kaikki/Wiktextract

Where it comes from

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin androides, from Ancient Greek ἀνδρός (andrós, genitive of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man, human”)) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, itself from εἶδος (eîdos, “form, image, shape, appearance, look”)). By surface analysis, andr- + -oid.

Similar and opposite words

Opposite
gynoid

ANDROID at a glance

ANDROID has 7 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (A 1 + N 1 + D 2 + R 1 + O 1 + I 1 + D 2) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,396 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.

Rhymes with android

All rhymes
  • AVOID9
  • VOID8
  • PARANOID11
  • ASTEROID9
  • THYROID14
  • DEVOID11
  • OPIOID9
  • STEROID8
  • TABLOID10
  • DROID7
  • HUMANOID14
  • RHEUMATOID16

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Change one letter, keep the rest
  • ANEROID8

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