Anthropoid — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

person who resembles a nonhuman primate

any member of the suborder Anthropoidea including monkeys and apes and hominids

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˌætənˈeɪʃən/

🇬🇧British English

/ˈanθɹəpˌɔɪd/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ˈanθɹəpˌɔɪd/

3 syllables Say it as /kˌætənˈeɪʃən/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

manlike ape apelike anthropoidal

Parts of Speech

noun	person who resembles a nonhuman primate
noun	any member of the suborder Anthropoidea including monkeys and apes and hominids
adjective	resembling apes
adjective	resembling human beings

Word Forms

anthropoid	adjective	resembling apes
anthropoidal	adjective	resembling apes
anthropoid	noun	person who resembles a nonhuman primate

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

anthropoïde

personne qui ressemble à un primate non humain

🇪🇸Spanish

antropoide

Persona que se parece a un primate no humano.

🇮🇹Italian

antropoide

persona che assomiglia a un primate non umano

🇳🇱Dutch

antropoïde

persoon die op een niet-menselijke primaat lijkt

🇵🇹Portuguese

antropóide

pessoa que se assemelha a um primata não humano

🇷🇺Russian

антропоид

человек, похожий на нечеловекообразного примата

India

🇮🇳Hindi

मानवाकार

वह व्यक्ति जो एक अमानवीय प्राणी जैसा दिखता है

🇧🇩Bengali

নৃতাত্ত্বিক

যে ব্যক্তি একটি অমানবিক প্রাইমেটের সাথে সাদৃশ্যপূর্ণ

🇮🇳Tamil

மானுடவியல்

மனிதநேயமற்ற விலங்கினத்தை ஒத்த நபர்

🇮🇳Telugu

మానవరూప

అమానవీయ ప్రైమేట్‌ను పోలి ఉండే వ్యక్తి

🇮🇳Marathi

मानववंश

अमानवी प्राइमेट सारखी दिसणारी व्यक्ती

🇮🇳Gujarati

એન્થ્રોપોઇડ

વ્યક્તિ જે અમાનવીય પ્રાઈમેટ જેવું લાગે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಮಾನವರೂಪಿ

ಅಮಾನವೀಯ ಪ್ರೈಮೇಟ್ ಅನ್ನು ಹೋಲುವ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ആന്ത്രോപോയിഡ്

മനുഷ്യേതര പ്രൈമേറ്റിനോട് സാമ്യമുള്ള വ്യക്തി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਮਾਨਵ

ਉਹ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ ਜੋ ਇੱਕ ਗੈਰ-ਮਨੁੱਖੀ ਪ੍ਰਾਈਮੇਟ ਵਰਗਾ ਹੈ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

类人猿

类似于非人类灵长类动物的人

🇯🇵Japanese

類人猿

人間以外の霊長類に似た人

🇰🇷Korean

유인원

인간이 아닌 영장류를 닮은 사람

🇻🇳Vietnamese

hình người

người giống loài linh trưởng không phải con người

🇹🇭Thai

มานุษยวิทยา

บุคคลที่มีลักษณะคล้ายไพรเมตที่ไม่ใช่มนุษย์

🇮🇩Indonesian

antropoid

orang yang menyerupai primata bukan manusia

🇵🇭Filipino

antropoid

taong kahawig ng isang hindi tao na primate

🇲🇾Malay

antropoid

orang yang menyerupai primata bukan manusia

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

أنثروبويد

شخص يشبه الرئيسيات غير البشرية

🇮🇷Persian

انسان شناسی

فردی که شبیه یک نخستی غیر انسانی است

🇹🇷Turkish

insansı

insan olmayan bir primata benzeyen kişi

🇮🇱Hebrew

דְמוּי אָדָם

אדם שדומה לפרימאט לא אנושי

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