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humanlike

humanlike adjective: having characteristics of a human.

Adjective

humanlike (comparative more humanlike, superlative most humanlike)

  1. Having characteristics of a human.
    • 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.2016, Nathanael Johnson, Unseen City, →ISBN, page 169
    • 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.2025 December 19, Kashmir Hill, “Why Do A.I. Chatbots Use ‘I’?”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Dec 2025

Synonyms of humanlike

Forms of humanlike

comparativemore humanlike
superlativemost humanlike

Origin of humanlike

From human + -like.

Words formed from humanlike

Questions about humanlike

What does humanlike mean?
Humanlike means having characteristics of a human.
What part of speech is humanlike?
Humanlike is an adjective.

Words near humanlike in the dictionary

  1. humanizing
  2. humankind
  3. humankinds
  4. humanless
  5. humanlessness
  6. humanlike
  7. humanlikeness
  8. humanliness
  9. humanly
  10. humanly challenged
  11. humanly possible

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