Word.ws English Dictionary

Numanoid

Numanoid noun: a fan of the English synthpop musician Gary Numan (born 1958).

Noun

Numanoid (plural Numanoids)

  1. (slang) A fan of the English synthpop musician Gary Numan (born 1958).
    • Soon Numan had picked up a fiercely loyal fan militia called the Numanoids, who followed him with the obsessive tenacity that only sustained ridicule can foster.1998 September, SPIN, volume 14, number 9
    • And if that's not enough, you are a Numanoid and should seek professional help immediately.2000, Dominic Wills, Ben Wardle, The Virgin Internet music guide: version 1.0

Forms of Numanoid

pluralNumanoids

Origin of Numanoid

From Numan + -oid, to rhyme with humanoid. Gary Numan (born Gary Anthony James Webb) chose his stage name from the Yellow Pages telephone directory, basing it on Neumann.

Questions about Numanoid

What does Numanoid mean?
Numanoid means a fan of the English synthpop musician Gary Numan (born 1958).
What part of speech is Numanoid?
Numanoid is a noun.
What is the plural of Numanoid?
The plural of Numanoid is Numanoids.

Words near Numanoid in the dictionary

  1. num-nums
  2. num.
  3. Numa
  4. Numan
  5. Numancia
  6. Numanoid
  7. Numanoids
  8. Numantine
  9. Numantines
  10. Numazu
  11. numb

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Numanoid (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “Numanoid.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/numanoid. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.