anthropoid

adjective

1. resembling humans.
2. belonging or pertaining to the primate suborder Anthropoidea, characterized by a relatively flat face, dry nose, small immobile ears, and forward-facing eyes, comprising humans, apes, Old World monkeys, and New World monkeys.Compare prosimian.

noun

3. anthropoid ape.

adjective

1. resembling man
2. resembling an ape; apelike
3. of or relating to the suborder Anthropoidea

noun

4. any primate of the suborder Anthropoidea, including monkeys, apes, and manCompare prosimian

adj.

“manlike,” 1835, from Greek anthropoeides “like a man, resembling a man; in human form;” see anthropo- + -iod. As a noun, attested from 1832 (the Greek noun in this sense was anthroparion).

adj.

1. Resembling human beings in structure and form.
2. Of or belonging to the family of great apes including the gorilla, chimpanzee, and orangutan.
3. Resembling or characteristic of an ape; apelike.