Definitions for: Anthropoid

[n] any member of the suborder Anthropoidea including monkeys and apes and hominids
[n] person who resembles a non-human primate
[adj] resembling human beings
[adj] resembling apes

Webster (1913) Definition: An"thro*poid, a. [Gr. ? man + -oid.]
Resembling man; -- applied especially to certain apes, as the
ourang or gorilla. -- n. An anthropoid ape.

Synonyms: anthropoidal, ape, apelike, human, manlike, nonhuman

See Also: misfit, primate