android

noun

an·​droid ˈan-ˌdrȯid 

: a mobile robot usually with a human form

sci-fi androids

Examples of android in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

At that moment, both Dek and the Kalisk are frozen by Thia’s android sister, Tessa (also Fanning), who is under orders by Weyland-Yutani’s ruthless AI, Mu/th/ur, to capture the Kalisk by any means necessary. —Adam B. Vary, Variety, 10 Nov. 2025

Right off the bat, Thia and the other androids, or synths as they're called in the film, provide the most obvious link to the Alien franchise. —Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Nov. 2025

Weyland-Yutani wants the Kalisk for its own nefarious weapon-building purposes, and soon Tessa and her army of anonymous androids are hunting down Thia and Dek, who slowly build a bond of sorts. —Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025

Luckily, Dek soon encounters a legless android named Thia, played with pluck by Elle Fanning. —Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2025

Word History

Etymology

earlier androides "automaton having a human form," borrowed from French androïde, perhaps borrowed from Late Greek androeidḗs "in the form of a man, like a man," from Greek andr-, anḗr "man, husband, human" + -oeidēs -oid entry 2 — more at andro-

Note: The word may equally well have been formed in post-medieval Latin, but evidence is lacking. An early English instance can be found in The History of Magick by way of Apology, for all the Wise Men who have unjustly been reputed Magicians (London, 1657), a translation, by "J. Davies," of Apologie pour tous les grands personnages qui ont esté faussement soupçonnez de magie (Paris, 1625) by the French librarian and scholar Gabriel Naudé (1600-53). The French word occurs earlier in Le mastigophore, ou precurseur du Zodiaque ([Paris]: 1609), a satirical work by the priest Antoine Fuzy/Fusi (1560-1629). Both authors use androïde in connection with the legendary talking automaton devised by albertus magnus, without any suggestion that the word was a neologism.

First Known Use

circa 1736, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for android

• alloyed
• annoyed
• avoid
• centroid
• convoyed
• cuboid
• cycloid
• decoyed
• deployed
• dermoid
• destroyed
• devoid

Kids Definition

android

noun

an·​droid ˈan-ˌdrȯid 

: a mobile robot with human form

Medical Definition

android

adjective

an·​droid ˈan-ˌdrȯid 

1

of the pelvis : having the angular form and narrow outlet typical of the human male

a disproportionate number of difficult labors occur in women with android pelvises

compare anthropoid entry 1, gynecoid, platypelloid

2

: relating to or characterized by the distribution of body fat chiefly in the abdominal region

android obesity

compare gynecoid