humanlike

From human + -like.

humanlike (comparative more humanlike, superlative most humanlike)

1. Having characteristics of a human.

   Synonyms: anthropoid, anthropomorphic, humanoid

   • 2016, Nathanael Johnson, Unseen City, →ISBN, page 169:

     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.

   • 2025 December 19, Kashmir Hill, “Why Do A.I. Chatbots Use ‘I’?”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 December 2025:

     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.