'hominid' definitions:
Definition of 'hominid'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Characterizing the family Hominidae, which includes Homo sapiens as well as extinct species of manlike creatures [syn: hominian, hominid]
noun
A primate of the family Hominidae
Definition of 'hominid'
From: GCIDE
- hominian \hominian\ hominid \hominid\adj. characterizing the family Hominidae, which includes {Homo sapiens} sapiens as well as extinct species of manlike creatures. [Narrower terms: {human (vs. nonhuman) ] WordNet 1.5] hominian
Definition of 'hominid'
From: GCIDE
- hominian \hominian\, hominid \hominid\n. Any animal of the family Hominidae, including modern man as well as extinct species of the genera Homo and Australopithecus.
- Syn: homonid. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
Synonyms of 'hominid'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aboriginal,
- aborigine,
- Adam,
- ancient,
- antediluvian,
- anthropoid,
- ape-man,
- autochthon,
- Bronze Age man,
- bushman,
- cave dweller,
- caveman,
- clay,
- fallen humanity,
- flesh,
- fossil man,
- generation of man,
- genus Homo,
- Hominidae,
- homo,
- Homo sapiens,
- human family,
- human nature,
- human race,
- human species,
- humanity,
- humankind,
- humanoid,
- Iron Age man,
- le genre humain,
- man,
- man of old,
- mankind,
- missing link,
- mortal flesh,
- mortality,
- mortals,
- preadamite,
- prehistoric man,
- prehuman,
- primate,
- primitive,
- protohuman,
- race of man,
- Stone Age man,
- troglodyte