anthropomorphic

UK: /ˌænθrəpəˈmɔː^rfɪk/

US: /ˌænθrəpəˈmɔrfɪk/

US: (an′thrə pə môr′fik)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

an•thro•po•mor•phic /ˌænθrəpəˈmɔrfɪk/  also ˌan•thro•poˈmor•phous, adj. 

1. • thought of as being human in form or attributes:
     ancient anthropomorphic gods.
   • attributing human characteristics to nonhuman objects.
2. resembling a human form:
   an anthropomorphic carving.

an•thro•po•mor•phi•cal•ly, adv. 
an•thro•po•mor•phism, n. [uncountable] See -anthro-, -morph-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

an•thro•po•mor•phic  (an′thrə pə môr′fik), adj. 

1. ascribing human form or attributes to a being or thing not human, esp. to a deity.
2. resembling or made to resemble a human form:
   an anthropomorphic carving.
   Also, an′thro•po•mor′phous. 

• anthropo- + -morphic 1820–30

an′thro•po•mor′phi•cal•ly, an′thro•po•mor′phous•ly, adv. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

anthropomorphic / ˌænθrəpəˈmɔːfɪk/ adjective

1. of or relating to anthropomorphism
2. resembling the human form

ˈanthropoˌmorph noun

ˌanthropoˈmorphically adverb