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Definition of droid

droid

/drɔɪd/
droid
Plural:droids
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droid Lexical Profile

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• noun

1

A robot or automaton, especially one in science fiction possessing artificial intelligence or human-like traits.

Example

"The science fiction novel features a helpful maintenance droid that repairs the crew's spacecraft."

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• Rhymes for droid

• Nearby Words

driving
drizzle
drizzly
droid
droll
drollery
drollness

Word Origin & Etymology

Coined in the 1950s by clipping the word "android" (from Ancient Greek aner, meaning "man," and -oeides, meaning "having the form of") and widely popularized by George Lucas in the 1977 film Star Wars.

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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Droid. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/droid
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