noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A being which is part machine and part organic.

   "I would not classify the Tin Woodman as magical robot, but more of a magical cyborg, if anything."

2. 2
   a human being whose body has been taken over in whole or in part by electromechanical devices wordnet
3. 3
   A human, animal or other being with electronic or bionic prostheses.

Verb

1. 1
   To convert (something) into a cyborg.

Synonyms

All synonyms

automaticbionbionbionic manbionic womanborg

Example

More examples

"Readers later come to know that Den is a cyborg that has refused to obey its master's orders."

Etymology

Blend of cybernetic + organism. Coined by Austrian neuroscientist Manfred Clynes in 1960.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.