GOLEM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does golem mean? 

• GOLEM (noun)
  The noun GOLEM has 2 senses:

1. (Jewish folklore) an artificially created human being that is given life by supernatural means

2. a mechanism that can move automatically

  Familiarity information: GOLEM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GOLEM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Jewish folklore) an artificially created human being that is given life by supernatural means

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("golem" is a kind of...):

mythical being (an imaginary being of myth or fable)

Domain category:

folklore (the unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture)

Judaism (the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A mechanism that can move automatically

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

automaton; golem; robot

Hypernyms ("golem" is a kind of...):

mechanism (device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "golem"):

android; humanoid; mechanical man (an automaton that resembles a human being)