-oid
a suffix meaning “resembling,” “like,” used in the formation of adjectives and nouns (and often implying an incomplete or imperfect resemblance to what is indicated by the preceding element): alkaloid; anthropoid; cardioid; cuboid; lithoid; ovoid; planetoid.
Origin of -oid
1- Compare -ode1.
Words Nearby -oid
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use -oid in a sentence
Erasistratos de kantautha proteron poisas to deuteron ouk oid' hops ouk aisthanetai.
On the Natural Faculties | GalenKaitoi taut' ouk oid' hops exnechthn eipein ou proelomenos all' hyp' auts tou logou ts akolouthias anankastheis.
On the Natural Faculties | GalenThallog′enous, belonging to the thallogens; Thall′oid, Thall′ose, resembling a thallus.
Varicell′ar, pertaining to varicella; Varicell′oid, resembling varicella.
Anthropoid, an′throp-oid, adj. in the form of or resembling man.
British Dictionary definitions for -oid
indicating likeness, resemblance, or similarity: anthropoid
Origin of -oid
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Scientific definitions for -oid
A suffix meaning like or resembling, as in ellipsoid, a geometric solid that resembles an ellipse.
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Browse