Definition of "-oid" []

Resembling; having the appearance of; related to: acanthoid. (suffix)
One that resembles something specified or has a specified quality: humanoid. (suffix)

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Use "-oid" in a sentence

"The -oid suffix, rooted in the Greek for “shape,” creates a noun or adjective meaning “similar but not the same; having the characteristics of.”"

Words like "-oid"

-like

28-round

alkaloid android

anthropoid asteroid

drunken-driving

factoid

humanoid

oft-expressed

overturn planetoid

rhomboid steroid trapezoid typhoid