-id

Variant of -oid.

Suffix

1. (not productive except in zoology) of or pertaining to; appended to various foreign words to make an English adjective or noun form. Often added to words of Greek, sometimes Latin, origin.

Derived terms

• Europe → Europid
• negro → negrid

Synonyms

• -al
• -an
• -ar
• -ese
• -ic
• -ish
• -like
• -oid
• -ory
• -ous
• -y

From Middle French -ide, French -ide, and their sources, Latin -id-, -is and Ancient Greek -ιδ-, -ις.

Full definition of -id

Suffix

1. (chiefly botany, astronomy) Forming nouns from Latin or Greek roots, including certain plant names modelled on Latin sources, the names of meteors (e.g. Perseid), and the names of certain dynasties (e.g. Solomonid).----