-oid

Origin

Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidēs, ""), -οειδής (-oeidēs, "") (the ο being the last vowel of the stem to which the suffix is attached); from εἶδος (eidos, "form, likeness").

Suffix

1. Of similar form to, but not the same as. Having the likeness of. Suffix appended to various words to make an adjective form.human → humanoidsterol → steroid

Derived terms

• See

Synonyms

• -like