"-oid" meaning in English

See -oid in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /-ɔɪd/ [Canada, UK, US], /-oɪd/ [General-Australian]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs), -οειδής (-oeidḗs) (the ο being the last vowel of the stem to which the suffix is attached); from εἶδος (eîdos, “form, likeness”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*weyd-}}, {{der|en|grc|-ειδής}} Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs), {{m|grc|-οειδής}} -οειδής (-oeidḗs), {{m|grc|εἶδος||form, likeness}} εἶδος (eîdos, “form, likeness”) Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=adjective-forming suffixes|cat3=noun-forming suffixes|head=|id=}} -oid, {{en-suffix|cat2=adjective-forming suffixes|cat3=noun-forming suffixes}} -oid
  1. Resembling; having the likeness of (usually including the concept of not being the same despite the likeness, but counterexamples exist). Tags: morpheme Translations (suffix meaning similar but not the same): -ειδής (-eidḗs) (Ancient Greek), -oide (Catalan), (lèi) [prefix] (Chinese Mandarin), -oïde (Dutch), -oido (Esperanto), -oidi (Finnish), -mainen (Finnish), -oïde (French), -oide (Interlingua), -oide (Italian), -oīdēs (Latin), -hīwe (Old English), -hīwed (Old English), -hīwede (Old English), -oid [masculine] (Polish), -oide (Portuguese), -oide (Spanish)
    Sense id: en--oid-en-suffix-qUWmvwF8 Synonyms (resembling): quasi-, para-, -form, -iform, -esque, -ish, -ly, -some, -y Synonyms (resembling; forms adjectives from nouns only): -like Synonyms (resembling; restricted to casual registers): -ass Disambiguation of 'resembling': 100 0 0 Disambiguation of 'resembling; forms adjectives from nouns only': 82 3 15 Disambiguation of 'resembling; restricted to casual registers': 92 2 6 Disambiguation of 'suffix meaning similar but not the same': 87 2 11
  2. (less commonly) Of, pertaining to, or related to. Tags: morpheme, uncommon
    Sense id: en--oid-en-suffix-gQ~-ZKnK
  3. Added to nouns to create derogatory terms, typically referring to a particular ideology or group of people, by means of analogy to psychological classifications such as schizoid. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--oid-en-suffix-en:derogatory
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: usneoid
Coordinate_terms: -al, -an, -ar, -ate, -ese, -ian, -ic, -id, -ish, -ory, -ous, quasi-, -y

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