-oid
resembling, shaped like
Greek · -oeides (-οειδής)
Greek -oeidēs means "like" or "in the shape of". An android resembles a human, an asteroid is star-like, a humanoid looks human, a spheroid is almost a sphere.
Memory trick
OID sounds like "oy-d": oy, it looks like something else!
Words from this root
- android (andr + oid) — robot with human formमानव जैसा रोबोट
- asteroid (aster + oid) — small rocky body in spaceक्षुद्रग्रह
- humanoid (human + oid) — shaped like a humanमानव जैसा
- spheroid (spher + oid) — almost a sphereगोलाभ
- factoid (fact + oid) — something that looks like a factतथ्य जैसी लगने वाली बात
- tabloid (tabl + oid) — small-size newspaperछोटे आकार का अख़बार
- celluloid (cellul + oid) — film material shaped like celluloseसेल्युलॉइड, फ़िल्म
- paranoid (paran + oid) — extremely suspiciousवहमी, शक्की
- alkaloid (alkal + oid) — plant-based chemical like alkaliएल्केलॉइड
- typhoid (typh + oid) — fever like typhusटाइफ़ाइड
- cuboid (cub + oid) — shaped like a cubeघनाभ
- adenoid (aden + oid) — gland-like tissueगले की ग्रंथि