Home › Words › A › aneroidaneroid/ˈænəɹɔɪd/aneroid means not using or containing fluid.aneroid is pronounced /ˈænəɹɔɪd/.EtymologyFrom French anéroïde, from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) + νηρός (nērós, “wet, damp”).adjNot using or containing fluide.g.“An evacuated bellows and mechanical linkage operates an aneroid barometer.”nounAn aneroid barometer.e.g.“I may mention that our aneroid shows us that in the continual incline which we have ascended since we abandoned our canoes we have risen to no less than three thousand feet above sea-level.” — 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:An aneroid calorimeter.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.fluidless 66% match — Without fluid. vs aneroid →nonhygrometric 61% match — Not hygrometric. vs aneroid →nonbarometric 61% match — Not barometric. vs aneroid →apneumatic 60% match — Devoid of air; free from air, or effected by or with exclusion of air. vs aneroid →airless 59% match — Lacking or being without air. vs aneroid →nonhydrodynamic 59% match — Not hydrodynamic. vs aneroid →pumpless 58% match — Without a pump. vs aneroid →nonfluidized 58% match — Not fluidized. vs aneroid →