Home › Words › P › pygmoidpygmoidpygmoid means resembling a pygmy; generally, shorter than other peoples but not short enough to be considered pygmies.EtymologyFrom pygmy + -oid.adjResembling a pygmy; generally, shorter than other peoples but not short enough to be considered pygmies.nounA person so resembling a pygmy, such as the Negritos of Asia and peoples of the Congo Basin with mixed Pygmy–Bantu ancestry.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.pygmyish 79% match — Like a pygmy; dwarfish. vs pygmoid →pyknic 64% match — short and stout; endomorphic vs pygmoid →midgetlike 63% match — Like a midget; dwarfish. vs pygmoid →dwarflike 62% match — Resembling or characteristic of a dwarf; small, diminutive. vs pygmoid →pygian 62% match — Pertaining to or resembling buttocks. vs pygmoid →micropygmy 61% match — An individual of the species Homo floresiensis. vs pygmoid →pygopodous 60% match — Of or pertaining to the former Pygopodes genus of aquatic birds that have the legs placed far back on the body. vs pygmoid →pygostyled 59% match — Having a pygostyle. vs pygmoid →