 | | Prefixes and Suffixes Prefix | Meaning | Examples | a | in, on, of,
up, to | abed, afoot | a | without, lacking | atheist, agnostic | ab | from, away,
off | abdicate, abjure | ad | to, toward | advance | am | friend, love | amicable, amatory | ante | before, previous | antecedent, antedate | anti | against,
opposing | antipathy, antidote | auto | self | autonomy, autobiography | belli | war, warlike | bellicose | bene | well, good | benefit,
benefactor | bi | two | bisect,
biennial | bio | life | biology,
biosphere | cata | down, away,
thoroughly | catastrophe,
cataclysm | chron | time | chronometer,
synchronize | circum | around | circumspect,
circumference | com | with,
together, very | commotion,
complicate | contra | against,
opposing | contradict,
contravene | cred | belief, trust | credible,
credit | de | from | depart | dem | people | demographics,
democracy | dia | through, across, apart | diameter,
diagnose | dis | away, off,
down, not | dissent,
disappear | epi | upon | epilogue | equi | equal,
equally | equivalent | ex | out | extract | for | away, off,
from | forget,
forswear | fore | before, previous | foretell,
forefathers | homo | same, equal | homogenized | hyper | excessive,
over | hypercritical, hypertension | hypo | under,
beneath | hypodermic, hypothesis | in | in, into | intrude,
invade | in | not, opposing | incapable,
ineligible | inter | among,
between | intercede,
interrupt | intra | within | intramural,
intrastate | magn | large | magnitude,
magnify | mal | bad, poorly,
not | malfunction | micr | small | microbe,
microscope | mis | bad, poorly,
not | misspell,
misfire | mono | one, single | monogomy,
monologue | mor | die, death | mortality,
mortuary | neo | new | neolithic,
neoconservative | non | not | nonentity,
nonsense | ob | against,
opposing | objection | omni | all,
everywhere | omniscient | ortho | right,
straight | orthogonal,
orthodox | over | above | overbearing | pan | all, entire | panorama, pandemonium | para | beside,
beyond | parallel, paradox | per | through | perceive, permit | peri | around | periscope, perimeter | phil | love, like | philosophy, philanthropic | poly | many | polymorphous, polygamous | post | after,
following | postpone, postscript | pre | before, previous | prevent, preclude | prim | first, early | primitive, primary | pro | forward, in place of | propel, pronoun | re | back,
backward, again | revoke, recur | retro | back,
backward | retrospect,
retrograde | semi | half, partly | semicircle,
semicolon | sub | under,
beneath | subjugate,
substitute | super | above, extra | supersede,
supernumerary | sym | with,
together | sympathy,
symphony | trans | across,
beyond, over | transact,
transport | ultra | beyond,
excessively | ultramodern,
ultrasonic, ultraviolet | un | not, reverse of | unhappy,
unlock | uni | one | uniform,
unity | vis | to see | visage,
visable |
Suffix | Meaning | Examples | able | able to, likely | capable,
tolerable | age | process,
state, rank | passage,
bondage | ance | act,
condition, fact | acceptance,
vigilance | arch | to rule | monarch | ard | one that does excessively | drunkard,
wizard | ate | having,
showing | separate,
desolate | ation | action,
state, result | occupation,
starvation | cy | state,
condition | accuracy,
captaincy | dom | state, rank,
condition | serfdom,
wisdom | en | cause to be,
become | deepen,
strengthen | er | one who does | teacher | esce | become, grow,
continue | convalesce, acquiesce | esque | in the style of, like | picturesque,
grotesque | ess | feminine | waitress, lioness | fic | making,
causing | terrific,
beatific | ful | full of,
marked by | thankful,
zestful | fy | make, cause,
cause to have | glorify,
fortify | hood | state,
condition | manhood,
statehood | ible | able, likely,
fit | edible, possible, divisible | ion | action,
result, state | union, fusion | ish | suggesting, like | churlish,
childish | ism | act, manner,
doctrine | barbarism,
socialism | ist | doer,
believer | monopolist,
socialist | ition | action,
state, result | sedition,
expedition | ity | state,
quality, condition | acidity,
civility | ize | make, cause to be, treat with | sterilize,
mechanize, criticize | less | lacking,
without | hopeless,
countless | like | like, similar | childlike,
dreamlike | logue | type of speaking or writing | prologue | ly | like, of the nature of | friendly, positively | ment | means,
result, action | refreshment,
disappointment | ness | quality,
state | greatness,
tallness | or | doer, office, action | juror,
elevator, honor | ous | marked by,
given to | religious,
riotous | ship | the art or skill of | statesmanship | some | apt to,
showing | tiresome, lonesome | th | act, state,
quality | warmth, width | tude | quality,
state, result | magnitude,
fortitude | ty | quality,
state | enmity, activity | ward | in the direction of | backward, homeward |
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