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Suffixes roots and List of English suffixes with examples
List of Suffixes
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Common Suffix
Word Ending |
Examples & List of Common Suffixes
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-able
-ad -ade -age -agogy -al -al -ality -an -ance -ancy -ant -ant -ar -ar -ard -ary -ary -arch -archy -ate -ate -ate -athlon -ation -ative -atory -bound -cide -city -cy -cycle -dom -ectomy -ed -ee -eer -eme -en -en -ence -ency -ent -ent -eous -er -ergy -ern -ery -ese -esque -ess -etic -fare -ful -gon -gry -holic -hood -ia -iable -ial -ian -iant -iate -ible -ibly -ic -ical -ics -id -ier –ify -ile -illion -ious -ing -ing -ion -ish -ism -ist -ite -itive -itude -ity -ium -ive -ization / isation -ize / ise -land -less -like -ling -ly -man -ment -meter -metry -mony -most -nesia -ness -ocracy -ography -ologist -ology -onomy -or -ory -ose -ous -phone -scope -ship -shire -sion -some -ster -t -th -tion -ty -uary -ulent -ward -wise -wright -y |
Comfortable
Triad Blockade Garage Pedagogy Focal Appraisal Sexuality Urban Annoyance Vacancy Relevant Assistant Linear Liar Wizard Military Dictionary Monarch Anarchy Fortunate Certificate Concentrate Decathlon Concentration Lucrative Laboratory Outbound Suicide Atrocity Diplomacy Hydrocycle Kingdom Vasectomy Bored Employee Privateer Morpheme Leukemia Golden Independence Frequency Different Resident Courteous Writer Energy Southern Machinery Chinese Picturesque Actress Sympathetic Warfare Hopeful Pentagon Angry Alcoholic Brotherhood Mania Sociable Special Italian Defiant Deviate Incredible Responsibly Historic Historical Economics Candid Cashier Clarify Tactile Million Ambitious Playing Action Foolish, Tallish English Buddhism Dentist Socialite Sensitive Attitude Formality Calcium Aggressive Organization/Organisation Idolize/Idolise Finland Careless Childlike Duckling Monthly Fireman Government Thermometer Geometry Testimony Innermost Polynesia Kindness, Darkness Democracy Photography Archaeologist Biology Astronomy Governor History Glucose Nervous Telephone Telescope Friendship Oxfordshire Decision Awesome Gangster Burnt Growth Introduction Loyalty January Fraudulent Inward Clockwise Playwright Sunny |
Prefixes Roots and List of English Prefixes with examples
Prefix
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General Meaning
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Example
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a(n)-
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not , without
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atonality , asexuality , amoral , anarchy
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ab-
|
away
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abduction , absolutism , ablution
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ac-
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acr(o)-
|
high, up
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Acropolis
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aden(o)-
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aer(o)-
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air
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aeronautics , aerodrome , aeroplane , aerodynamics
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agr(o)-
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relating to farming
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agriculture
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an-
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an(a)-
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out of
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anachronism
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an(o)-
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andr-
|
man
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androgyny , androcentrism , android , androgen
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anem-
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Anglo-
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English or British
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Anglo-Irish relations, anglophile
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ante-
|
before
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antebellum
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anthrop(o)-
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relating to human beings
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anthropology , anthropocentrism , anthropomorphic
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ant(i)-
|
against
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antidote , antibody , anticlockwise
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aut(o)-
|
self
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autonomy , autobiography , automobile , autopilot
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bar(o)-
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atmosphere
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bathy-
|
deep
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Bathyscape , Bathysphere
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be-
|
completely, thoroughly; excessively; on; around; about; used to form transitive verbs
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bi-
|
two
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bicycle , bijection , bilingual , bicameralism , bisexuality
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bi(o)-
|
life
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biology , biography , biosphere , biotechnology
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bibli(o)-
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relating to books
|
bibliophilia , bibliography
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blast(o)-
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brady-
|
slow
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bradycardia
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brom(o)-
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bronch(o)-
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relating to breathing
|
bronchitis
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cac(o)-
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cardi(o)-
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heart
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cardiovascular
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cent-, centi -
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hundred or hundredth
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centenary, centimeter, centipede
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cephal(o)-
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chrom(o)-, chromat(o)-
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chron(o)-
|
time
|
chronology, chronograph
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circum-
|
around
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circumcision, circumnavigation, circumlocution, circumference
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cion(o)-
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co-
|
together
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cooperative, cohabit
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colpo-
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com-, con-, col-, cor-
|
with, together
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conference , connotation , context , Congress , congregation
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contr(a)-, contr(o)
|
against, opposite
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contradiction , contraception , controversy
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cosm(o)-
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cosmology , cosmopolitan , cosmotheism
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counter-
|
against, opposite
|
counterpoint , counterweight , Counter-Reformation
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crin(o)-
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cry(o)-
|
frost , icy cold
|
cryogenics , cryoelectronics , cryostorage
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crypt(o)-
|
hidden
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cryptography , cryptozoology
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cyt(o)-
|
hollow, receptacle, cell
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cytoplasm , cytology
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dactyl(o)-
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de-
|
taking something away, the opposite
|
decentralisation , deforestation , dehydration
|
dec(a)-, dek(a)-
|
ten
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decamerous
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deci -
|
one tenth
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deciliter
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dem(o)-
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people, nation
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demographics , democracy
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derm(o)-, derm(a)-, dermat-
|
skin
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dermatology , dermatitis
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di-
|
two , double
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didact(o)-
|
apt at teaching
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dynam(o)-
|
power , force
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dynamic , dynamite , dynamo
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dis-
|
reverse , opposite
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dissent , discovery , disambiguation
|
dox(o)-
|
Doxology
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dys-
|
bad, deformed, abnormal
|
dyspepsia , dystrophy , dysarthria
|
eco-
|
house
|
economy , ecology , ecosystem , ecotourism , ecotage
|
ecto(s)-
|
outside
|
ectoskeleton
|
edaph(o)-
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electr(o)-
|
electricity
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electrocution
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embry(o)-
|
full
| |
encephal(o)-
|
brain
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encephalitis
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end(o)-, ent(o)-
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enne(a)-
|
nine
|
enneastyle
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enter(o)-
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eo-
|
dawn, early
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eobacterium
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ep(i)-, eph-
|
above
|
epitaxy
|
erg(o)-
|
ergonomics
| |
erythr(o)-
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erot(o)-
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stom(o)-, stomat(o)-
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ethn(o)-
|
ethnology , ethnolinguistics , ethnocentrism
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eu-
|
good
|
eulogy , euthanasia , eugenics , euphemism
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ex-
|
former
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ex-wife, ex-president
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ex(o)-
|
outside
|
exoskeleton
|
extra-
|
very, more than usual, outside, beyond
|
extra-thin, extra-special
extraordinary, extraterrestrial
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flor(i)-
|
relating to flowers
|
florist
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fore-
|
before, in advance
|
foreskin , foreshadowing
|
gyn-
|
female
|
gynaecology , gynoid
|
hemi-
|
half
|
hemimetabolous
|
hex(a)-
|
six
|
hexapod
|
hyper-
|
excessive, (least to greatest in order: hypo, sub, super, hyper)
|
hyperactive , hyperthyroidism
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hyp(o)-
|
below, (least to greatest in order: hypo, sub, super, hyper)
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hypodermic
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in-
|
extremely
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inflammable , invaluable
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in-, il-, im-, ir-
|
not
|
infallibility , illiteracy , immoral , irrelevant
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inter-
|
between, from one to another
|
intervention , international
|
intra-
|
within, interior
|
intramural, intravenous
|
kilo -
|
thousand
|
kilogram , kilowatt
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mal-
|
bad, badly
|
malpractice , malnutrition
|
maxi-
|
most, very, large
|
maxi-dress
|
mega -, megal-
|
million , very large
|
megabyte , megaphone
|
meta-
|
after, beyond
|
metacarpal , metaphysics
|
micro -
|
one millionth, very small
|
microgram , microorganism , micronation
|
mid-
|
in the middle of
|
mid-term elections , Mid-Autumn Festival , Mid-Atlantic Ridge
|
milli -
|
thousandth
|
milligram , milliliter
|
mini-
|
small
|
miniskirt , miniscule
|
mis-
|
bad , wrong
|
miscarriage , misanthropy , misogyny
|
mon(o)-
|
one , single
|
monolith , monorail , monotony , monocle
|
multi-
|
many
|
multiculturalism , multilingual
|
non-
|
not
|
nonsense, non-denial denial
|
non-
|
nine
|
none, nonagon
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oct(o)-, oct(a)-
|
eight
|
octane , octopod , octagon
|
oo- (" oo -oh")
|
egg, ovum
|
oocyte
|
out-
|
more, to a greater degree
|
to outdo, to outrun
|
over-
|
more than normal, too much
|
overpopulation , over-consumption
|
pent(a)-
|
five
|
pentagon
|
post-
|
after
|
Post-Fordism , postpartum depression , postmodernity , postmodernism
|
pre-
|
before
|
prediction , preview , precedent , prenatal care
|
pro-
|
for, in favour of
|
pro-choice, pro-life, promotion
|
quadr-, quart-
|
four
|
quadrangle , quadruplet , quartic , quartile
|
quin(que)-
|
five , into five parts
|
quinquesection
|
quint(i)-
|
fifth , five
|
quintiped
|
re-
|
again, repeatedly
|
reduction , reflection , revolution
|
rect(i)-
|
proper, straight
|
rectify, rectangle
|
scler(o)-
|
hard
|
scleroderma atherosclerosis
|
semi-
|
half
|
semi-automatic , semi-detached
|
sept(a)-
|
seven
|
heptachord
|
sex(i)-
|
six
|
sexivalent
|
Sino-
|
Chinese
|
Sino-American relations
|
spasm(o)-
| ||
sperm(o)-, spermat(o)-
| ||
spher(o)-
| ||
sphygm(o)-
|
pulso
|
sphygmomanometer
|
splen(o)-
| ||
splanchn(o)-
| ||
schiz(o)-, schist(o)-
|
split
|
schizophrenia , schistocyte
|
staphyl(o)-
| ||
styl(o)-
|
pillar
| |
sub-
|
below, less than, under,(least to greatest in order: hypo, sub, super, hyper)
|
subset , subsonic , subway , subtitles
|
super-
|
extremely, more than, (least to greatest in order: hypo, sub, super, hyper)
|
superhuman , Superego , supersonic
|
syn-
|
along with, together, at the same time
|
synergy , synchronicity
|
tach(y)-, tach(o)-
|
fast, speed
|
tachycardia , tachometer
|
tel(e)-, tel(o)-
|
far, over a long distance
|
telecommunications , television , telephoto lens , telodynamic
|
tel(o)-, tel(e)-
|
end, complete, mature
|
teloblast
|
trans-
|
across, beyond
|
transfer , transubstantiation , transatlantic , Trans-Siberian railway
|
tri-
|
three
|
triangle , tricolor , triptych
|
ultra-
|
extremely, beyond a certain limit
|
Ultramontanism , ultraviolet
|
un-
|
not, opposite, take something away
|
unconstitutional , undelete
|
uni-
|
one , single
|
uniform , unification
|
ur-
|
first, original
|
urtext
|
zoo- (" zoo -oh")
|
relating to animals
|
zoomorphic , zoology
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