a- stative-forming | the idea of being in the stated condition or way (anew, astream, aloud) | neutral |
after- | coming or happening afterwards (aftercare, afternoon) | neutral |
be- | the idea of treating as the stated thing (befriend) the idea of wearing the stated thing (bespectacled) completely, thoroughly (to besmear) | neutral literary literary |
mis- | the idea of failing to do sth (misbelieve, misdeed) | neutral |
out- | the idea of exceeding, surpassing, outside (outlive, outgrow, outsleep) | neutral |
over- | the idea of being above, exceeding (overtake, overlook, overeat) | neutral |
un- | the idea of negation (unable) the idea of reversal of an action (untie, undo) | neutral |
under- | the idea of being underneath, insufficient, subordinate to (undertake, undernourish) | neutral |
up- | the idea of moving upwards (uplift, upstairs) | neutral |
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anti-/ante- | opposite, against, instead (antitype, antisocialist) | neutral Greek |
co-/con-/com- | the idea of being together (cooperate) | neutral Romanic |
counter-/ contra-/ contro- | against, contrary, in opposition (contradict, counterattack) | neutral Romanic |
de- | the idea of moving down (decrease) the idea of separation (depart) the idea of reversal of the action (demerit) | neutral Romanic |
dis- | separation (dismiss) reversal, undoing, negation or depriving (dishonesty) | neutral Romanic |
ex- | the idea of former (exwife) the idea of being beyond (exceed, export) | neutral Romanic |
extra- | the idea of being beyond or outside of (extraordinary) | neutral Romanic |
hyper- | the idea of exceeding (hypersensitive) | neutral Greek |
in-/il-/ir-/im- | the idea of negation (inability) | neutral Romanic |
inter- | the idea of being together, between, among (international) | neutral Romanic |
non- | the idea of negation (non-stop) | neutral Romanic |
post- | the idea of being after, later (postwar, postpone) | neutral Romanic |
pre- | the idea of priority (prewar, prearranged) | neutral Romanic |
pro- | the idea of being in favour of (pro-American) | neutral Romanic |
re- | the idea of repetition (rewrite, reunited) | neutral Romanic |
retro- | the idea of moving or being backwards (retroaction) | neutral Romanic |
sub- | the idea of being under, below, beneath (submarine) the idea of being subordinate to, inferior in rank (subeditor) | neutral Romanic |
super- | the idea of above, over, exceeding (supernatural) | neutral Romanic |
trans- | the idea of being over, through, across, beyond (transcontinental) | neutral Romanic |
ultra- | the idea of being excessive, uncommon (ultramodern) | neutral Romanic |
vice- | the idea of being instead of, in place of (vice-president) | neutral Romanic |
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-fold adj-forming adv-forming | the idea of multiplication or increase in geometrical ratio (twofold, manifold) | numeral-stems | neutral |
-long adv-forming | (headlong, sidelong) | noun-stems | neutral |
-some adj-forming | the idea of similarity (troublesome, tiresome) | noun-stems | neutral |
-th noun-forming | the idea of state or quality (strength) | adj-stems | neutral |
-ward adv-forming | the idea of direction or course (downward, sideward) | noun-stems | neutral |
-y noun-forming | the idea of the result of the action (perjury) | neutral |
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-ade noun-forming | the idea of the action, product of the action (colonnade, brigade) | noun-stems | neutral Romanic |
-age noun-forming | the idea of act or process (marriage) collection (postage) the idea of the action (leakage) the idea of a person (hostage) | noun-stems verb-stems | neutral Romanic |
-ance/-ence noun-forming | the idea of the action, state or quality (guidance, arrogance, obedience) | verb-stems | neutral Romanic |
-ancy/-ency noun-forming | the idea of state or quality (expectancy, hesitancy) | verb-stems | neutral Romanic |
-ant/-ent adj-forming noun-forming | the idea of presence of some quality (pleasant) the agent of the action (servant, student) | verb-stems | neutral Romanic |
-ar noun-forming | the idea of belonging to, pertaining to, like (nuclear, beggar) | verb-stems | neutral Romanic |
-ard/-art noun-forming | the idea of someone with a stated quality (drunkard) | verb-stems | derogatory Romanic |
-ary adj-forming | the idea of pertaining to, of the kind or nature of (necessary, contrary) | neutral Romanic | |
-asm noun-forming | abstract nouns (enthusiasm) | neutral Greek | |
-ast noun-forming | agent of the action (enthusiast, gymnast) | neutral Greek | |
-ate verb-stems | forms causative verbs (agitate, graduate) | noun-stems | neutral Romanic |
-ate/-at noun-forming | chemical terms (nitrate) the idea of a function or person (magnate, diplomat) | noun-stems | neutral Romanic |
-cy noun-forming | the idea of state, condition, office (idiocy, bankruptcy) | noun-stems | neutral Romanic |
-er noun-forming | the idea of a person or thing connected with (officer, grocer, butler) | noun-stems | neutral Romanic |
-esque adj-forming | the idea of the manner of, style of (picturesque) | noun-stems | neutral Romanic |
-ia noun-forming | terms of botany and pathology (hydrophobia) | technical Greek | |
-ic adj-forming | the idea of pertaining to, of the nature of, belonging to (Celtic, domestic) | noun-stems | neutral Romanic |
-ice noun-forming | the idea of an act, quality, condition (service, justice) | verb-stems adj-stems | neutral Romanic |
-ine noun-forming | feminine names (heroine) | neutral Greek | |
-ine/-in noun-forming | the idea of imitation, derivative products (chlorine, bulletin) | noun-stems | formal technical Romanic |
-ive noun-forming adj-forming | having a nature or quality of a thing (affirmative, detective) | verb-stems | neutral Romanic |
-mony noun-forming | the idea of result or abstract condition (ceremony, matrimony) | noun-stems | neutral Romanic |
-oid noun-forming | the idea of similarity (humanoid) | adj-stems | technical Greek |
-or noun-forming | the idea of agent or person (actor, professor) | verb-stems | neutral Romanic |
-ory noun-forming | the idea of a place (observatory, directory) | verb-stems | neutral Romanic |
-our/-eur noun-forming | the idea of agent or person (amateur) the idea of quality or state (behaviour, favour) | verb-stems | neutral Romanic |
-ous adj-forming | the idea of the nature of, full of, characterized by (glorious, joyous) | noun-stems | neutral Romanic |
-tude noun-forming | state, condition, quality, degree (attitude, fortitude, gratitude) | neutral Romanic | |
-ure noun-forming | act, process, being, result, state, rank (culture, furniture, picture, figure) | neutral Romanic | |
-y noun-forming | abstract nouns (academy) | neutral Greek |
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