Prefixes, Suffixes, Roots

Root, Prefix or Suffix

Meaning

Examples

a, ac, ad, af, ag, to, toward, near, in al, an, ap, as, at addition to ,by a, an ab, abs act, ag: am, ami ambul anim ann, annu, enni ante anti, ant auc, aug, aut aud, audi, aur auto -acy, -cy -age -al -an -ance, -ence -ancy, -ency -ant, -ent -ate -ation -ate -able, -ible

aside ,accompany ,adjust ,aggression ,allocate, annihilate ,affix ,associate, attend, adverb apolitical, atheist, anarchy, anonymous, apathy, aphasia, not, without anemia away from, off absolve, abrupt, absent do, act, drive active, react, agent, active, agitate love, like amorous, amiable, amicable to walk ambulatory, amble, ambulance, somnambulist mind, life, spirit, anger animal, animate, animosity yearly annual, annual, annuity, anniversary, perrenial anterior, anteroom, antebellum, antedate, antecedent before antediluvian antisocial, antiseptic, antithesis, antibody, antichrist, against, opposite antinomies, antifreeze, antipathy to originate, to increase augment , author, augment, auction audience, auditory, audible, auditorium, audiovisual, audition, to hear auricular automobile, automatic, automotive, autograph, autonomous, self autoimmune Noun: state or quality privacy, nfancy, adequacy, intimacy, supremacy Noun: activity, or result courage, suffrage, shrinkage, tonnage of action Noun: action, result of referral, disavowal, disposal, festival action Noun: person artisan, guardian, historian, magician Noun: action, state, resistance, independence, extravagance, fraudulence quality or process Noun: state, quality or vacancy, agency, truancy, latency capacity Noun: an agent, something that disinfectant, dependent, fragrant performs the action Noun: state, office, candidate, electorate, delegate fuction Noun: action, resulting specialization, aggravation, alternation state Verb: cause to be graduate, ameliorate, amputate, colligate Adjective: worth, solvable, incredible ability

-al, -ial, -ical -ant, -ent, -ient -ar, -ary -ate bene bi, bine bio, bi bibli, biblio brev cad, cap, cas, ceiv, cept, capt, cid, cip cat, cata, cath ceas, cede, ceed, cess cent centr chron cide, cis circum clam, claim clin clud, clus claus

Adjective: quality, relation Adjective: kind of agent, indication Adjective: resembling, related to Adjective: kind of state good, well, gentle two life book short to take, to seize, to hold down, with to go, to yield hundred center time to kill, to cut around shout lean, bend to close, shut

structural, territorial, categorical important, dependent, convenient spectacular, unitary inviolate benefactor, beneficial, benevolent, benediction, beneficiary, benefit biped, bifurcate, biweekly, bivalve, biannual biography, biology bibliophile, bibliography abbreviate, brevity, brief receive, deceive, capable, capacious, captive, accident, capture, occasion, concept catalogue, category, catheter succeed, proceed, precede, recede, secession, exceed, succession centennial, century, centipede eccentricity, centrifugal, concentric chronology, chronic, chronicle chronometer, anachronism fratricide, suicide, incision, excision, circumcision circumnavigate, circumflex, circumstance, circumcision, circumference, circumorbital, circumlocution, circumvent, circumscribe, circulatory acclaim, clamor, proclaim, exclaim decline, aclinic, inclination include, exclude, clause, claustrophobia, enclose, exclusive, reclusive, conclude cohesiveness, cognate, collaborate, convene, commitment, compress, contemporary, converge, compact, confluence, convenient, concatenate, conjoin, combine, correct complete, compel, conscious, condense, confess, comfirm recognize cognizant diagnose agnostic contradict, counteract, contravene, contrary, counterspy, contrapuntal corporate, corpse, corpulent, incorporate occur, excursion, discourse, courier, course escort, cortage create, crescent, accretion, increase credo, credible, credence, credit, credential, incredible,

co, cog, col, con, with, together com, cor com, con cogn, gnos contra, counter corp cour, cur, curr, curs cort cre, cresc, cret, crease cred fully know to know against, opposite body run, course correct grow to believe

cycl de dec dec, dign dei, div demo di dia dic, dict, dit dit dis, dys, dif doc, doct dog, dox duc, duct -dom ecto endo equi e, ex, ef, es, ec en, em epi ev, et exter, extra -er, -or -ed -en -er, -or -ed -en

credulity, incredulous circle, wheel bicycle, cyclical, cycle, encliclical from, down, away, to detach, deploy, derange, decrease, deodorize, devoid, deflate, do the opposite, against degenerate, deice ten decimal, decade, decalogue, decimate suitable decent decorate dignity God divinity, divine, deity, divination, deify people democracy, demagogue, epidemic two divide, diverge, diglycerides through, across, diameter, diagonal, dialogue dialect, dialectic, diagnosis, between diachronic predict, verdict, malediction, dictionary, dictate, dictum, say, speak diction, indict give dismiss, differ, disallow, disperse, dissuade, divide, away, not, negative, disconnect, dysfunction, disproportion, disrespect, distemper, opposite of, separate distrust, distaste, disarray, dyslexia teach, prove docile, doctor, doctrine, document thought, idea dogma, orthodox, paradox produce, abduct, product, transducer, viaduct, aqueduct, to lead, pull induct, deduct, reduce, induce Noun: place, state of wisdom being outside, external ectomorph, ectoderm, ectoplasm inside, withing endotoxin, endoscope, endogenous equidistant, equilateral, equilibrium, equinox, equitable, equal equation, equator emit, expulsion, exhale, exit, express, exclusive, enervate, out, away, from, fully expel ,exceed, explosion put into, make enamor, empower upon, beside, over epilogue time, age medieval, eternal external, extrinsic, exterior extraordinary, extrabiblical outside of, beyond extracurricular, extrapolate, extraneous Noun: person or thing porter, collector that does something Verb: past tense attained Verb: to cause to moisten become Verb: action ponder, clamor Adjective: having the terraced quality of Adjective: material silken

-er -est fa, fess fac, fact, fec, fic, fas, fea femto fer fic, feign, fain, fit, feat fid fig flect, flex flict flu, fluct, flux for, fore form fort fract, frag, frai fuge fuse

Adjective: comparative brighter Adjective: superlative strongest speak fable, fabulous, fame, famous, confess, profess make do, do quadrillionth bear, carry shape, make, fashion belief, faith shape, form to bend strike flow difficult, fashion, feasible, feature, factory, fact, effect femtosecond fertile, infer, refer fiction, faint, feign confide, diffident, fidelity figurem, effigy, figure, figment flexible, reflection, deflect, circumflex affliction, conflict, inflict effluence, influence, effluvium, fluctuate, confluence, reflux, influx, fluid forecast, fortune, foresee format, formulate effort, forte, fortifiable frail, fracture, fragment subterfuge, refuge, centrifuge

before shape strength break flee pour Noun: an amount or -ful mouthful quanity that fills Adjective: having, -ful fanciful giving, marked by Adverb: in a manner of, -fold fourfold marked by -fy make gen, gin to give birth, kind generate, generally, gingerly, indigenous geo earth geography giga billion gigabyte, gigaflop to gather, to bring gor category, categorize together to gather, to bring grad, gress, gree grade, degree, progress together polygraph, grammar, biography, graphite, telegram, graph, gram, graf to write, draw autograph, lithograph, historiography, graphic hale brathe her, hes to stick adhere, hesitate hetero other heterodox, heterogeneous, heterosexual, heterodyne hex, ses, sex six hexagon, hexameter, sestet, sextuplets homo same homogenized, homosexual, homonym, homophone

hyper in, im, il, ir in, im, (il) infra inter intro it

over, above not in, into, on, near, toward beneath between, among

hyperactive, hypertensive, hyperbolic, hypersensitive, hyperventilate, hyperkinetic illegible, irresolute, inaction, inviolate, innocuous, intractable, innocent, impregnable, impossible, imposter instead, import infrared, infrastructure international, intercept, interject, intermission, internal, intermittent, interoffice, introvert, introspection, introduce

into, within go Noun: related to, one -ian, an pedestrian, human that is -ia Noun: names, diseases phobia -iatry Noun: art of healing psychiatry Noun: related to the arts -ic, ics arithmetic, economics and sciences -ice Noun: act malice Noun: material made -ing for, activity, result of an flooring, swimming, building activity Noun: condition or -ion abduction action Noun: doctrine, belief, -ism formalism action or conduct Noun: person or -ist podiatrist member -ite Noun: state or quality graphite -ity, ty Noun: state or quality lucidity, novelty -ive Noun: condition native -ify Verb: cause specify -ing Verb: present participle depicting -ize Verb: cause fantasize Adjective: quality, -ic generic relation Adjective: having the -ile projectile qualities of -ing Adjective: activity cohering Adjective: having the -ish newish character of Adjective: having the -ive, -ative, -itive festive, cooperative, sensitive quality of reject, eject, project, trajectory, interject, dejected, inject, jac, ject to throw ejaculate

judice jug, junct, just labor lex, leag, leg lect, leg, lig lide loc log luc, lum, lust: lude -less -ly mal man, manu main metr mega mem ment min meso meta micro mill, kilo milli mis mit, miss mob, mov, mot mono morph multi -ment

judge to join work law choose, gather, select, read strike place, area say, speech, word, reason, study light play Adjective: without, missing Adverb: in the manner of bad, badly hand, make, do bide admeasure great, million recall, remember mind little, small middle beyond, change millionth thousand thousandth wrong, bad, badly to send move one shape many Noun: condition or result

junction, adjust, conjugal legal, college, league collect, legible, eligible location, locally logic translucent, illuminate, illustrate motiveless fluently malformation, maladjusted, dismal, malady, malcontent,malfunction, malfeasance, maleficent manage, management

megaphone, megaton, megaflop, megalomaniac, megabyte, megalopolis memory, commemorate mental, mention minute, minor, minuscule mesomorph, mesoamerica, mesosphere metaphor, metamorphosis, metabolism, metahistorical, metainformation microgram, microvolt millennium, kilobyte, kiloton millisecond, milligram, millivolt misconduct, misinform, misinterpret, mispronounce, misnomer, mistake, misogynist transmit, permit, missile, missionary, remit, admit, missive, mission motion, remove, mobile monopoly, monotype, monologue, mononucleosis, monorail, monotheist, polymorphic, morpheme, amorphous multitude, multipartite, multiply, multipurpose document

nano nasc, nat, gnant, nai nom, nym non non nov

billionth to be born

nanosecond, nanobucks nascent, native, pregnant, naive nominate, synonym nonagon nonferrous, nonsense, nonabrasive, nondescript novice, novelty kindness octopus, octagon, octogenarian, octave oppose, occur, offer, obtain omnipotent, omnivorous, omniscient operate, opus overwork, overall, overwork valor territory adventurous, courageous, verbose, fractious patient, passion, sympathy, pathology paradox, paraprofessional, paramedic, paraphrase, parachute impede, pedestal, podium, pedestrian repel, pulse suspend, append persecute, permit, perspire, perforate, persuade periscope, perimeter, perigee, periodontal phantom, fantasy philosopher telephone, phonics, phonograph, phonetic, homophone, microphone photograph, photosynthesis, photon picofarad, picocurie picture, depict reply, implicate, ply polytheist, polygon, polygamy, polymorphous postpone, position, posture

name nine not new Noun: state, condition, -ness quality oct eight toward, against, in the ob, oc, of, op way omni all oper work over excessive, above Noun: condition or -or activity Noun: place for, serves -ory for -ous, -eous, -ose, Adjective: having the -ious quality of, relating to pair, pare arrange pat, pass, path feel, suffer para beside ped, pod foot pel, puls drive, push pend, pond, pens to hang, weigh per through, intensive peri around phan, phas, phen, show, make visible fan, phant, fant phe speak phil love phon phot pico pict pli, ply plore poly pon, pos sound light trillionth paint, show, draw fold weep many put, place

port post pre, pur prim, prin pro psych pute quat, quad quint, penta quip quir, quis, quest, quer re retro rupt sanct sci, scio

to carry after, behind before first for, foward mind think four five ship seek, ask back, again backwards break holy to know

porter, portable, report, transportation, deport, import, export postpone, postdate precede propel psychology quadrangle, quadruplets quintet, quintuplets, pentagon, pentane, pentameter query, inquire, exquisite, quest

report, realign, retract, revise, regain retrorocket, retrospect, retrogression, retroactive rupture, corrupt, interrupt sanctify, sanctuary, sanction, sanctimonious, sacrosanct conscious, science inscription, prescribe, proscribe, manuscript, conscript, scrib, script to write scribble, scribe se apart, move away from secede sect, sec cut intersect, transect, dissect, secant, section sent, sens feel, think sentiment, sensation semifinal, semiconscious, semiannual, semimonthly, semi half semicircle sept seven septet, septennial serve keep sequ, secut, sue follow sequence, consecutive, ensue sist to withstand, make up insist soci to join, companions sociable, society sol alone solitary, isolate solv, solu, solut loosen, explain solve, absolute, soluble spect, spec, spi, to look, see inspect, spectator, circumspect, retrospect, prospect, spectacle spic, sper hope spir breath, soul respiration, inspire stand, stant, stab, stat, stan, sti, sta, stand stature, establish, stance st, stead strain, strict, bind, pull constrict, restrain, stringent, prestige string, stige stru, struct, stroy, build destroy, misconstrue, obstruct stry

sub, suc, suf, sup, sur, sus super, supra syn, sym -ship -ster tact, tang, tig, ting tain, ten, tent, tin tect, teg tele tend, tens, tend tera term terr test tire theo, the therm tor, tors, tort tract, trai, treat trans tri tribute un uni unti -ure vac vade veh, vect ven, vent ver verb, verv vert, vers vi

under, below, from, secretly, instead of over, above

sustain, survive, support, suffice, succeed, submerge, submarine, substandard, subnormal, subvert superior, suprarenal, superscript, supernatural, superimpose, supercede

together, at the same sympathy, synthesis, synchronous, syndicate time Noun: status, condition relationship person touch hold, keep, have cover distance, from afar stretch trillion end, boundary, limit earth see, witness draw, pull God heat twist tactile, tactilely, tangible, contiguous, contingent retain, continue, content, tenacious detect, protect, tegular, tegument television, telephone, telegraph, telemetry contend, extensive terabyte, teraflop exterminate, terminal territory, terrain attest, testify

theology, theist, polytheist thermometer, thermal torsion, torment, contort attract, tractor, traction, extract, retract, protract, detract, to drag, draw , pull subtract, contract, intractable across, beyond, change transform, transoceanic, transmit, transport, transducer three tripod, triangle, trinity, trilateral give not, against, opposite unceasing uniform, unilateral, universal, unity, unanimousone, unite, one unison before Noun: act, condition, exposure, conjecture process, function empty vacant, vacuum go to carry vector, vehicle, convection, vehement come convene, invent, prevent true verify word verify, veracity, verbalize, verve convert, revert, advertise, versatile, vertigo, invert, reversion, to turn, change extravert, introvert way

vid, vie, vis vit, viv voc, voke volv, volt, vol with -ward -wise -y -y

see life call roll, turn against Adverb: in a direction or manner Adverb: in the manner of, with regard to Noun: state, condition, result of an activity Adjective: marked by, having

visible, video, review, indivisible vital, vitality, vitamins, revitalize, revive vocal, revoke revolve, revolt, evolution homeward timewise society, victory hungry