Common Prefixes and Associated Meanings

Common Prefixes and Associated Meanings Position in Time before: prepreview after: postpostscript before: ante-, foreantecedent, foreground Negative without, not: a(n)atheist, anaerobic wrongly: mismisplace not, opposite: de-, disdescend, disassociate not: non-, unnonsense, unfounded not: in-*, im-, il-, irinvisible, impossible, illegal, irregular Position in Space in, into, inside: in-* inland between: interintersection under: sub-, under-* submarine, underwater within: intra-, introintravenous, introduce around: circumcircumference middle: midmidsection out, outside: out-* outsource across: transtransportation out: exexternal distant: teletelecommute outside: ecto- exo-, extraectothermic, exosphere, extraterrestrial Quantity excessive: hyper-, overhypersensitive, overachiever insufficient: hypo-, under-* hypothermia, underappreciate Quality good: eu-, beneuphoria, benefit Size large: macromacroeconomics bad: dys-, maldystopia, malcontent small: micro-, minimicroscope, miniscule More more, better: out-* outlast Number half: hemi-, semihemisphere, semicircle one: mono-, unimonotone, unicycle two: di-, bidivide, bilingual three: tritriangle four: quad-, quartquadrant, quartet ten: deca-, decidecade, decimal hundred: cent(e)century, centennial thousand: kilo-, millikilogram, millimeter million: megamegaton many: poly-, multipolygon, multimedia Relationship over/above: sursurmount beyond: super-, ultrasupernatural, ultrarealist together: sym-, syn-, co-, consymbiotic, synonym, codependent, converse against: anti-, contra-, counterantithesis, contradict, counteroffer Other self: autoautonomy make/cause: bebedazzle cause to: en-, emenslave, embolden former: exex-boyfriend new: neoneonatal forward: pro-* progress in favor of: pro-* pro-choice again: rereiterate Common Suffixes and Associated Meanings Noun Adjective result of action: -age shortage place for: -ary dictionary characterized by: -y happy without: -less hopeless place/state: -dom kingdom, stardom doctrine/belief: -ism capitalism relating to: -ic(al) historic, radical capable of: -able, -ible respectable, flexible study of: -ology zoology action/result: -ure pressure more: -er larger most: -est largest condition, office, skill or group: -ship kingship, apprenticeship, citizenship relating to: -ish childish made of: -en wooden people: -ary, -er, -or, -ee, -ian, -ist secretary, lawyer, doctor, trainee, civilian, pianist full of: -(i/e)ous, -ful joyous, gracious, righteous, bountiful Other noun endings: Other adjective endings: -al* scandal -hood neighborhood -cy decency -sion conclusion -ance/ence romance -tion introduction -ity dignity -ment judgment -ness happiness Adverbs -ly mainly, literally In the direction of: -ward forward -al* personal -ial partial -ant important -ent different -ive selective -itive/-ative sensitive Verbs -ate educate -en strengthen -ify qualify -ize/-ise realize, advertise