Prefixes and their meanings:
a—not
ante—before
anti—against
auto—automatic
circum—around
co—with
contra—against
de—off, down, undo
dis—not
em—in, within, make
en—in, within, make
epi—upon, over, outer, after
ex—former
extra—more than
fore—before
homo—the same
hyper—above, beyond
il—not
im—in, into, not
in—in, into, not
infra—below
inter—among, between
intra—within
ir—not
macro—large
micro—small
mid—in the middle of
mis—wrong
mono—one
neo—new
non—not
omni—all
para—beside, beyond but like
post—after
pre—before
re—again
retro—referring back to the past
semi—half, partly
sub—under
super—over
trans—across, beyond
tri—three
un—not
uni—one
Suffixes and their
meanings:
able—able to be
acy—quality or state
al—related to, like
ance—quality or state of
ary—related to
ate—become
dom—state of being, place
en—become
ence—quality or example of
er— person or thing that does
something or has a particular attitude
esque—similar to
ful—full of, like
fy—become, make
ial—related to, like
ible—able to be
ic—like, related to
ical—like, related to
ify—become, make
ile—able to, leaning toward
ious—like, has the quality of
ish—like, has the quality of
ism—belief
ist—person who has a belief or does a specific action
ity—a quality or state of being
ive—like, has the quality of
ize—become, make to conform, do a specific activity
less—does not have
ly—like, has the quality of, tells how
ment—an action or result of an action
ness—state of being
ous—like, has the quality of
or—person or thing that does something
ship—state of being, profession
sion—state of being
tion—state of being
ty—a quality or state of being
ward/wards—toward a direction
wise—in the style of, in the direction of
y—like, has the quality of
