Prefixes and SuffixesPrefix Meaning Examplesa in, on, of, up, to abed, afoota without, lacking atheist, agnosticab from, away, off abdicate, abjuread to, toward advanceam friend, love amicable, amatoryante before, previous antecedent, antedateanti against, opposing antipathy, antidoteauto self autonomy, autobiographybelli war, warlike bellicosebene well, good benefit, benefactorbi two bisect, biennialbio life biology, biospherecata down, away, thoroughly catastrophe, cataclysmchron time chronometer, synchronizecircum around circumspect, circumferencecom with, together, very commotion, complicatecontra against, opposing contradict, contravenecred belief, trust credible, creditde from departdem people demographics, democracydia through, across, apart diameter, diagnosedis away, off, down, not dissent, disappearepi upon epilogueequi equal, equally equivalentex out extractfor away, off, from forget, forswearfore before, previous foretell, forefathershomo same, equal , , homogenizedhyper excessive, over hypercritical, hypertensionhypo under, beneath hypodermic, hypothesisin in, into intrude, invadein not, opposing incapable, ineligibleinter among, between intercede, interruptintra within intramural, intrastatemagn large magnitude, magnifymal bad, poorly, not malfunctionmicr small microbe, microscopemis bad, poorly, not misspell, misfiremono one, single monogomy, monologuemor die, death mortality, mortuaryneo new neolithic, neoconservativenon not nonentity, nonsenseob against, opposing objectionomni all, everywhere omniscientortho right, straight orthogonal, orthodoxover above overbearingpan all, entire panorama, pandemoniumpara beside, beyond parallel, paradoxper through perceive, permitperi around periscope, perimeterphil love, like philosophy, philanthropicpoly many polymorphous, polygamouspost after, following postpone, postscriptpre before, previous prevent, precludeprim first, early primitive, primarypro forward, in place of propel, pronounre back, backward, again revoke, recurretro back, backward retrospect, retrogradesemi half, partly semicircle, semicolonsub under, beneath subjugate, substitutesuper above, extra supersede, supernumerarysym with, together sympathy, symphonytrans across, beyond, over transact, transportultra beyond, excessively ultramodern, ultrasonic, ultravioletun not, reverse of unhappy, unlockuni one uniform, unityvis to see visage, visableSuffix Meaning Examplesable able to, likely capable, tolerableage process, state, rank passage, bondageance act, condition, fact acceptance, vigilancearch to rule monarchard one that does excessively drunkard, wizardate having, showing separate, desolateation action, state, result occupation, starvationcy state, condition accuracy, captaincydom state, rank, condition serfdom, wisdomen cause to be, become deepen, strengthener one who does teacheresce become, grow, continue convalesce, acquiesceesque in the style of, like picturesque, grotesqueess feminine waitress, lionessfic making, causing terrific, beatificful full of, marked by thankful, zestfulfy make, cause, cause to have glorify, fortifyhood state, condition manhood, statehoodible able, likely, fit edible, possible, divisibleion action, result, state union, fusionish suggesting, like churlish, childishism act, manner, doctrine barbarism, socialismist doer, believer monopolist, socialistition action, state, result sedition, expeditionity state, quality, condition acidity, civilityize make, cause to be, treat with sterilize, mechanize, criticizeless lacking, without hopeless, countlesslike like, similar childlike, dreamlikelogue type of speaking or writing prologuely like, of the nature of friendly, positivelyment means, result, action refreshment, disappointmentness quality, state greatness, tallnessor doer, office, action juror, elevator, honorous marked by, given to religious, riotousship the art or skill of statesmanshipsome apt to, showing tiresome, lonesometh act, state, quality warmth, widthtude quality, state, result magnitude, fortitudety quality, state enmity, activityward in the direction of backward, homeward