80 Examples of Prefixes and Suffixes, Definition and Example Sentences

Examples of Prefixes and Suffixes, Definition and Example Sentences

List of Suffixes

Here is a big list of suffixes with Examples

Suffixes	Meaning	Example
-ful	notable for	woeful
-er, -or	one who	the narrator
-ious, -ous	characterized by	studious
-en	become	strengthen
-ize, -ise*	become	socialize
-ish	having the quality of	snobbish
-ism	doctrine, belief	skepticism
-ness	state of being	rudeness
-ify, -fy	make or become	rectify
-al	act or process of	rebuttal
-ment	condition of	punishment
-ist	one who	plagiarist
-ity, -ty	quality of	parity
-wise	in relation to	lengthwise
-less	without	lawless
-ship	position held	kinship
-ly	in what manner something is being done	honestly
-y	characterized by	greasy
-ate	become	enunciate
-al	pertaining to	emotional
-ic, -ical	pertaining to	domestic
-ive	having the nature of	divisive
-acy	state or quality	delicacy
-esque	reminiscent of	burlesque
-dom	state of being	boredom
-ward	in a certain direction	awkward
-ance, -ence	state or quality	assurance
-able, -ible	capable of being	abominable
-sion, -tion	state of being	abbreviation

Suffixes with Meaning and Example Sentences

1. -less

Meaning: without

The film is set in a lawless city sometime in the future.

2. -ship

Meaning: position held

However, I do feel a kinship to this Elizabeth woman.

3. -ment

Meaning: condition of

The punishment for murder is life imprisonment.

4. -y

Meaning: characterized by

The sink was piled high with greasy dishes.

5. -ate

Meaning: become

We can eradicate this disease from the world.

6. -al

Meaning: pertaining to

Her emotional speech made me cry.

List Of Prefixes

Related: A to Z List of Prefixes

Here are some common Prefixes in English:

Prefix	Meaning	Example
Un-	Not	Unfriendly
Under-	Under	Understand
tri-	three	triangle
therm-	heat	thermometer
sub-	under	submarine
Sub-	Under	Subeditor
semi-	half	semi-final
re-	again	return
pre-	before	prefix
Pre-	Before	Prefix
post-	after	post-mortem
para-	beside	paramedic
Over-	Over	Overlook
omni-	all, every	omnivore
non-	not, without	nonsense
mono-	one, singular	monobrow
mis-	wrongly	misinterpret
mid-	middle	midway
macro-	large	macroeconomics
inter-, intra-	between	intermediate
im-, in-	into	insert
In-, im-, il-, ir-	Not	Injustice
infra-	beneath, below	infrared
In-	İn	Infield
Im-	İn	Imbalance
il-, im-, in-, ir-	not	illegal
hyper-	over, above	hyperactive
homo-	same	homonuclear
Fore-	Before	Forecast
extra-	beyond, more than	extraordinary
ex-	former, out of	ex-boyfriend
Prefix	Meaning	Example
ethno	race, nation	ethnography
equi	equal	equidistant
epi-	upon, close to, after	episcope
endo	internal	endocrine
em-, en-	cause to, put into	encode
En-	Cause to	Encode
en	to cause, provide	enable
Em-	Cause to	Embrace
dys	bad, abnormal	dysfunction
di	two	divert
dia	through, across	diameter
demi	half	Demigod
de-	off, down, away from	defrost
deca	ten	decathlon
counter	opposite	counterclockwise
co-	with	co-pilot
contra	against	contradict
con	with, jointly	concur
co	with, together	coexist
circum-	around	circumvent
bi	two, twice	Biannual
bene	good	benevolent
be	about, become	befriend
auto	self	automobile
at	to, toward	attend
a	at, in, on, to	asleep
arch	chief, most important	Archangel
anti-	against, opposing	antidepressant
ante-	before	antenatal
ante	before	Antecedent
ambi	both	Ambidextrous
ad	to, toward, near	Adjacent
a	not, without	abyss
ab	from, away	Abnormal

Prefixes Examples and Meaning

Over-

Meaning: Over

Don’t overlook yard sales and garage sales.

Omni-

Meaning: all, every

Omnivore

Non-

Meaning: not, without

I do not like his nonsense behavior.

Mono-

Meaning: one, singular

He’s always monopolizing the conversation.

Mis-

Meaning: wrongly

It would be easy to misinterpret results from such a small sample.

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