|
Prefix |
Meaning |
Examples |
| A |
in,
on, of, up, to |
abed,
afoot |
| A |
without,
lacking |
atheist,
agnostic |
| Ab |
from,
away, off |
abdicate,
abjure |
| Ad |
to,
toward |
advance |
| Am |
friend,
love |
amicable,
amatory |
| Ante |
before,
previous |
antecedent,
antedate |
| anti |
against,
opposing |
antipathy,
antidote |
| auto |
self |
autonomy,
autobiography |
| belli |
war,
warlike |
bellicose |
| bene |
well,
good |
benefit,
benefactor |
| bi |
two |
bisect,
biennial |
| bio |
life |
biology,
biosphere |
| cata |
down,
away, thoroughly |
catastrophe,
cataclysm |
| chron |
time |
chronometer,
synchronize |
| circum |
around |
circumspect,
circumference |
| com |
with,
together, very |
commotion,
complicate |
| contra |
against,
opposing |
contradict,
contravene |
| cred |
belief,
trust |
credible,
credit |
| de |
from |
depart |
| dem |
people |
demographics,
democracy |
| dia |
through,
across, apart |
diameter,
diagnose |
| dis |
away,
off, down, not |
dissent,
disappear |
| epi |
upon |
epilogue |
| equi |
equal,
equally |
equivalent |
| ex |
out |
extract |
| for |
away,
off, from |
forget,
forswear |
| fore |
before,
previous |
foretell,
forefathers |
| homo |
same,
equal |
homogenized |
| hyper |
excessive,
over |
hypercritical,
hypertension |
| hypo |
under,
beneath |
hypodermic,
hypothesis |
| in |
in,
into |
intrude,
invade |
| in |
not,
opposing |
incapable,
ineligible |
| inter |
among,
between |
intercede,
interrupt |
| intra |
within |
intramural,
intrastate |
| magn |
large |
magnitude,
magnify |
| mal |
bad,
poorly, not |
malfunction |
| micr |
small |
microbe,
microscope |
| mis |
bad,
poorly, not |
misspell,
misfire |
| mono |
one,
single |
monogomy,
monologue |
| mor |
die,
death |
mortality,
mortuary |
| neo |
new |
neolithic,
neoconservative |
| non |
not |
nonentity,
nonsense |
| ob |
against,
opposing |
objection |
| omni |
all,
everywhere |
omniscient |
| ortho |
right,
straight |
orthogonal,
orthodox |
| over |
above |
overbearing |
| pan |
all,
entire |
panorama,
pandemonium |
| para |
beside,
beyond |
parallel,
paradox |
| per |
through |
perceive,
permit |
| peri |
around |
periscope,
perimeter |
| phil |
love,
like |
philosophy,
philanthropic |
| poly |
many |
polymorphous,
polygamous |
| post |
after,
following |
postpone,
postscript |
| pre |
before,
previous |
prevent,
preclude |
| prim |
first,
early |
primitive,
primary |
| pro |
forward,
in place of |
propel,
pronoun |
| re |
back,
backward, again |
revoke,
recur |
| retro |
back,
backward |
retrospect,
retrograde |
| semi |
half,
partly |
semicircle,
semicolon |
| sub |
under,
beneath |
subjugate,
substitute |
| super |
above,
extra |
supersede,
supernumerary |
| sym |
with,
together |
sympathy,
symphony |
| trans |
across,
beyond, over |
transact,
transport |
| ultra |
beyond,
excessively |
ultramodern,
ultrasonic, ultraviolet |
| un |
not,
reverse of |
unhappy,
unlock |
| uni |
one |
uniform,
unity |
| vis |
to
see |
visage,
visable |
