list of english prefixes

Prefix !!Meaning !!Examples
(n)-	not, without	atonality, asexuality, amoral, anarchyanonymous
a href="/encyclopedia/ab-" title="ab-">ab-	away	abduction, absolutism, ablution
c-
cr(o)-	high, up	Acropolis
den(o)-
er(o)-	air	aeronautics, aerodrome, aeroplane, aerodynamics
gr(o)-	relating to farming	agriculture
n(a)-	out of	anachronism
ndr-	man	androgyny, androcentrism, android, androgen
nem-
nglo-	English or British	Anglo-Irish relations
nte-	before	antebellum
nthrop(o)-	relating to human beings	anthropology, anthropocentrism, anthropomorphic
nt(i)-	against	antidote, antibody, anticlockwise
ut(o)-	self	autonomy, autobiography, automobile, autopilot
ar(o)-	atmosphere	barometer
athy-	deep	Bathyscaphe, Bathysphere
a href="/encyclopedia/be-" title="be-">be-	completely, thoroughly; excessively; on; around; about; used to form transitive verbs
i-	two	bicycle, bijection, bilingual, bicameralism, bisexuality
i(o)-	life	biology, biography, biosphere, biotechnology
ibli(o)-	relating to books	bibliophilia, bibliography
last(o)-
rady-	slow	bradycardia
rom(o)-
ronch(o)-	relating to breathing	bronchitis
ac(o)-
ardi(o)-	heart	cardiovascular
ent-, centi-	hundred or hundredth	centenarian, centimeter, centipede
ephal(o)-	brain
hrom(o)-, chromat(o)-	colour	chromatic, chromosome
hron(o)-	time	chronology
ircum-	around	circumcision, circumnavigation, circumlocution, circumference
ion(o)-	\|\|
o-	together	cooperative, co-belligerence
olpo-
om-, con-, col-, cor-	with, together	conference, connotation, context, Congress, congregation
ontr(a)-, contr(o)	against, opposite	contradiction, contraception, controversy
osm(o)-	cosmology, cosmopolitan, cosmotheism
ounter-	against, opposite	counterpoint, counterweight, Counter-Reformation
rin(o)-	endocrinology
ry(o)-	frost, icy cold	cryogenics, cryoelectronics, cryostorage
rypt(o)-	hidden	cryptography, cryptozoology
yt(o)-	hollow, receptacle, cell	cytoplasm, cytology
actyl(o)-
e-	taking something away, the opposite	decentralisation, deforestation, dehydration, Denazification
ec(a)-, dek(a)-	ten	decamerous, December, decimeter
a href="/encyclopedia/SI-prefix" title="SI prefix">deci-	one tenth	deciliter
em(o)-	people, nation	demographics, democracy
erm(o)-, derm(a)-, dermat-	skin	dermatology, dermatitis
i-	two, double	diurnal
ia-	through	diameter, diagnosis, diarrhoea
idact(o)-	apt at teaching	didactic
ynam(o)-	power, force	dynamic, dynamite, dynamo
is-	reverse, opposite	dissent, discovery, disambiguation
ok, dox(o)-	view, teaching	doxology, dogma, orthodox
ys-	bad, deformed, abnormal	dyspepsia, dystrophy, dysarthria
c(o)-	house	economy, ecology, ecosystem, ecotourism, ecotage
ct(o)-	ectomorphic
daph(o)-
lectr(o)-	electrocution, electroencephalogram
mbry(o)-	embryo
ncephal(o)-	brain	encephalitis
nd(o)-, ent(o)-	endoscope
nne(a)-	nine	enneastyle, enneagram
nter(o)-
o-	dawn, early	eobacterium
p(i)-, eph-	above	epitaxy
rg(o)-	ergonomics
rythr(o)-
rot(o)-	erotic, erotomania
tom(o)-, stomat(o)-	stomach
thn(o)-	ethnology, ethnolinguistics, ethnocentrism
u-	good	eulogy, euthanasia, eugenics, euphemism
uro-	European	Euro-MP (Member of the European Parliament)
x-	former	ex-wife, ex-president
x(o)-	outside	exoskeleton
xtra-	very, more than usual, outside, beyond	extra-thin, extra-special extraordinary, extraterrestrial
lor(i)-	relating to flowers	florist
ore-	before, in advance	foreskin, foreshadowing
yn-	female	gynaecology, gynoid
emi-	half	hemimetabolous
ex(a)-	six	hexapod, hexagonal, hexameter
yper-	excessive, (least to greatest in order: hypo, sub, super, hyper)	hyperactive, hyperthyroidism
yp(o)-	below, (least to greatest in order: hypo, sub, super, hyper)	hypodermic
n-	extremely	inflammable, invaluable
n-, il-, im-, ir-	not	infallibility, illiteracy, immoral, irrelevant
nter-	between, from one to another	intervention, international
ntra-	within, interior	intramural, intravenous
a href="/encyclopedia/SI-prefix" title="SI prefix">kilo-	thousand	kilogram, kilowatt
uso-	Portuguese	lusophone
a href="/encyclopedia/Mac" title="Mac">Mac- or Mc-	"son of"	McCarthy, Kirsty MacColl
al-	bad, badly	malpractice, malnutrition
axi-	most, very, large	maximal, maxi-dress
c-	McDonalds like	McJob, McPaper
a href="/encyclopedia/SI-prefix" title="SI prefix">mega-, megal-	million, very large	megabyte, megaphone
eso-	middle	mesoamerica, mesoscale
eta-	after, beyond	metacarpal, metaphysics
a href="/encyclopedia/SI-prefix" title="SI prefix">micro-	one millionth, very small	microgram, microorganism, micronation
id-	in the middle of	mid-term elections, Mid-Autumn Festival, Mid-Atlantic Ridge
a href="/encyclopedia/SI-prefix" title="SI prefix">milli-	thousandth	milligram, milliliter
ini-	small	miniskirt, miniseries
is-	bad, wrong	miscarriage, misanthropy, misogyny
on(o)-	one, single	monolith, monorail, monotony, monocle
ulti-	many	multiculturalism, multilingual
on-	not	nonsense, non-denial denial
on-	nine	none, nonagon
ovem-	nine	November
'-	(son) of	O'Brian
ct(o)-, oct(a)-	eight	octane, octopod, octagon, October
o- ("oo-oh")	egg, ovum	oocyte
a href="/encyclopedia/out-" title="out-">out-	more, to a greater degree	to outdo, to outrun
a href="/encyclopedia/over-" title="over-">over-	more than normal, too much	overpopulation, over-consumption
ent(a)-	five	pentagon
a href="/encyclopedia/post-" title="post-">post-	after	Post-Fordism, postpartum depression, postmodernity, postmodernism
a href="/encyclopedia/pre-" title="pre-">pre-	before	prediction, preview, precedent, prenatal care
a href="/encyclopedia/pro-" title="pro-">pro-	for, in favour of	pro-choice, pro-life
uadr-, quart-	four	quadrangle, quadruplet, quartic, quartile
uinqu(e)-	five, into five parts	quinquesection,
uint(i)-	fifth, five	quintiped, quintet
e-	again, repeatedly	reduction, reflection, revolution
ect(i)-	proper, straight	rectify, rectangle
cler(o)-	hard	scleroderma atherosclerosis
emi-	half	semi-automatic, semi-detached
ept(a)-	seven	heptachord, September
ex(i)-	six	sexivalent
ino-	Chinese	Sino-American relations
pasm(o)-
per-	spread	sperm
pher(o)-	sphere, ball	spherical, atmosphere
phygm(o)-	pulso	sphygmomanometer
plen(o)-
planchn(o)-
chiz(o)-, schist(o)-	split	schizophrenia, schistocyte
taphyl(o)-
tyl(o)-	pillar	stylus, stylist
ub-	below, less than, under,(least to greatest in order: hypo, sub, super, hyper)	subset, subsonic, subway, subtitles
uper-	extremely, more than,(least to greatest in order: hypo, sub, super, hyper)	superhuman, Superego, supersonic
yn-	along with, together, at the same time	synergy, synchronicity
ach(y)-, tach(o)-	fast, speed	tachycardia, tachometer
el(e)-, tel(o)-	far, over a long distance	telecommunications, television, telephoto lens, telodynamic
el(o)-, tel(e)-	end, complete, mature	teloblast
a href="/encyclopedia/trans-" title="trans-">trans-	across, beyond	transfer, transubstantiation, transatlantic, Trans-Siberian railway
ri-	three	triangle, tricolor, triptych
a href="/encyclopedia/twi-" title="twi-">twi-	two	twilight, twig, twin, twitch
a href="/encyclopedia/ultra-" title="ultra-">ultra-	extremely, beyond a certain limit	ultramontanism, ultraviolet
n-	not, opposite, take something away	unconstitutional, undelete
ni-	one, single	uniform, unification
a href="/encyclopedia/ur-" title="ur-">ur-	first, original	urtext
oo- ("zoo-oh")	relating to animals	zoomorphic, zoology

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English Grammar - Simple Guide to Prefixes (from LearnEnglish.de)

List Of English Prefixes

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