Word building in English

Here's a list of common prefixes with their meanings and some examples. anti (= against) antibodies, anti-social auto (self) autonomous, autobiography, automobile bi (= two) bicycle co (= with) cooperate, coordinate contra (= against) contradict, contravene de (= remove) deregulate, deselect dis (= not) disappear il (= not) illegal im (= not) immaterial, immature inter (= between) international mis(= badly/wrongly) misinform, misbehave, misunderstand multi (= many) multinational non (= opposite) non-profit out (= more than) outperform, outdone over (= too much) oversleep, overwork

post (= after) postpone, postnatal pre (= before) predict re (= again) rewrite, relive sub (= under) submarine super (= higher/improved) supermarket trans (= across) transatlantic uni (= one) uniform under (= not enough) underpaid, underfed

Word Endings Nouns

-er /- or: a person who does something adviser / advisor, teacher, learner -ian optician, mathematician -ment: result of action improvement, advancement -ism: name of system or belief realism, optimism -ist: the person who believes in the system realist, optimist -ion confusion, apparition -ness happiness -ship leadership

-ence / ance permanence, appearance -acy lunacy -age marriage -ity annuity -y photography -cy fluency

Verbs
-ify falsify, modify -ise modernise

Adjectives
-ic idiotic, periodic -ful awful, wonderful -able / ible comfortable, terrible -proof / resistant waterproof, childproof, fireproof -free alcohol free beer, nuclear free zone -less: without hopeless, childless