Looking at Meanings of Parts of Words, Synonyms, & Antonyms

Part of Word
a-, abde-, disin-, im-, ir-, il-, -less non-, un-, anti-, contra-, counterant-, fore-, predys-, mal-, mis-, hyper-, superex-, e-, efbi-, di-, du-boun-, multi-, -poly-gen-, -nat-

Meaning
not, without (ex: amoral, deformed, disease, immature, injustice, irrelevant, illegal, nonviolent, unacceptable, regardless) against (ex: antibiotic, counterstrike) before (ex: anticipate, foresee, pretest) bad, ill, wrong (ex: dysfunction, mistreatment) over, too much (ex: superimpose, hypertension) out, from, beyond (ex: exit, eject, effect) two, twice (bicycle, dioxide, duet) many, plenty (ex: bountiful, multiple, polygon) born, begin (ex: genesis, generate, native, prenatal)

Meaning
with, together (ex: coworker, symbiosis, synergy) having, full of, like (ex: dual, balance, suspicious, violence, thoughtful, active, eagerness, troublesome, scary)

Part of Word
co-, com-, con-, sym-, syn-, sy-al, -ance, -cious -ence, -ful, -ic, -ive -ness, -ous, -some, -y ac-, af-, pro-, -clin-, post-, -sequben-, eu-, sub-, hypoim-, -in-, intra-, introsemi-, hemimono-, uni-fin-, -mort-, termin-

Legend part- = prefix -part = suffix -part- = root

supporting, towards (accept, affect, prowar, inclined) after, to follow (postwar, consequence, sequel) good, beautiful/perfect (ex: benevolent, benefit, eutopia) below, less than (ex: submarine, hypothermia) in, within (ex: implant, inner, intravenous, introduction) half (ex: semicircle, hemisphere) one, alone, only (ex: monopoly, uniform, unicellular) end, death, limit (ex: final, mortality, termination)

Knowing what the pieces of a word mean can help you piece together the meaning of the whole word and find synonyms or other words with the same meaning.

Knowing the pieces also makes it easy to figure out antyonyms or opposite words. For instance: thoughtful & thoughtless, conscious or unconscious, etc.

More Root Words Part of Word Meaning Meaning

strong (ex: fortitude, enforce) to feel, feeling, consider (ex: empathy, patient, passion, sentiment, sensitive law, order (ex: illegal, taxonomy) hearing, sound (ex: audible, headphones, telephone) seeing (ex: spectacles, video)

Part of Word
-fort-, -force-path-, -pat-, -pas-, -sent-, -sens-leg-, -nomy-, -aud-, -phon-, -phone-spect-, -vid-, -vis-dei-, -theo-

to do, to act (ex: react, agent) -act-, -ag-cede-, -ceed-, - to go, move, obtain (ex: precede, proceed, access, graduate, cess, -grad-, progress) -gress-chron-, -chrono- time (synchronize, chronological)

-clud-, -clus-, -claus-

-arch-, -domin-, -meter-, -metr-, -mens- measure (thermometer, immense)

to close in, shut out (ex: exclude, exclusive, claustrophobic) to rule (ex: monarchy, dominate)

god (ex: deity, theology)