Prefixes, Suffixes, and Root Words

These are prefixes whose meaning is "Not"

• il, un, mis, pre, re

• im, in, non, dis, un

• re, un, sub, under, dis

• mis, un, in, re, pre

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

These prefixes mean "under".

• dis, de

• re, sub

• under, mis

• sub, under

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

It means "under the orders of someone"

• underwater

• subordinate

• degrade

• forsee

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

We can create antonyms by using these prefixes.

• in, im, mis, de, over

• un, im, in, non, dis, mis

• sub, un, in, pro

• multi, pre, over, re

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.5.5C

These prefixes mean "together"

• syn, mis, pre

• con, col, poly

• co, com, con, col

• vis, col, com, junct

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

In these words, "tri" means three

• triangle, tribute, trivial

• trick, tricky, triumphant

• triangle, trigonometry, tricycle, tripod, triceratops

• triumphalism, trigger, tribe

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

This suffix means "like" or "the way to do something"

• -al

• -tion

• -ion

• -ly

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

This suffix means "the state of". You create nouns with it.

• -ness

• -ment

• -ous, ious, eous

• able, ible

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

This suffix means "without".

• -ful

• -rupt

• -less

• -ment

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

These root means "birth" or "race".

• chron

• rupt

• migr

• gen

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B