Real Words Without Definition
We're sure about this one.
A normal word with something added to the front or the back.
You can read these without being told what they mean. lifehood is life plus -hood. citydom is city plus -dom. musicproof is music plus -proof. Around 21,753 words in the list carry a prefix like un-, non-, over- or anti-.
Nothing is wrong with them. No dictionary bothered to list them because the meaning is obvious from the parts.
24,323 words · sorted A to Z · each with a line on why it is here
Matches the word itself, not the note beside it. Case does not matter.
| Word, sorted Z to A | How it is built |
|---|---|
| outequivocate | out- + equivocate |
| outequivocated | out- + equivocated |
| outequivocating | out- + equivocating |
| outeye | out- + eye |
| outeyed | out- + eyed |
| outfed | out- + fed |
| outfeeding | out- + feeding |
| outferret | out- + ferret |
| outfiction | out- + fiction |
| outflunky | out- + flunky |
| outfort | out- + fort, an outlying fort |
| outforth | out- + forth, outwardly |
| outfreeman | out- + freeman, a non-resident freeman |
| outfront | out- + front |
| outfroth | out- + froth |
| outgarth | out- + garth, an outer yard |
| outgauge | out- + gauge |
| outglad | out- + glad |
| outgnawn | out- + gnawn |
| outguided | out- + guided |
| outguiding | out- + guiding |
| outheart | out- + heart |
| outhector | out- + hector |
| outheel | out- + heel |
| outhorn | out- + horn |
| outhue | out- + hue |
| outhymn | out- + hymn |
| outhyperbolize | out- + hyperbolize |
| outhyperbolized | out- + hyperbolized |
| outhyperbolizing | out- + hyperbolizing |
| outimage | out- + image |
| outish | out + -ish, inclined to go out |
| outissue | out- + issue |
| outissued | out- + issued |
| outissuing | out- + issuing |
| outjetted | out- + jetted |
| outjetting | out- + jetting |
| outjinx | out- + jinx |
| outjinxed | out- + jinxed |
| outjinxes | out- + jinxes |
| outjinxing | out- + jinxing |
| outking | out- + king |
| outknave | out- + knave |
| outknee | out- + knee |
| outlegend | out- + legend |
| outlength | out- + length |
| outlengthen | out- + lengthen |
| outlip | out- + lip |
| outlipped | out- + lipped |
| outlipping | out- + lipping |
| outlope | out- + lope, a sally or outleap |
| outmalaprop | out- + malaprop |
| outmalapropped | out- + malapropped |
| outmalapropping | out- + malapropping |
| outmantle | out- + mantle |
| outmen | out- + men, outside or non-resident men |
| outmerchant | out- + merchant |
| outmouth | out- + mouth |
| outnook | out- + nook, a remote corner |
| outoffice | out- + office, an outbuilding |
| outoven | out- + oven, an outdoor oven |
| outparamour | out- + paramour |
| outpath | out- + path, an outlying path |
| outpeople | out- + people |
| outpeopled | out- + peopled |
| outpeopling | out- + peopling |
| outpitied | out- + pitied |
| outpities | out- + pities |
| outpity | out- + pity |
| outpitying | out- + pitying |
| outpop | out- + pop |
| outpopped | out- + popped |
| outpopping | out- + popping |
| outporter | out- + porter, an outdoor porter |
| outpried | out- + pried |
| outprodigy | out- + prodigy |
| outpry | out- + pry |
| outprying | out- + prying |
| outpupil | out- + pupil, a non-resident pupil |
| outpurl | out- + purl |
| outpurse | out- + purse |
| outpursue | out- + pursue |
| outpursued | out- + pursued |
| outpursuing | out- + pursuing |
| outquaff | out- + quaff |
| outqueried | out- + queried |
| outquery | out- + query |
| outquerying | out- + querying |
| outragely | outrage + -ly, outrageously |
| outrail | out- + rail |
| outrake | out- + rake, an outlet or range of pasture |
| outraze | out- + raze |
| outrede | out- + rede, to surpass in counsel |
| outrib | out- + rib |
| outribbed | out- + ribbed |
| outribbing | out- + ribbing |
| outroved | out- + roved |
| outroving | out- + roving |
| outroyal | out- + royal |
| outsaid | out- + said |
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