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 |
|---|---|
| outsaint | out- + saint |
| outsavor | out- + savor |
| outsavored | out- + savored |
| outsavoring | out- + savoring |
| outsavors | out- + savors |
| outsay | out- + say |
| outsaying | out- + saying |
| outscape | out- + scape, an outward view |
| outscour | out- + scour |
| outsea | out- + sea, the open sea |
| outseeking | out- + seeking |
| outsentinel | out- + sentinel, an outlying sentry |
| outsharpen | out- + sharpen |
| outsheathe | out- + sheathe |
| outshoulder | out- + shoulder |
| outshoved | out- + shoved |
| outshoving | out- + shoving |
| outsidedness | outsided + -ness |
| outskirmish | out- + skirmish |
| outskirmisher | outskirmish + -er |
| outsonet | out- + sonet, obs. spelling of sonnet |
| outsonnet | out- + sonnet |
| outsought | out- + sought |
| outspeech | out- + speech |
| outspill | out- + spill |
| outspinned | out- + spinned |
| outspirit | out- + spirit |
| outsprue | out- + sprue, a founder's outlet channel |
| outsprued | out- + sprued |
| outspruing | out- + spruing |
| outspue | out- + spue, to spew out |
| outspurn | out- + spurn |
| outstagger | out- + stagger |
| outstaid | out- + staid, past of outstay |
| outstair | out- + stair, an outside stair |
| outstarter | outstart + -er |
| outstartle | out- + startle |
| outstartled | out- + startled |
| outstartling | out- + startling |
| outstated | out- + stated |
| outstates | out- + states |
| outstating | out- + stating |
| outstrive | out- + strive |
| outstriven | out- + striven |
| outstriving | out- + striving |
| outstrove | out- + strove |
| outstudent | out- + student, a non-resident student |
| outsuitor | out- + suitor |
| outsuperstition | out- + superstition |
| outsware | out- + sware, obs. past of swear |
| outswirl | out- + swirl |
| outtear | out- + tear |
| outtearing | out- + tearing |
| outtease | out- + tease |
| outteased | out- + teased |
| outteasing | out- + teasing |
| outthieve | out- + thieve |
| outthieved | out- + thieved |
| outthieving | out- + thieving |
| outthrough | out- + through, right through |
| outthruster | outthrust + -er |
| outthwack | out- + thwack |
| outtinkle | out- + tinkle |
| outtinkled | out- + tinkled |
| outtinkling | out- + tinkling |
| outtoil | out- + toil, to surpass in toiling |
| outtore | out- + tore, past of outtear |
| outtorn | out- + torn, pp. of outtear |
| outtrail | out- + trail |
| outtwine | out- + twine |
| outtyrannize | out- + tyrannize |
| outtyrannized | out- + tyrannized |
| outtyrannizing | out- + tyrannizing |
| outusure | out- + usure, obs. usury |
| outvanish | out- + vanish |
| outvelvet | out- + velvet, to surpass velvet |
| outvictor | out- + victor, to vanquish |
| outvier | outvie + -er, one who outvies |
| outvigil | out- + vigil |
| outvociferate | out- + vociferate |
| outvociferated | out- + vociferated |
| outvociferating | out- + vociferating |
| outwallop | out- + wallop |
| outwater | out- + water |
| outwealth | out- + wealth |
| outweight | out- + weight, to outweigh |
| outwiggle | out- + wiggle |
| outwiggled | out- + wiggled |
| outwiggling | out- + wiggling |
| outwindow | out- + window |
| outwoe | out- + woe, to exceed in woe |
| outword | out- + word, an outward word |
| ovalwise | oval + -wise, in an oval manner |
| ovenly | oven + -ly, oven-like |
| ovenwise | oven + -wise |
| overability | over- + ability |
| overable | over- + able |
| overably | over- + ably |
| overabstain | over- + abstain |
| overabstemiously | over- + abstemiously |
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