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 |
|---|---|
| oversurely | over- + surely |
| oversurety | over- + surety |
| oversurge | over- + surge |
| oversuring | over- + suring |
| oversurviving | over- + surviving |
| oversusceptibleness | over- + susceptibleness |
| oversusceptibly | over- + susceptibly |
| oversuspiciousness | over- + suspiciousness |
| overswarth | over- + swarth, too swarthy or dusky |
| overswimmer | over- + swimmer |
| oversystematicalness | over- + systematicalness |
| overtalkatively | over- + talkatively |
| overtamely | over- + tamely |
| overtameness | over- + tameness |
| overtapped | over- + tapped |
| overtariff | over- + tariff |
| overtarry | over- + tarry |
| overtartly | over- + tartly |
| overtartness | over- + tartness |
| overtechnically | over- + technically |
| overtediously | over- + tediously |
| overtediousness | over- + tediousness |
| overtenaciously | over- + tenaciously |
| overtenaciousness | over- + tenaciousness |
| overtenacity | over- + tenacity |
| overtensely | over- + tensely |
| overterrible | over- + terrible |
| overtheatrically | over- + theatrically |
| overtheatricalness | over- + theatricalness |
| overtheorization | over- + theorization |
| overthick | over- + thick |
| overthickly | over- + thickly |
| overthickness | over- + thickness |
| overthinly | over- + thinly |
| overthinness | over- + thinness |
| overthoughtfully | over- + thoughtfully |
| overthriftily | over- + thriftily |
| overthwartways | overthwart + -ways, crosswise |
| overthwartwise | overthwart + -wise, crosswise |
| overtide | over- + tide |
| overtimbered | over- + timbered |
| overtimid | over- + timid |
| overtimidly | over- + timidly |
| overtimidness | over- + timidness |
| overtimorously | over- + timorously |
| overtinsel | over- + tinsel |
| overtinseled | over- + tinseled |
| overtinseling | over- + tinseling |
| overtipple | over- + tipple |
| overtippled | over- + tippled |
| overtippling | over- + tippling |
| overtoe | over- + toe, to overstep |
| overtoise | over- + toise, to exceed in measure (French fathom) |
| overtolerance | over- + tolerance |
| overtolerant | over- + tolerant |
| overtolerantly | over- + tolerantly |
| overtongued | over- + tongued |
| overtorture | over- + torture |
| overtortured | over- + tortured |
| overtorturing | over- + torturing |
| overtrailed | over- + trailed |
| overtruly | over- + truly |
| overtrustfully | over- + trustfully |
| overtrustfulness | over- + trustfulness |
| overtruthfully | over- + truthfully |
| overtruthfulness | over- + truthfulness |
| overtwine | over- + twine |
| overuberous | over- + uberous, too abundant or fruitful |
| overunionize | over- + unionize |
| overunionizing | over- + unionizing |
| overunsuitable | over- + unsuitable |
| overurbanize | over- + urbanize |
| overurbanized | over- + urbanized |
| overurbanizing | over- + urbanizing |
| overusual | over- + usual |
| overusually | over- + usually |
| overvaliantly | over- + valiantly |
| overvaliantness | over- + valiantness |
| overvaluableness | over- + valuableness |
| overvaluably | over- + valuably |
| overvariation | over- + variation |
| overvaried | over- + varied |
| overvariety | over- + variety |
| overvary | over- + vary |
| overvarying | over- + varying |
| overvehemently | over- + vehemently |
| overvehementness | over- + vehementness |
| overventurously | over- + venturously |
| overventurousness | over- + venturousness |
| overvigorousness | over- + vigorousness |
| overviolently | over- + violently |
| overviolentness | over- + violentness |
| overwade | over- + wade |
| overwages | over- + wages, to overpay |
| overwake | over- + wake |
| overward | over- + ward |
| overwarily | over- + warily |
| overwariness | over- + wariness |
| overwave | over- + wave |
| overway | over- + way |
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