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 Β· sorted A to Z Β· 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 |
|---|---|
| prediscouraged | pre- + discouraged |
| prediscouragement | pre- + discouragement |
| prediscouraging | pre- + discouraging |
| prediscourse | pre- + discourse |
| prediscreet | pre- + discreet |
| prediscretion | pre- + discretion |
| prediscretionary | pre- + discretionary |
| prediscriminate | pre- + discriminate |
| prediscriminated | pre- + discriminated |
| prediscriminating | pre- + discriminating |
| prediscrimination | pre- + discrimination |
| prediscriminator | pre- + discriminator |
| predisgrace | pre- + disgrace |
| predisguise | pre- + disguise |
| predisguised | pre- + disguised |
| predisguising | pre- + disguising |
| predisgust | pre- + disgust |
| predislike | pre- + dislike |
| predisliked | pre- + disliked |
| predisliking | pre- + disliking |
| predismiss | pre- + dismiss |
| predismissory | pre- + dismissory |
| predisorder | pre- + disorder |
| predisorderly | pre- + disorderly |
| predispatch | pre- + dispatch |
| predispatcher | pre- + dispatcher |
| predisperse | pre- + disperse |
| predispersed | pre- + dispersed |
| predispersing | pre- + dispersing |
| predispersion | pre- + dispersion |
| predisplace | pre- + displace |
| predisplaced | pre- + displaced |
| predisplacing | pre- + displacing |
| predisposable | pre- + disposable |
| predisputant | pre- + disputant |
| predisputation | pre- + disputation |
| predisputed | pre- + disputed |
| predisputing | pre- + disputing |
| predisregard | pre- + disregard |
| predisrupt | pre- + disrupt |
| predissatisfaction | pre- + dissatisfaction |
| predissolve | pre- + dissolve |
| predissolving | pre- + dissolving |
| predissuade | pre- + dissuade |
| predissuaded | pre- + dissuaded |
| predissuading | pre- + dissuading |
| predistinct | pre- + distinct |
| predistinction | pre- + distinction |
| predistinguish | pre- + distinguish |
| predistribute | pre- + distribute |
| predistributed | pre- + distributed |
| predistributing | pre- + distributing |
| predistributor | pre- + distributor |
| predistrict | pre- + district |
| predistrust | pre- + distrust |
| predistrustful | pre- + distrustful |
| predisturb | pre- + disturb |
| predivert | pre- + divert |
| predivide | pre- + divide |
| predivided | pre- + divided |
| predividing | pre- + dividing |
| predivinable | pre- + divinable |
| predivinity | pre- + divinity |
| predivorcement | pre- + divorcement |
| predomestically | pre- + domestically |
| predonate | pre- + donate |
| predonating | pre- + donating |
| predonation | pre- + donation |
| predonor | pre- + donor |
| predormition | pre- + dormition, before falling asleep |
| predoubt | pre- + doubt |
| predoubter | pre- + doubter |
| predoubtful | pre- + doubtful |
| predoubtfully | pre- + doubtfully |
| predramatic | pre- + dramatic |
| predraw | pre- + draw |
| predrawer | pre- + drawer |
| predrawing | pre- + drawing |
| predrawn | pre- + drawn, past participle of predraw |
| predread | pre- + dread |
| predrew | pre- + drew, past of predraw |
| predriller | pre- + driller |
| predrive | pre- + drive |
| predriven | pre- + driven, past participle of predrive |
| predriver | pre- + driver |
| predriving | pre- + driving |
| predrove | pre- + drove, past of predrive |
| predry | pre- + dry |
| predrying | pre- + drying |
| preduplicating | pre- + duplicating |
| predusks | pre- + dusk, plural |
| predwell | pre- + dwell |
| preearthly | pre- + earthly |
| preeconomic | pre- + economic |
| preeconomical | pre- + economical |
| preeconomically | pre- + economically |
| preedition | pre- + edition |
| preeditor | pre- + editor |
| preeditorial | pre- + editorial |
| preeditorially | pre- + editorially |
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