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 |
|---|---|
| antireduction | anti- + reduction |
| antireductive | anti- + reductive |
| antireflexive | anti- + reflexive |
| antireligionist | anti- + religionist |
| antireligiosity | anti- + religiosity |
| antireligiously | anti- + religiously |
| antirennet | anti- + rennet |
| antirepublicanism | anti- + republicanism |
| antiresonator | anti- + resonator |
| antiritualist | anti- + ritualist |
| antiromanticist | anti- + romanticist |
| antirumor | anti- + rumor |
| antirun | anti- + run (preventing running or sagging) |
| antisceptical | anti- + sceptical |
| antiscepticism | anti- + scepticism |
| antischolastically | anti- + scholastically |
| antischolasticism | anti- + scholasticism |
| antiscripturism | anti- + scripturism |
| antisensitivity | anti- + sensitivity |
| antisensitizer | anti- + sensitizer |
| antisensitizing | anti- + sensitizing |
| antisensuality | anti- + sensuality |
| antisensuously | anti- + sensuously |
| antisiccative | anti- + siccative, preventing drying |
| antisilverite | anti- + silverite, opposing free silver |
| antisiphonal | anti- + siphonal, preventing siphonage |
| antislickens | anti- + slickens, opposing mining debris |
| antisnapper | anti- + snapper, opposing the Snappers |
| antisophism | anti- + sophism |
| antisophist | anti- + sophist |
| antisophistic | anti- + sophistic |
| antisophistication | anti- + sophistication |
| antisophistry | anti- + sophistry |
| antisoporific | anti- + soporific |
| antispectroscopic | anti- + spectroscopic |
| antispiritualist | anti- + spiritualist |
| antispiritualistic | anti- + spiritualistic |
| antispiritually | anti- + spiritually |
| antistadholder | anti- + stadholder |
| antistadholderian | anti- + stadholderian |
| antistimulant | anti- + stimulant |
| antistimulation | anti- + stimulation |
| antisupernatural | anti- + supernatural |
| antisupernaturalistic | anti- + supernaturalistic |
| antisurplician | anti- + surplician, opposing the surplice |
| antisyndication | anti- + syndication |
| antisynod | anti- + synod |
| antitarnishing | anti- + tarnishing |
| antitheologian | anti- + theologian |
| antitheologizing | anti- + theologizing |
| antithesism | antithesis + -ism, use of antithesis |
| antitintinnabularian | anti- + tintinnabularian, anti-bell-ringing |
| antitobacconal | anti- + tobacconal, opposed to tobacco |
| antitraditionally | anti- + traditionally |
| antiturnpikeism | anti- + turnpike + -ism |
| antivenefic | anti- + venefic, counteracting poison |
| antivermicular | anti- + vermicular, against peristalsis |
| antiwedge | anti- + wedge, a reversed wedge |
| antship | ant + -ship, condition of being an ant |
| antwise | ant + -wise, in the manner of an ant |
| aphroditous | Aphrodite + -ous, amorous |
| apism | ape + -ism, apery, mimicry |
| aplanatically | aplanatic + -ly |
| apogamously | apogamous + -ly |
| apographical | apograph + -ical, of a transcript |
| apolloship | Apollo + -ship |
| apomictical | apomictic + -al |
| apoplexious | apoplexy + -ous, apoplectic |
| apostatism | apostate + -ism, apostasy |
| appendence | append + -ence, state of being appended |
| appetizement | appetize + -ment |
| appliant | apply + -ant, one who applies |
| applyment | apply + -ment, application |
| appointively | appointive + -ly |
| apprenticement | apprentice + -ment |
| appressor | appress + -or, that which presses close |
| appulsively | appulsive + -ly |
| apsychical | a- + psychical, not psychical |
| arank | a- + rank (in a rank or row) |
| arborolater | arboro- + -later (tree-worshipper) |
| arcanal | arcan(um) + -al (of secrets) |
| archabomination | arch- + abomination |
| archaeolater | archaeo- + -later (worshipper of antiquity) |
| archaeolith | archaeo- + -lith (primitive stone implement) |
| archagitator | arch- + agitator |
| archantiquary | arch- + antiquary |
| archapostate | arch- + apostate |
| archapostle | arch- + apostle |
| archarchitect | arch- + architect |
| archartist | arch- + artist |
| archbeacon | arch- + beacon (chief beacon) |
| archbeadle | arch- + beadle |
| archbotcher | arch- + botcher |
| archboutefeu | arch- + boutefeu (chief incendiary) |
| archbuffoon | arch- + buffoon |
| archbuilder | arch- + builder |
| archchampion | arch- + champion |
| archcharlatan | arch- + charlatan |
| archcheater | arch- + cheater |
| archchronicler | arch- + chronicler |
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