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 |
|---|---|
| archcity | arch- + city (chief city) |
| archconsoler | arch- + consoler |
| archcorrupter | arch- + corrupter |
| archcorsair | arch- + corsair |
| archcount | arch- + count (chief count) |
| archcozener | arch- + cozener (chief cheat) |
| archcritic | arch- + critic |
| archcrown | arch- + crown |
| archcupbearer | arch- + cupbearer |
| archdapifer | arch- + dapifer (chief steward) |
| archdapifership | arch- + dapifership |
| archdefender | arch- + defender |
| archdepredator | arch- + depredator |
| archdetective | arch- + detective |
| archdiplomatist | arch- + diplomatist |
| archdissembler | arch- + dissembler |
| archdisturber | arch- + disturber |
| archdivine | arch- + divine (chief theologian) |
| archdogmatist | arch- + dogmatist |
| archdolt | arch- + dolt |
| archearl | arch- + earl |
| archecclesiastic | arch- + ecclesiastic |
| archengineer | arch- + engineer |
| archeologian | archeolog- + -ian (archaeologist) |
| archeunuch | arch- + eunuch |
| archexorcist | arch- + exorcist |
| archfelon | arch- + felon |
| archfire | arch- + fire (chief fire) |
| archflatterer | arch- + flatterer |
| archfounder | arch- + founder |
| archfriend | arch- + friend (chief friend) |
| archgenethliac | arch- + genethliac (chief astrologer) |
| archgod | arch- + god |
| archgomeral | arch- + gomeral (arrant fool) |
| archgunner | arch- + gunner |
| archhead | arch- + head |
| archheart | arch- + heart |
| archheresy | arch- + heresy |
| archheretic | arch- + heretic |
| archhost | arch- + host |
| archhouse | arch- + house |
| archhumbug | arch- + humbug |
| archhypocrisy | arch- + hypocrisy |
| archhypocrite | arch- + hypocrite |
| archicantor | archi- + cantor (chief singer) |
| archiepiscopally | archiepiscopal + -ly |
| archimperial | arch- + imperial |
| archimperialism | arch- + imperialism |
| archimperialistic | arch- + imperialistic |
| archimpressionist | arch- + impressionist |
| archinfamy | arch- + infamy |
| archinformer | arch- + informer |
| archipelagian | archipelago + -ian |
| archiprelatical | archi- + prelatical |
| archipresbyter | archi- + presbyter (archpriest) |
| archisupreme | archi- + supreme |
| archisymbolical | archi- + symbolical |
| architecturalist | architectural + -ist |
| architypographer | archi- + typographer (chief printer) |
| archjockey | arch- + jockey |
| archknave | arch- + knave |
| archlecher | arch- + lecher |
| archleveler | arch- + leveler |
| archlexicographer | arch- + lexicographer |
| archliar | arch- + liar |
| archmachine | arch- + machine (chief machine) |
| archmagirist | arch- + magirist (chief cook) |
| archmediocrity | arch- + mediocrity |
| archmessenger | arch- + messenger |
| archmilitarist | arch- + militarist |
| archmime | arch- + mime |
| archminister | arch- + minister |
| archmock | arch- + mock (chief mockery) |
| archmocker | arch- + mocker |
| archmockery | arch- + mockery |
| archmonarch | arch- + monarch |
| archmonarchist | arch- + monarchist |
| archmonarchy | arch- + monarchy |
| archmugwump | arch- + mugwump |
| archmystagogue | arch- + mystagogue |
| archoverseer | arch- + overseer |
| archpall | arch- + pall (archbishop's pallium) |
| archpapist | arch- + papist |
| archpastor | arch- + pastor |
| archpatriarch | arch- + patriarch |
| archpatron | arch- + patron |
| archphilosopher | arch- + philosopher |
| archphylarch | arch- + phylarch (chief of a tribe) |
| archpiece | arch- + piece (masterpiece) |
| archpilferer | arch- + pilferer |
| archpillar | arch- + pillar |
| archplagiarist | arch- + plagiarist |
| archplagiary | arch- + plagiary |
| archplayer | arch- + player |
| archplotter | arch- + plotter |
| archplunderer | arch- + plunderer |
| archplutocrat | arch- + plutocrat |
| archpoet | arch- + poet |
| archpolitician | arch- + politician |
| archpontiff | arch- + pontiff |
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