Meanings of Prefixes and Suffixes Lists 1-5

pre-

• before, in advance

• able to be

• without

• full of

post-

• before, in advance

• after

• without

• full of, characterized by

-ful

• full of, characterized by

• before, in advance

• against, opposite

• for, in favor of, forward, positive

tri-

• three

• in favor of

• able to be

• before, in advance

mono-

• many

• one

• against, opposite

• fear of

multi-

• many

• between, among

• over, above, beyond

• together, same

uni-

• one

• not

• within, inside

• under, below

an-, anti

• under, below, less

• backward, back

• over, beyond

• against, opposite

pro-

• for, in favor of, forward positive

• backward, back

• against, opposite

• characterized by

retro-

• before, in advance

• against, opposite

• backward, back

• for, in favor of, forward, positive