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-able
unknown · 78% connection
An adjective suffix now usually in a passive sense; able to be; fit to be; expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense; as, m…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: adjective, suffix, meaning, full, abounding.
-ably
unknown · 78% connection
A suffix composed of -able and the adverbial suffix -ly; as, favorably.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: adjective, suffix, meaning, full, abounding.
-ent
unknown · 78% connection
An adjective suffix signifying action or being; as, corrodent, excellent, emergent, continent, quiescent. See -ant.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: adjective, suffix, meaning, full, abounding.
-ful
adjective · 78% connection
A suffix signifying full of, abounding with; as, boastful, harmful, woeful.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: adjective, suffix, meaning, full, abounding.
-ive
unknown · 78% connection
An adjective suffix signifying relating or belonging to, of the nature of, tending to; as affirmative, active, conclusive, corrective,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: adjective, suffix, meaning, full, abounding.
-less
unknown · 78% connection
A privative adjective suffix, denoting without, destitute of, not having; as witless, childless, fatherless.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: adjective, suffix, meaning, full, abounding.
-oid
unknown · 78% connection
A suffix or combining form meaning like, resembling, in the form of; as in anthropoid, asteroid, spheroid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: adjective, suffix, meaning, full, abounding.
-ory
unknown · 78% connection
An adjective suffix meaning of or pertaining to, serving for; as in auditory, pertaining to or serving for hearing; prohibitory, amend…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: adjective, suffix, meaning, full, abounding.
-ose
unknown · 78% connection
A suffix denoting full of, containing, having the qualities of, like; as in verbose, full of words; pilose, hairy; globose, like a glo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: adjective, suffix, meaning, full, abounding.
-some
adjective · 78% connection
An adjective suffix having primarily the sense of like or same, and indicating a considerable degree of the thing or quality denoted i…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: adjective, suffix, meaning, full, abounding.
Adjectival
adjective · 78% connection
Of or relating to the relating to the adjective; of the nature of an adjective; adjective.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: adjective, suffix, meaning, full, abounding.
Adjective
verb · 78% connection
To make an adjective of; to form or change into an adjective.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: adjective, suffix, meaning, full, abounding.
Ardor
noun · 78% connection
Warmth or heat of passion or affection; eagerness; zeal; as, he pursues study with ardor; the fought with ardor; martial ardor.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: adjective, suffix, meaning, full, abounding.
Arduous
adjective · 78% connection
Attended with great labor, like the ascending of acclivities; difficult; laborious; as, an arduous employment, task, or enterprise.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: adjective, suffix, meaning, full, abounding.
Arduously
adverb · 78% connection
In an arduous manner; with difficulty or laboriousness.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: adjective, suffix, meaning, full, abounding.
Arduousness
noun · 78% connection
The quality of being arduous; difficulty of execution.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: adjective, suffix, meaning, full, abounding.
Attributive
noun · 78% connection
A word that denotes an attribute; esp. a modifying word joined to a noun; an adjective or adjective phrase.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: adjective, suffix, meaning, full, abounding.
Comparative
noun · 78% connection
the comparative form of an adjective or adverb; "‘faster’ is the comparative of the adjective ‘fast’"; "‘less famous’ is the comparati…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: adjective, suffix, meaning, full, abounding.
