50 Examples of Prefixes with meaning

If you were a prefix, you could change the same word in different ways. You could make a cycle a unicycle, a bicycle, or a tricycle.

A prefix is a letter or a group of letters attached to the beginning of a word (or word root) that partly indicates its meaning.

For example, the word prefix itself begins with the prefix pre-, which generally means “before” or “in front of.”

50 Examples of Prefixes

Here are 50 examples of prefixes.

Sure, here are 50 examples of prefixes in a table format:

Prefixes	Meaning	Examples
anti-	against, opposite	anti-inflammatory, anti-social
auto-	self	autograph, autobiography
bio-	life	biology, biography
circum-	around	circumference, circumnavigate
co-	together, with	coexist, cooperate
con-	together, with	connect, conversation
de-	opposite, away from	decrease, deactivate
dis-	opposite, not	disconnect, disagree
en-	put into, make	encode, enable
ex-	former, out of	ex-president, exit
extra-	beyond, outside	extraordinary, extracurricular
fore-	before	forecast, foretell
hyper-	above, excessive	hyperactive, hypersensitive
il-	not	illegal, illegitimate
im-	not	impossible, immature
in-	not	incorrect, incomplete
inter-	between, among	international, interact
intra-	within, inside	intramural, intravenous
ir-	not	irrational, irrelevant
macro-	large, long	macroeconomics, macrocosm
micro-	small	microscope, microcosm
mid-	middle	midday, midair
mis-	wrong, bad	misunderstand, misinform
mono-	one, single	monopoly, monochrome
multi-	many	multilingual, multimedia
non-	not	nonfiction, nonverbal
ob-	against, in the way	obstruct, obstacle
omni-	all, every	omnipresent, omnivore
out-	more, better	outnumber, outperform
over-	too much, excessive	overcook, overestimate
para-	beside, beyond	parallel, paranormal
peri-	around	periscope, perimeter
poly-	many	polygon, polyglot
post-	after	postgraduate, postscript
pre-	before	prehistoric, preview
pro-	in favor of, forward	progress, promote
pseudo-	false	pseudonym, pseudo-science
re-	again, back	redo, rebuild
semi-	half, partly	semicircle, semifinal
sub-	under, below	submarine, subpar
super-	above, beyond	superhuman, supernatural
syn-	together, with	synchronize, synthesis
tele-	far, distant	telecommunication, telephoto
trans-	across, beyond	transport, transform
tri-	three	triangle, tricycle
ultra-	beyond, extreme	ultraviolet, ultramodern
un-	not	unhappy, uncertain
under-	below, insufficient	undercooked, underperform
uni-	one, single	unicorn, unilateral