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 |
|---|---|
| promoderationist | pro- + moderationist |
| promodern | pro- + modern |
| promodernist | pro- + modernist |
| promodernistic | pro- + modernistic |
| promonarchicalness | pro- + monarchicalness |
| promonarchy | pro- + monarchy |
| promonopolist | pro- + monopolist |
| promonopolistic | pro- + monopolistic |
| promoral | pro- + moral |
| promovable | promove + -able, able to be moved forward |
| promoval | promove + -al, a moving forward |
| promptive | prompt + -ive, tending to prompt |
| promythic | pro- + mythic |
| pronational | pro- + national |
| pronationalism | pro- + nationalism |
| pronationalistic | pro- + nationalistic |
| pronative | pro- + native |
| pronegro | pro- + Negro |
| pronegroism | pro- + Negroism |
| pronger | prong + -er, one that prongs |
| pronomination | pro- + nomination |
| pronounceness | pronounce + -ness |
| pronumber | pro- + number, symbol standing for a number |
| proofful | proof + -ful |
| proofy | proof + -y, of good proof or strength |
| propacifism | pro- + pacifism |
| propacifist | pro- + pacifist |
| propagableness | propagable + -ness |
| propapist | pro- + papist |
| proparasceve | pro- + parasceve, day before the Preparation |
| proparent | pro- + parent |
| proparliamental | pro- + parliamental |
| propassion | pro- + passion, an incipient emotion |
| propatriotic | pro- + patriotic |
| propatriotism | pro- + patriotism |
| propatronage | pro- + patronage |
| propayment | pro- + payment |
| propertyship | property + -ship |
| propessimism | pro- + pessimism |
| propessimist | pro- + pessimist |
| prophecymonger | prophecy + -monger, dealer in prophecies |
| prophilosophical | pro- + philosophical |
| propolitical | pro- + political |
| propolitics | pro- + politics |
| proponement | propone + -ment, a proposing |
| propooling | pro- + pooling |
| propopery | pro- + popery |
| propraetorian | propraetor + -ian, Roman deputy praetor |
| proprecedent | pro- + precedent |
| proprivilege | pro- + privilege |
| proprofit | pro- + profit |
| proprovincial | pro- + provincial |
| proprovost | pro- + provost, deputy provost |
| propublication | pro- + publication |
| propublicity | pro- + publicity |
| propugnacled | propugnacle + -ed, furnished with bulwarks |
| propulsity | propuls- + -ity, propulsive tendency |
| propunishment | pro- + punishment |
| propurchase | pro- + purchase |
| proquaestor | pro- + quaestor, Roman deputy quaestor |
| proracing | pro- + racing |
| proreader | pro- + reader |
| prorealism | pro- + realism |
| prorealist | pro- + realist |
| prorealistic | pro- + realistic |
| proreality | pro- + reality |
| prorean | prora + -an, of a ship's prow |
| prorebate | pro- + rebate |
| prorebel | pro- + rebel |
| prorecall | pro- + recall |
| proreciprocation | pro- + reciprocation |
| prorecognition | pro- + recognition |
| proreconciliation | pro- + reconciliation |
| proredemption | pro- + redemption |
| proreduction | pro- + reduction |
| proreformist | pro- + reformist |
| prorefugee | pro- + refugee |
| proregent | pro- + regent, deputy regent |
| prorelease | pro- + release |
| prorepublican | pro- + republican |
| proreservationist | pro- + reservationist |
| proresignation | pro- + resignation |
| prorestoration | pro- + restoration |
| prorestriction | pro- + restriction |
| prorevision | pro- + revision |
| prorevisionist | pro- + revisionist |
| prorevolutionist | pro- + revolutionist |
| proritual | pro- + ritual |
| proritualistic | pro- + ritualistic |
| proromance | pro- + romance |
| proromantic | pro- + romantic |
| proromanticism | pro- + romanticism |
| proroyal | pro- + royal |
| proroyalty | pro- + royalty |
| prosabbath | pro- + Sabbath, the day before the Sabbath |
| prosabbatical | pro- + sabbatical |
| proscholastic | pro- + scholastic |
| proscholasticism | pro- + scholasticism |
| proschool | pro- + school |
| prosecrecy | pro- + secrecy |
The other lists filed alongside this one.
