English

Noun

Sense: smallest meaning-carrying unit within a word

Synonyms

• morpheme

Hypernyms

• linguistic unit   [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

Broad

• free morpheme
• bound morpheme
• affix

Narrow

• root
• cranberry morpheme
• circumfix
• confix
• infix
• prefix
• suffix
• suprafix
• derivational suffix
• inflectional suffix

Holonyms

• word   [⇒ thesaurus]

Various

Free morpheme examples

• cat   [⇒ thesaurus]
• sharp
• smart

Prefix examples

• anti-   [⇒ thesaurus]
• pre-
• re-
• non-
• un-

Suffix examples

• -able
• -hood
• -ity
• -ness

Interfix examples

• -o-
• -s-

Infix examples

• -bloody-

Combining forms sometimes classified as prefixes

• Anglo-
• biblio-
• bio-
• chrono-
• electro-
• geo-
• hemato-
• mechano-
• nucleo-
• techno-
• thermo-

Combining forms sometimes classified as suffixes

• -archy
• -centric
• -cephalic
• -cracy
• -metre
• -philia
• -phobia
• -graphy
• -logy

Cranberry morphemes

• cran(in cranberry)
• luke(in lukewarm)

Various

• morph
• interfix

See also

Further reading