Morpheme breakdowns, word by word

Each guide breaks one English word into its morphemes — prefixes, root and suffixes — with the meaning of each part, whether it is free or bound, and the chain of words it was built from. Reviewed segmentations, not a heuristic. For any other word, try the morphological analyzer.

Morphemes in common English words

300 words

• ability able + -ity
• abnormal ab- + norm + -al
• accidentally accident + -al + -ly
• activity act + -ive + -ity
• advisory advise + -ory
• afternoon after- + noon
• afterward after + -ward
• agreement agree + -ment
• alive a- + live
• amplifier ample + -ify + -er
• antidisestablishmentarianism anti- + dis- + establish + -ment + -ary + -an + -ism
• architectural architect + -ure + -al
• artistic art + -ist + -ic
• assistant assist + -ant
• awake a- + wake
• awesome awe + -some
• backward back + -ward
• basic base + -ic
• basically base + -ic + -al + -ly
• beautiful beauty + -ful
• beautifully beauty + -ful + -ly
• beside be- + side
• bilateral bi- + lateral
• biweekly bi- + week + -ly
• booklet book + -let
• bypass by- + pass
• carefully care + -ful + -ly
• carelessness care + -less + -ness
• characterization character + -ize + -ation
• childhood child + -hood
• civilian civil + -ian
• classical class + -ic + -al
• classification class + -ify + -ation
• cleanliness clean + -ly + -ness
• collection collect + -ion
• commentators comment + -ate + -or + -s
• commercial commerce + -ial
• comparative compare + -ative
• computational compute + -ation + -al
• computer compute + -er
• consultant consult + -ant
• counterproductive counter- + product + -ive
• coverage cover + -age
• coworkers co- + work + -er + -s
• crazy craze + -y
• creativity create + -ive + -ity
• criticism critic + -ism
• deactivation de- + act + -ive + -ate + -ion
• decision decide + -ion
• deforestation de- + forest + -ation
• developmental develop + -ment + -al
• differently differ + -ent + -ly
• direction direct + -ion
• directional direct + -ion + -al
• director direct + -or
• disability dis- + able + -ity
• disagreeable dis- + agree + -able
• disagreement dis- + agree + -ment
• disappearance dis- + appear + -ance
• disappointment dis- + appoint + -ment
• disapproval dis- + approve + -al
• disclosure dis- + close + -ure
• disconnection dis- + connect + -ion
• discouragement dis- + courage + -ment
• disestablishment dis- + establish + -ment
• dishonestly dis- + honest + -ly
• dishonesty dis- + honest + -y
• disloyalty dis- + loyal + -ty
• disorganization dis- + organize + -ation
• disrespectful dis- + respect + -ful
• downhill down- + hill
• downtown down- + town
• easily ease + -y + -ly
• easy ease + -y
• editorial edit + -or + -ial
• education educate + -ion
• educational educate + -ion + -al
• embodiment en- + body + -ment
• employee employ + -ee
• enclosure en- + close + -ure
• encouragement en- + courage + -ment
• enforcement en- + force + -ment
• engineer engine + -eer
• enjoy en- + joy
• enjoyable en- + joy + -able
• enjoyment en- + joy + -ment
• enrichment en- + rich + -ment
• entitlement en- + title + -ment
• equipment equip + -ment
• executive execute + -ive
• factual fact + -ual
• famous fame + -ous
• favorite favor + -ite
• fertilizer fertile + -ize + -er
• financial finance + -ial
• foolish fool + -ish
• forecast fore- + cast
• foremost fore + -most
• foreseeable fore- + see + -able
• fourth four + -th
• freedom free + -dom
• friendships friend + -ship + -s
• funny fun + -y
• futuristic future + -ist + -ic
• goddess god + -ess
• golden gold + -en
• government govern + -ment
• governmental govern + -ment + -al
• growth grow + -th
• historical history + -ic + -al
• homelessness home + -less + -ness
• hopefully hope + -ful + -ly
• hopelessness hope + -less + -ness
• hospitalization hospital + -ize + -ation
• illegality in- + legal + -ity
• illegally in- + legal + -ly
• illogical in- + logic + -al
• immaturity in- + mature + -ity
• impoliteness in- + polite + -ness
• impossibility in- + possible + -ity
• impossibly in- + possible + -ly
• impression in- + press + -ion
• impurity in- + pure + -ity
• inability in- + able + -ity
• inaccessible in- + access + -ible
• income in- + come
• incompletely in- + complete + -ly
• inconsiderate in- + consider + -ate
• incorrectly in- + correct + -ly
• indestructible in- + destruct + -ible
• indifference in- + differ + -ence
• indifferent in- + differ + -ent
• indispensable in- + dispense + -able
• industrialization industry + -al + -ize + -ation
• inexpensive in- + expense + -ive
• information inform + -ation
• insecurity in- + secure + -ity
• inside in- + side
• instability in- + stable + -ity
• intellectual intellect + -ual
• interconnected inter- + connect + -ed
• international inter- + nation + -al
• interracial inter- + race + -ial
• invaluable in- + value + -able
• irrationality in- + rational + -ity
• irreplaceable in- + re- + place + -able
• irresponsible in- + responsible
• kingdom king + -dom
• leadership lead + -er + -ship
• legalization legal + -ize + -ation
• likewise like + -wise
• loneliness lone + -ly + -ness
• majority major + -ity
• malicious malice + -ious
• management manage + -ment
• managerial manage + -er + -ial
• microwave micro- + wave
• midnight mid- + night
• midway mid- + way
• mindfulness mind + -ful + -ness
• misinformation mis- + inform + -ation
• misleading mis- + lead + -ing
• mismanagement mis- + manage + -ment
• misplacement mis- + place + -ment
• misspelling mis- + spell + -ing
• misunderstanding mis- + understand + -ing
• modernization modern + -ize + -ation
• modular module + -ar
• molecular molecule + -ar
• movement move + -ment
• multicolored multi- + color + -ed
• mythical myth + -ic + -al
• nationality nation + -al + -ity
• nationalization nation + -al + -ize + -ation
• naturally nature + -al + -ly
• nonexistent non- + exist + -ent
• nonsense non- + sense
• normally norm + -al + -ly
• northern north + -ern
• occasionally occasion + -al + -ly
• officer office + -er
• official office + -ial
• officially office + -ial + -ly
• offset off- + set
• offshore off- + shore
• onset on- + set
• originally origin + -al + -ly
• otherwise other + -wise
• output out- + put
• outside out- + side
• overprotective over- + protect + -ive
• overreaction over- + re- + act + -ion
• performance perform + -ance
• personality person + -al + -ity
• personalized person + -al + -ize + -ed
• personally person + -al + -ly
• player play + -er
• politician politic + -ian
• powerful power + -ful
• prearrangement pre- + arrange + -ment
• predetermined pre- + determine + -ed
• preheating pre- + heat + -ing
• prehistoric pre- + history + -ic
• preschooler pre- + school + -er
• prestigious prestige + -ious
• princess prince + -ess
• problematic problem + -atic
• protection protect + -ion
• realistic real + -ist + -ic
• reality real + -ity
• reappearance re- + appear + -ance
• rearrangement re- + arrange + -ment
• rebuilding re- + build + -ing
• reconsideration re- + consider + -ation
• redevelopment re- + develop + -ment
• reference refer + -ence
• refreshment re- + fresh + -ment
• refugee refuge + -ee
• reinstated re- + in- + state + -ed
• relationship relate + -ion + -ship
• reminder re- + mind + -er
• removable re- + move + -able
• removal re- + move + -al
• renewable re- + new + -able
• renewal re- + new + -al
• replacement re- + place + -ment
• representative represent + -ative
• research re- + search
• researcher re- + search + -er
• rethinking re- + think + -ing
• reusable re- + use + -able
• review re- + view
• reviewer re- + view + -er
• safety safe + -ty
• satirical satire + -ic + -al
• security secure + -ity
• selfish self + -ish
• specialization special + -ize + -ation
• spherical sphere + -ic + -al
• stabilization stable + -ize + -ation
• statement state + -ment
• statutory statute + -ory
• storage store + -age
• subconsciously sub- + conscious + -ly
• subcontractor sub- + contract + -or
• subdivision sub- + divide + -ion
• successfully success + -ful + -ly
• supernatural super- + nature + -al
• superstar super- + star
• systematic system + -atic
• teacher teach + -er
• teachers teach + -er + -s
• tendency tend + -ency
• thankfulness thank + -ful + -ness
• transformation trans- + form + -ation
• transformer trans- + form + -er
• transplantation trans- + plant + -ation
• treatment treat + -ment
• triangle tri- + angle
• unacceptable un- + accept + -able
• unavoidable un- + avoid + -able
• unawareness un- + aware + -ness
• unbearable un- + bear + -able
• unbelievable un- + believe + -able
• unbelievably un- + believe + -able + -ly
• unbreakable un- + break + -able
• uncertainty un- + certain + -ty
• unchangeable un- + change + -able
• uncomfortable un- + comfort + -able
• uncontrollable un- + control + -able
• undeniable un- + deny + -able
• underdeveloped under- + develop + -ed
• underpayment under- + pay + -ment
• understatement under- + state + -ment
• unemployment un- + employ + -ment
• unexpectedly un- + expect + -ed + -ly
• unfairness un- + fair + -ness
• unforgivable un- + forgive + -able
• unfortunate un- + fortune + -ate
• unfortunately un- + fortune + -ate + -ly
• unhappiness un- + happy + -ness
• unhealthy un- + health + -y
• unhelpful un- + help + -ful
• unlikelihood un- + like + -ly + -hood
• unlikely un- + like + -ly
• unquestionable un- + question + -able
• unreasonable un- + reason + -able
• unremarkable un- + remark + -able
• unsuccessful un- + success + -ful
• unsuccessfully un- + success + -ful + -ly
• unusually un- + usual + -ly
• unwillingness un- + will + -ing + -ness
• update up- + date
• upset up- + set
• usefulness use + -ful + -ness
• vaccination vaccine + -ate + -ion
• victorious victor + -y + -ous
• wholesome whole + -some
• wonderful wonder + -ful
• wooden wood + -en

Morphemes: words people search for

19 words

• alligator alligator
• best good + -est (suppletive)
• butter butter
• cartilage cartilage
• cats cat + -s
• corner corner
• crocodile crocodile
• cucumber cucumber
• dogs dog + -s
• domesticated domestic + -ate + -ed
• enjoyable en- + joy + -able
• finger finger
• flower flower
• irrigation irrigate + -ion
• midnight mid- + night
• unbreakable un- + break + -able
• unicorn uni- + corn
• walked walk + -ed
• water water