The negative or opposition prefixes They serve to reverse the meaning of the word that follows that prefix. They are used to designate the opposite meaning to the term they accompany, generating a new word with an opposite meaning.
For example: destied (opposite of bound), antiaesthetic (opposite of aesthetic), Yolegal (opposite of lawful), disrelax (opposite of associate), anormal (opposite of normal).
What are the opposition prefixes?
- Prefix des-. For example: desturn on, deswalk, desencourage.
- Prefix dis-. For example: disleisure, disto tend, discontinue.
- Prefix a-. For example: amorpho, anormal, atypical.
- Prefix im-, in-, i-. For example: Yolegal, imthought-out, Younexpected.
- Prefix against-. For example: againstattack, againststream.
- Prefix anti-. For example: antiSocial, antinatural.
Examples of opposition and negation prefixes
- Amorphous: Which has no shape.
- Abnormal: Which is not normal.
- Antibiotic: that kills microbes.
- unconstitutional: That it is not established with the law of the constitution.
- unsightly: Which is not aesthetic.
- Unnatural: Which is not natural.
- Unfriendly: That is not nice.
- antirabies: That fights rabies.
- Antisocial: Which is not social.
- antithermic: Drug used to reduce fever.
- Antithesis: Opposed to the thesis.
- Anti-theft device: That prevents theft.
- Apolitical: Who is not interested in the political aspect of something or has no inclination formed.
- timeless: He doesn’t have time.
- Atheist: Who does not believe in God.
- Atypical: Which is not typical.
- Counterattack: Attack that responds to a previous attack.
- Counterpart: Something that generates the opposite effect to another.
- Decrease: That it does not grow or that it shrinks.
- Disbelieve: Which is not credible.
- Decomposed: That he lost his composure.
- Undo: What is done and then separated.
- Dishonest: That is not honest.
- Waste: Something that is not taken care of and is lost.
- detach: Release something that was on.
- Disoriented: Person or situation that turns out not to be located with respect to another.
- Helpless: That he cannot fend for himself.
- Disability: That he does not have the capacity to do something.
- Discontinuous: That it has no continuity.
- Discord: That establishes or generates conflict.
- dislocate: Take something out of place.
- Dispute: That discusses or argues something.
- distended: That it has no tension.
- dissociated: Which is not associated.
- Illegal: That it is not legal.
- Impatient: He doesn’t have patience.
- Impossible: That it is not possible.
- Inadmissible: Which is not supported.
- Inappropriate: That it is not proper or appropriate.
- Unheard: That cannot be admitted or tolerated.
- Inept: Person who has no aptitude for something.
- unintelligible: That is not understood.
- Inhuman: That is not or does not have human characteristics (whether physical or mental)
- Unwavering: That it cannot be broken.
- Immortal: Which is not fatal.
- Intolerant: Which does not tolerate.
- Intractable: That it is not possible to establish a deal.
- Useless: Which is not useful.
- Invalid: It has no value.
- Disrespectful: That he has no respect for something or someone.