'affix' definitions:
Definition of 'affix'
(from WordNet)
noun
A linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form
verb
Attach to; "affix the seal here" [syn: affix, stick on]
verb
Add to the very end; "He appended a glossary to his novel where he used an invented language" [syn: append, add on, supplement, affix]
verb
Attach or become attached to a stem word; "grammatical morphemes affix to the stem"
Synonyms of 'affix'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accidence,
- add,
- adjoin,
- affixation,
- agglutinate,
- allomorph,
- allonge,
- anchor,
- annex,
- append,
- appendix,
- attach,
- belay,
- bound morpheme,
- burden,
- cement,
- cinch,
- clamp,
- clinch,
- coda,
- codicil,
- commentary,
- complicate,
- conjoin,
- conjugation,
- cramp,
- cutting,
- declension,
- decorate,
- derivation,
- difference of form,
- enclitic,
- encumber,
- engraft,
- envoi,
- epilogue,
- fasten,
- fix,
- formative,
- free form,
- glue on,
- graft,
- grapple,
- hitch on,
- IC analysis,
- immediate constituent analysis,
- infix,
- infixation,
- inflection,
- interlineation,
- interpolation,
- join with,
- knit,
- make fast,
- marginalia,
- moor,
- morph,
- morpheme,
- morphemic analysis,
- morphemics,
- morphology,
- morphophonemics,
- note,
- ornament,
- paradigm,
- paste on,
- plus,
- postfix,
- postscript,
- prefix,
- prefixation,
- proclitic,
- put to,
- put with,
- radical,
- rider,
- rivet,
- root,
- saddle with,
- scholia,
- screw up,
- secure,
- set,
- set to,
- slap on,
- stem,
- subjoin,
- suffix,
- suffixation,
- superadd,
- superpose,
- tack on,
- tag,
- tag on,
- tail,
- theme,
- tighten,
- trice up,
- trim,
- unite with,
- word-formation