circum: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Suffixes of circum
- circumstances«Word Popularity Bar5/5
circumstances
- noun your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
fortune; destiny; fate; portion; lot; luck.
- whatever my fortune may be
- deserved a better fate
- has a happy lot
- the luck of the Irish
- a victim of circumstances
- success that was her portion
- noun a person's financial situation (good or bad)
- he found himself in straitened circumstances
- noun your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
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circumstance
- noun a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity
- noun the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event
setting; context.
- the historical context
- noun a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity
- circumference4/5
circumference
- noun the size of something as given by the distance around it
perimeter.
- noun the boundary line encompassing an area or object
circuit.
- he had walked the full circumference of his land
- a danger to all races over the whole circumference of the globe
- noun the size of something as given by the distance around it
- circumcision4/5
circumcision
- noun the act of circumcising performed on males eight days after birth as a Jewish and Muslim religious rite
- noun (Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Church) feast day celebrating the circumcision of Jesus; celebrated on January 1st
Feast of the Circumcision; January 1.
- noun the act of circumcising performed on males eight days after birth as a Jewish and Muslim religious rite
- circumscribed4/5
circumscribed
- adjective satellite subject to limits or subjected to limits
limited.
- verb draw a line around
circumscribe.
- He drew a circle around the points
- adjective satellite subject to limits or subjected to limits
- circumstantial3/5
circumstantial
- adjective satellite fully detailed and specific about particulars
- a circumstantial report about the debate
- adjective satellite fully detailed and specific about particulars
- circumvent3/5
circumvent
- verb surround so as to force to give up
beleaguer; hem in; surround; besiege.
- The Turks besieged Vienna
- verb beat through cleverness and wit
outsmart; beat; overreach; outwit; outfox.
- I beat the traffic
- She outfoxed her competitors
- verb surround so as to force to give up
- circumcised3/5
circumcise
- verb cut the skin over the clitoris
- verb cut the foreskin off male babies or teenage boys
- During the bris, the baby boy is circumcised
- verb cut the skin over the clitoris
- circumferential3/5
circumferential
- adjective satellite lying around or just outside the edges or outskirts
- circumferential highways around cities
- adjective satellite lying around or just outside the edges or outskirts
- circumspect3/5
circumspect
- adjective satellite heedful of potential consequences
discreet.
- circumspect actions
- physicians are now more circumspect about recommending its use
- a discreet investor
- adjective satellite heedful of potential consequences
- circumvented3/5
circumvent
- verb surround so as to force to give up
beleaguer; hem in; surround; besiege.
- The Turks besieged Vienna
- verb beat through cleverness and wit
outsmart; beat; overreach; outwit; outfox.
- I beat the traffic
- She outfoxed her competitors
- verb surround so as to force to give up
- circumventing2/5
circumvent
- verb surround so as to force to give up
beleaguer; hem in; surround; besiege.
- The Turks besieged Vienna
- verb beat through cleverness and wit
outsmart; beat; overreach; outwit; outfox.
- I beat the traffic
- She outfoxed her competitors
- verb surround so as to force to give up
- circumspection2/5
circumspection
- noun knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress
prudence; discretion; discreetness.
- the servants showed great tact and discretion
- noun the trait of being circumspect and prudent
caution.
- noun knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress
- circumvention2/5
circumvention
- noun the act of evading by going around
- noun the act of evading by going around
- circumscribe2/5
circumscribe
- verb draw a line around
- He drew a circle around the points
- verb restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"
confine; limit.
- verb draw a line around
- circumflex2/5
circumflex
- noun a diacritical mark (^) placed above a vowel in some languages to indicate a special phonetic quality
- noun a diacritical mark (^) placed above a vowel in some languages to indicate a special phonetic quality
- circumpolar2/5
circumpolar
- adjective satellite (of a celestial body) continually visible above the horizon during the entire 360 degrees of daily travel
- a circumpolar star
- adjective satellite located or found throughout a polar region
- adjective satellite (of a celestial body) continually visible above the horizon during the entire 360 degrees of daily travel
- circumlocution2/5
circumlocution
- noun a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things
periphrasis; ambage.
- noun an indirect way of expressing something
indirect expression.
- noun a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things
- circumnavigation2/5
circumnavigation
- noun traveling around something (by ship or plane)
- Magellan's circumnavigation of the earth proved that it is a globe
- noun traveling around something (by ship or plane)
- circumscribing2/5
circumscribe
- verb draw a line around
- He drew a circle around the points
- verb restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"
confine; limit.
- verb draw a line around
- circumscription2/5
circumscription
- noun the act of circumscribing
- noun the act of circumscribing
- circumstanced2/5
circumstance
- noun a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity
- noun the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event
setting; context.
- the historical context
- noun a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity
- circumvents2/5
circumvent
- verb surround so as to force to give up
beleaguer; hem in; surround; besiege.
- The Turks besieged Vienna
- verb beat through cleverness and wit
outsmart; beat; overreach; outwit; outfox.
- I beat the traffic
- She outfoxed her competitors
- verb surround so as to force to give up
- circumcise2/5
circumcise
- verb cut the skin over the clitoris
- verb cut the foreskin off male babies or teenage boys
- During the bris, the baby boy is circumcised
- verb cut the skin over the clitoris
- circumstellar2/5
- circumscribes2/5
circumscribe
- verb draw a line around
- He drew a circle around the points
- verb restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"
confine; limit.
- verb draw a line around
- circumferences2/5
circumference
- noun the size of something as given by the distance around it
perimeter.
- noun the boundary line encompassing an area or object
circuit.
- he had walked the full circumference of his land
- a danger to all races over the whole circumference of the globe
- noun the size of something as given by the distance around it
- circumferentially2/5
circumferential
- adjective satellite lying around or just outside the edges or outskirts
- circumferential highways around cities
- adjective satellite lying around or just outside the edges or outskirts
- circumnavigate2/5
circumnavigate
- verb travel around, either by plane or ship
compass.
- We compassed the earth
- verb travel around, either by plane or ship
- circumspectly2/5
circumspectly
- adverb in a cagey manner
cagily.
- `I don't know yet,' he answered cagily
- adverb in a cagey manner
- circumstantially2/5
circumstantially
- adverb according to circumstances
- he was convicted circumstantially
- adverb insofar as the circumstances are concerned
- the account was circumstantially accurate
- adverb according to circumstances
- circumnavigated2/5
circumnavigate
- verb travel around, either by plane or ship
compass.
- We compassed the earth
- verb travel around, either by plane or ship
- circumambulation2/5
circumambulation
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- circumlocutions2/5
circumlocution
- noun a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things
periphrasis; ambage.
- noun an indirect way of expressing something
indirect expression.
- noun a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things
- circumcisions1/5
circumcision
- noun (Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Church) feast day celebrating the circumcision of Jesus; celebrated on January 1st
Feast of the Circumcision; January 1.
- noun the act of circumcising performed on males eight days after birth as a Jewish and Muslim religious rite
- noun (Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Church) feast day celebrating the circumcision of Jesus; celebrated on January 1st
- circumnavigating1/5
circumnavigate
- verb travel around, either by plane or ship
compass.
- We compassed the earth
- verb travel around, either by plane or ship
- circumduction1/5
circumduction
- noun a circular movement of a limb or eye
- noun a circular movement of a limb or eye
- circumambient1/5
circumambient
Surrounding; inclosing or being on all sides; encompassing. "The circumambient heaven." J. Armstrong.
- circumcising1/5
circumcise
- verb cut the skin over the clitoris
- verb cut the foreskin off male babies or teenage boys
- During the bris, the baby boy is circumcised
- verb cut the skin over the clitoris
- circumvallate1/5
circumvallate
- verb surround with or as if with a rampart or other fortification
- verb surround with or as if with a rampart or other fortification
- circumambulate1/5
circumambulate
- verb walk around something
walk around.
- verb walk around something
- circumvallation1/5
circumvallation
(Mil.) (a) The act of surrounding with a wall or rampart. (b) A line of field works made around a besieged place and the besieging army, to protect the camp of the besiegers against the attack of an enemy from without.
- circumambulating1/5
circumambulate
- verb walk around something
walk around.
- verb walk around something
- circumoral1/5
- circumstantiality1/5
circumstantiality
The state, characteristic, or quality of being circumstantial; particularity or minuteness of detail. "I will endeavor to describe with sufficient circumstantiality." De Quincey.
- circumciser1/5
circumcise
- verb cut the skin over the clitoris
- verb cut the foreskin off male babies or teenage boys
- During the bris, the baby boy is circumcised
- verb cut the skin over the clitoris
- circumambulated1/5
circumambulate
- verb walk around something
walk around.
- verb walk around something
- circumscriptions1/5
circumscription
- noun the act of circumscribing
- noun the act of circumscribing
- circumjacent1/5
circumjacent
Lying round; borderong on every side. T. Fuller.
- circumlocutory1/5
circumlocutory
- adjective satellite roundabout and unnecessarily wordy; (`ambagious' is archaic)
periphrastic; ambagious; circumlocutious.
- had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression
- A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings."-T.S.Eliot
- adjective satellite roundabout and unnecessarily wordy; (`ambagious' is archaic)
- circumnavigates1/5
circumnavigate
- verb travel around, either by plane or ship
compass.
- We compassed the earth
- verb travel around, either by plane or ship
- circumnavigator1/5
circumnavigator
One who sails round. W. Guthrie.
- circumcircle1/5
- circumambulations1/5
circumambulations
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- circumambulatory1/5
- circumcisers1/5
circumciser
One who performs circumcision. Milton.
- circumnuclear1/5
- circumneutral1/5
- circumnavigations1/5
circumnavigation
- noun traveling around something (by ship or plane)
- Magellan's circumnavigation of the earth proved that it is a globe
- noun traveling around something (by ship or plane)
- circumnutation1/5
circumnutation
(Bot.) The successive bowing or bending in different directions of the growing tip of the stems of many plants, especially seen in climbing plants.
- circumspective1/5
circumspective
Looking around everi way; cautious; careful of consequences; watchful of danger. "Circumspective eyes." Pope.
- circumstantials1/5
circumstantial
- adjective satellite fully detailed and specific about particulars
- a circumstantial report about the debate
- adjective satellite fully detailed and specific about particulars
- circumventions1/5
circumvention
- noun the act of evading by going around
- noun the act of evading by going around
- circumlunar1/5
circumlunar
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- circumcenter1/5
circumcenter
(Geom.) The center of a circle that circumscribes a triangle.
- circumcises1/5
circumcise
- verb cut the skin over the clitoris
- verb cut the foreskin off male babies or teenage boys
- During the bris, the baby boy is circumcised
- verb cut the skin over the clitoris
- circumsolar1/5
circumsolar
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- circumnavigators1/5
circumnavigator
One who sails round. W. Guthrie.
- circumambulates1/5
circumambulate
- verb walk around something
walk around.
- verb walk around something
Derived words of circum
- uncircumcised«Word Popularity Bar2/5
uncircumcised
Not circumcised; hence, not of the Israelites. "This uncircumcised Philistine." 1 Sam. xvii. 26.
- uncircumcision1/5
uncircumcision
The absence or want of circumcision.
- uncircumscribed1/5
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About Prefix and Suffix Words
This page lists all the words created by adding prefixes, suffixes to the word `circum`. For each word, youwill notice a blue bar below the word. The longer the blue bar below a word, the more common/popular the word. Very short blue bars indicate rare usage.
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