fam: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Suffixes of fam
- family«Word Popularity Bar5/5
family
- noun a social unit living together
house; household; menage; home.
- he moved his family to Virginia
- It was a good Christian household
- I waited until the whole house was asleep
- the teacher asked how many people made up his home
- noun primary social group; parents and children
family unit.
- he wanted to have a good job before starting a family
- noun a social unit living together
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family
- noun a social unit living together
house; household; menage; home.
- he moved his family to Virginia
- It was a good Christian household
- I waited until the whole house was asleep
- the teacher asked how many people made up his home
- noun primary social group; parents and children
family unit.
- he wanted to have a good job before starting a family
- noun a social unit living together
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familiar
- noun a person attached to the household of a high official (as a pope or bishop) who renders service in return for support
- noun a friend who is frequently in the company of another
comrade; fellow; associate; companion.
- drinking companions
- comrades in arms
- noun a person attached to the household of a high official (as a pope or bishop) who renders service in return for support
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famous
- adjective satellite widely known and esteemed
renowned; illustrious; famed; celebrated; notable; noted; far-famed.
- a famous actor
- a celebrated musician
- a famed scientist
- an illustrious judge
- a notable historian
- a renowned painter
- adjective satellite widely known and esteemed
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fame
- noun the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
celebrity; renown.
- noun favorable public reputation
- noun the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
- famine«4/5
famine
- noun an acute insufficiency
dearth; shortage.
- noun a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death
- noun an acute insufficiency
- familiarity«4/5
familiarity
- noun personal knowledge or information about someone or something
conversance; conversancy; acquaintance.
- noun usualness by virtue of being familiar or well known
- noun personal knowledge or information about someone or something
- familial«4/5
familial
- adjective relating to or having the characteristics of a family
- children of the same familial background
- familial aggregation
- adjective satellite occurring among members of a family usually by heredity
transmissible; hereditary; genetic; transmitted; inherited.
- an inherited disease
- familial traits
- genetically transmitted features
- adjective relating to or having the characteristics of a family
- famously«4/5
famously
- adverb in a manner or to an extent that is well known
- in his famously anecdotal style
- adverb extremely well
excellently; splendidly; magnificently.
- he did splendidly in the exam
- we got along famously
- adverb in a manner or to an extent that is well known
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famed
- adjective satellite widely known and esteemed
renowned; illustrious; celebrated; notable; noted; famous; far-famed.
- a famous actor
- a celebrated musician
- a famed scientist
- an illustrious judge
- a notable historian
- a renowned painter
- adjective satellite widely known and esteemed
- familiarize«3/5
familiarize
- verb make familiar or conversant with
familiarise; acquaint.
- you should acquaint yourself with your new computer
- We familiarized ourselves with the new surroundings
- verb make familiar or conversant with
- famines«3/5
famine
- noun an acute insufficiency
dearth; shortage.
- noun a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death
- noun an acute insufficiency
- familiarly«3/5
familiarly
- adverb in an intimately familiar manner
- Sid, as he was familiarly known by his friends, was one of the most respected and devoted members of the socialist minority group
- adverb in an intimately familiar manner
- famished«3/5
famished
- adjective satellite extremely hungry
ravenous; sharp-set; esurient; starved.
- they were tired and famished for food and sleep
- a ravenous boy
- the family was starved and ragged
- fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy
- verb be hungry; go without food
starve; famish; hunger.
- Let's eat--I'm starving!
- adjective satellite extremely hungry
- familia«3/5
familia
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- famille«3/5
famille
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- familiarized«2/5
familiarized
- adjective satellite having achieved a comfortable relation with your environment
adjusted; familiarised.
- verb make familiar or conversant with
familiarise; familiarize; acquaint.
- you should acquaint yourself with your new computer
- We familiarized ourselves with the new surroundings
- adjective satellite having achieved a comfortable relation with your environment
- familiars«2/5
familiar
- noun a person attached to the household of a high official (as a pope or bishop) who renders service in return for support
- noun a friend who is frequently in the company of another
comrade; fellow; associate; companion.
- drinking companions
- comrades in arms
- noun a person attached to the household of a high official (as a pope or bishop) who renders service in return for support
- familiarization«2/5
familiarization
- noun the experience of becoming familiar with something
familiarisation.
- noun the experience of becoming familiar with something
- familiarizing«2/5
familiarizing
- adjective satellite serving to make familiar
familiarising.
- verb make familiar or conversant with
familiarise; familiarize; acquaint.
- you should acquaint yourself with your new computer
- We familiarized ourselves with the new surroundings
- adjective satellite serving to make familiar
- familism«2/5
familism
The tenets of the Familists. Milton.
- familiarise«2/5
familiarise
- verb make familiar or conversant with
familiarize; acquaint.
- you should acquaint yourself with your new computer
- We familiarized ourselves with the new surroundings
- verb make familiar or conversant with
- fames«2/5
fame
- noun the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
celebrity; renown.
- noun favorable public reputation
- noun the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
- familiaris«2/5
familiaris
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- famotidine«2/5
famotidine
- noun a histamine blocker (trade name Pepcid) used to treat peptic ulcers and gastritis and esophageal reflux
Pepcid.
- noun a histamine blocker (trade name Pepcid) used to treat peptic ulcers and gastritis and esophageal reflux
- famagusta«2/5
- famishing«1/5
famish
- verb be hungry; go without food
starve; hunger.
- Let's eat--I'm starving!
- verb deprive of food
starve.
- They starved the prisoners
- verb be hungry; go without food
- familiarised«1/5
familiarised
- adjective satellite having achieved a comfortable relation with your environment
adjusted; familiarized.
- verb make familiar or conversant with
familiarise; familiarize; acquaint.
- you should acquaint yourself with your new computer
- We familiarized ourselves with the new surroundings
- adjective satellite having achieved a comfortable relation with your environment
- familiarities«1/5
familiarity
- noun personal knowledge or information about someone or something
conversance; conversancy; acquaintance.
- noun usualness by virtue of being familiar or well known
- noun personal knowledge or information about someone or something
- familiarisation«1/5
familiarisation
- noun the experience of becoming familiar with something
familiarization.
- noun the experience of becoming familiar with something
- familiarizes«1/5
familiarize
- verb make familiar or conversant with
familiarise; acquaint.
- you should acquaint yourself with your new computer
- We familiarized ourselves with the new surroundings
- verb make familiar or conversant with
- familiarising«1/5
familiarising
- adjective satellite serving to make familiar
familiarizing.
- verb make familiar or conversant with
familiarise; familiarize; acquaint.
- you should acquaint yourself with your new computer
- We familiarized ourselves with the new surroundings
- adjective satellite serving to make familiar
- famish«1/5
famish
- verb be hungry; go without food
starve; hunger.
- Let's eat--I'm starving!
- verb deprive of food
starve.
- They starved the prisoners
- verb be hungry; go without food
- familistic«1/5
familistic
Pertaining to Familists. Baxter.
- familists«1/5
familist
(Eccl. Hist.) One of afanatical Antinomian sect originating in Holland, and existing in England about 1580, called the Family of Love, who held that religion consists wholly in love.
- famulus«1/5
famulus
- noun a close attendant (as to a scholar)
- noun a close attendant (as to a scholar)
- familist«1/5
familist
(Eccl. Hist.) One of afanatical Antinomian sect originating in Holland, and existing in England about 1580, called the Family of Love, who held that religion consists wholly in love.
- famuli«1/5
- faming«1/5
fame
- noun the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
celebrity; renown.
- noun favorable public reputation
- noun the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
- famiglietti«1/5
Derived words of fam
- unfamiliar«Word Popularity Bar4/5
unfamiliar
- adjective not known or well known
- a name unfamiliar to most
- be alert at night especially in unfamiliar surroundings
- adjective not known or well known
- infamous«4/5
infamous
- adjective satellite known widely and usually unfavorably;
notorious; ill-famed.
- a notorious gangster
- the tenderloin district was notorious for vice
- the infamous Benedict Arnold
- adjective satellite known widely and usually unfavorably;
- defamation«3/5
defamation
- noun a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions
obloquy; hatchet job; calumniation; traducement; calumny.
- noun an abusive attack on a person's character or good name
calumny; denigration; slander; aspersion.
- noun a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions
- infamy«3/5
infamy
- noun a state of extreme dishonor
opprobrium.
- a date which will live in infamy"- F.D.Roosevelt
- the name was a by-word of scorn and opprobrium throughout the city
- noun evil fame or public reputation
- noun a state of extreme dishonor
- defamatory«3/5
defamatory
- adjective satellite (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign
denigrating; libelous; denigrative; denigratory; calumnious; slanderous; libellous; calumniatory.
- adjective satellite (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign
- superfamily«3/5
superfamily
- noun (biology) a taxonomic group ranking below an order but above a family
- noun (biology) a taxonomic group ranking below an order but above a family
- subfamily«3/5
subfamily
- noun (biology) a taxonomic category below a family
- noun (biology) a taxonomic category below a family
- rifampin«2/5
rifampin
- noun an antibacterial drug (trade names Rifadin and Rimactane) used to treat tuberculosis
Rifadin; Rimactane.
- noun an antibacterial drug (trade names Rifadin and Rimactane) used to treat tuberculosis
- unfamiliarity«2/5
unfamiliarity
- noun unusualness as a consequence of not being well known
strangeness.
- noun unusualness as a consequence of not being well known
- stepfamilies«2/5
- sulfamethoxazole«2/5
sulfamethoxazole
- noun a sulfonamide (trade name Gantanol) used to treat infections (especially infections of the urinary tract)
Gantanol.
- noun a sulfonamide (trade name Gantanol) used to treat infections (especially infections of the urinary tract)
- multifamily«2/5
multifamily
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- stepfamily«2/5
- subfamilies«2/5
subfamily
- noun (biology) a taxonomic category below a family
- noun (biology) a taxonomic category below a family
- rifampicin«2/5
- defamed«2/5
defame
- verb charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
sully; smirch; smear; asperse; slander; denigrate; calumniate; besmirch.
- The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation
- verb charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
- paterfamilias«2/5
paterfamilias
- noun the male head of family or tribe
patriarch.
- noun the male head of family or tribe
- defame«2/5
defame
- verb charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
sully; smirch; smear; asperse; slander; denigrate; calumniate; besmirch.
- The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation
- verb charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
- nonfamily«2/5
- infamously«2/5
infamous
- adjective satellite known widely and usually unfavorably;
notorious; ill-famed.
- a notorious gangster
- the tenderloin district was notorious for vice
- the infamous Benedict Arnold
- adjective satellite known widely and usually unfavorably;
- defaming«2/5
defame
- verb charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
sully; smirch; smear; asperse; slander; denigrate; calumniate; besmirch.
- The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation
- verb charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
- extrafamilial«1/5
- superfamilies«1/5
superfamily
- noun (biology) a taxonomic group ranking below an order but above a family
- noun (biology) a taxonomic group ranking below an order but above a family
- nonfamilial«1/5
- infamies«1/5
infamy
- noun a state of extreme dishonor
opprobrium.
- a date which will live in infamy"- F.D.Roosevelt
- the name was a by-word of scorn and opprobrium throughout the city
- noun evil fame or public reputation
- noun a state of extreme dishonor
- infamia«1/5
- infame«1/5
infame
To defame; to make infamous. Obs. Milton.Livia is infamed for the poisoning of her husband. Bacon.
- rifamycin«1/5
rifamycin
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- defames«1/5
defame
- verb charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
sully; smirch; smear; asperse; slander; denigrate; calumniate; besmirch.
- The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation
- verb charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
- interfamily«1/5
- rifamycins«1/5
- interfamilial«1/5
- antidefamation«1/5
- profamily«1/5
- antifamily«1/5
- defamations«1/5
defamation
- noun a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions
obloquy; hatchet job; calumniation; traducement; calumny.
- noun an abusive attack on a person's character or good name
calumny; denigration; slander; aspersion.
- noun a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions
- defamer«1/5
defamer
- noun one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel
backbiter; traducer; libeler; maligner; slanderer; vilifier.
- noun one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel
- sulfamethazine«1/5
sulfamethazine
- noun a sulfa drug used like sulfadiazine and also in veterinary medicine
sulfamezathine.
- noun a sulfa drug used like sulfadiazine and also in veterinary medicine
- overfamiliar«1/5
overfamiliar
- adjective satellite taking undue liberties
- young women disliked the overfamiliar tone he took with them
- adjective satellite taking undue liberties
- overfamiliarity«1/5
overfamiliarity
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- sulfamate«1/5
- defamers«1/5
defamer
- noun one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel
backbiter; traducer; libeler; maligner; slanderer; vilifier.
- noun one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel
- materfamilias«1/5
materfamilias
- noun a female head of a family or tribe
matriarch.
- noun a female head of a family or tribe
- nonfamous«1/5
- infames«1/5
infame
To defame; to make infamous. Obs. Milton.Livia is infamed for the poisoning of her husband. Bacon.
- sulfamic«1/5
- unfamiliarly«1/5
unfamiliar
- adjective not known or well known
- a name unfamiliar to most
- be alert at night especially in unfamiliar surroundings
- adjective not known or well known
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About Prefix and Suffix Words
This page lists all the words created by adding prefixes, suffixes to the word `fam`. 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.
While some of the words are direct derivations of the word `fam`, some are not.
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About Prefix and Suffix Words
This page lists all the words created by adding prefixes, suffixes to the word `fam`. 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.
While some of the words are direct derivations of the word `fam`, some are not.
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