fies: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of fies
- identifies«Word Popularity Bar5/5
identify
- verb recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something
place.
- She identified the man on the 'wanted' poster
- verb give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property
name.
- Many senators were named in connection with the scandal
- The almanac identifies the auspicious months
- verb recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something
- specifies«5/5
specify
- verb specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement
qualify; condition; stipulate.
- The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life
- The contract stipulates the dates of the payments
- verb decide upon or fix definitely
set; fix; limit; determine; define.
- fix the variables
- specify the parameters
- verb specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement
- signifies«4/5
signify
- verb denote or connote
intend; stand for; mean.
- `maison' means `house' in French
- An example sentence would show what this word means
- verb convey or express a meaning
- These words mean nothing to me!
- What does his strange behavior signify?
- verb denote or connote
- satisfies«4/5
satisfy
- verb meet the requirements or expectations of
fulfill; fulfil; live up to.
- verb make happy or satisfied
gratify.
- verb meet the requirements or expectations of
- justifies«4/5
justify
- verb show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for
warrant.
- The emergency does not warrant all of us buying guns
- The end justifies the means
- verb show to be right by providing justification or proof
vindicate.
- vindicate a claim
- verb show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for
- qualifies«4/5
qualify
- verb prove capable or fit; meet requirements
measure up.
- verb pronounce fit or able
- She was qualified to run the marathon
- They nurses were qualified to administer the injections
- verb prove capable or fit; meet requirements
- exemplifies«3/5
exemplify
- verb be characteristic of
represent.
- This compositional style is exemplified by this fugue
- verb clarify by giving an example of
instance; illustrate.
- verb be characteristic of
- modifies«3/5
modify
- verb make less severe or harsh or extreme
- please modify this letter to make it more polite
- he modified his views on same-gender marriage
- verb add a modifier to a constituent
qualify.
- verb make less severe or harsh or extreme
- testifies«3/5
testify
- verb give testimony in a court of law
bear witness; attest; take the stand.
- verb provide evidence for
show; evidence; bear witness; prove.
- The blood test showed that he was the father
- Her behavior testified to her incompetence
- verb give testimony in a court of law
- clarifies«3/5
clarify
- verb make clear and (more) comprehensible
elucidate; clear up.
- clarify the mystery surrounding her death
- verb make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating
- clarify the butter
- clarify beer
- verb make clear and (more) comprehensible
- simplifies«3/5
simplify
- verb make simpler or easier or reduce in complexity or extent
- We had to simplify the instructions
- this move will simplify our lives
- verb make simpler or easier or reduce in complexity or extent
- defies«3/5
defy
- verb resist or confront with resistance
withstand; hold; hold up.
- The politician defied public opinion
- The new material withstands even the greatest wear and tear
- The bridge held
- verb elude, especially in a baffling way
resist; refuse.
- This behavior defies explanation
- verb resist or confront with resistance
- classifies«3/5
classify
- verb arrange or order by classes or categories
sort; separate; assort; sort out; class.
- How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?
- verb declare unavailable, as for security reasons
- Classify these documents
- verb arrange or order by classes or categories
- intensifies«3/5
intensify
- verb increase in extent or intensity
escalate; step up.
- The Allies escalated the bombing
- verb make more intense, stronger, or more marked
heighten; deepen; compound.
- The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her
- Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness
- This event only deepened my convictions
- verb increase in extent or intensity
- verifies«3/5
verify
- verb confirm the truth of
- Please verify that the doors are closed
- verify a claim
- verb check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard
control.
- Are you controlling for the temperature?
- verb confirm the truth of
- notifies«3/5
notify
- verb inform (somebody) of something
apprize; send word; apprise; give notice; advise.
- I advised him that the rent was due
- verb inform (somebody) of something
- amplifies«3/5
amplify
- verb increase in size, volume or significance
magnify.
- Her terror was magnified in her mind
- verb to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
overdraw; magnify; exaggerate; overstate; hyperbolize; hyperbolise.
- tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery
- verb increase in size, volume or significance
- typifies«3/5
typify
- verb embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of
epitomise; epitomize.
- The fugue typifies Bach's style of composition
- verb express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol
symbolise; symbolize; represent; stand for.
- What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?
- verb embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of
- certifies«2/5
certify
- verb provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes
attest; demonstrate; evidence; manifest.
- His high fever attested to his illness
- The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of architectural sophistication
- This decision demonstrates his sense of fairness
- verb guarantee payment on; of checks
- verb provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes
- unifies«2/5
unify
- verb become one
merge; unite.
- Germany unified officially in 1990
- the cells merge
- verb to bring or combine together or with something else
amalgamate; mix; mingle; commix.
- resourcefully he mingled music and dance
- verb become one
- magnifies«2/5
magnify
- verb increase in size, volume or significance
amplify.
- Her terror was magnified in her mind
- verb to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
overdraw; exaggerate; overstate; hyperbolize; hyperbolise; amplify.
- tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery
- verb increase in size, volume or significance
- purifies«2/5
purify
- verb remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation
make pure; sublimate; distill.
- purify the water
- verb make pure or free from sin or guilt
purge; sanctify.
- he left the monastery purified
- verb remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation
- quantifies«2/5
quantify
- verb use as a quantifier
- verb express as a number or measure or quantity
measure.
- Can you quantify your results?
- verb use as a quantifier
- glorifies«2/5
glorify
- verb praise, glorify, or honor
exalt; extol; laud; proclaim.
- extol the virtues of one's children
- glorify one's spouse's cooking
- verb bestow glory upon
- The victory over the enemy glorified the Republic
- verb praise, glorify, or honor
- solidifies«2/5
solidify
- verb make solid or more solid; cause to solidify
- verb become solid
- The metal solidified when it cooled
- verb make solid or more solid; cause to solidify
- personifies«2/5
personify
- verb invest with or as with a body; give body to
body.
- verb represent, as of a character on stage
embody; be.
- Derek Jacobi was Hamlet
- verb invest with or as with a body; give body to
- sanctifies«2/5
sanctify
- verb render holy by means of religious rites
bless; consecrate; hallow.
- verb make pure or free from sin or guilt
purge; purify.
- he left the monastery purified
- verb render holy by means of religious rites
- terrifies«2/5
terrify
- verb fill with terror; frighten greatly
terrorise; terrorize.
- verb fill with terror; frighten greatly
- ratifies«2/5
ratify
- verb approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation
sign.
- All parties ratified the peace treaty
- Have you signed your contract yet?
- verb approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation
- disqualifies«2/5
disqualify
- verb make unfit or unsuitable
indispose; unfit.
- Your income disqualifies you
- verb declare unfit
- She was disqualified for the Olympics because she was a professional athlete
- verb make unfit or unsuitable
- codifies«2/5
codify
- verb organize into a code or system, such as a body of law
- Hammurabi codified the laws
- verb organize into a code or system, such as a body of law
- nullifies«2/5
nullify
- verb declare invalid
invalidate; annul; void; quash; avoid.
- The contract was annulled
- void a plea
- verb show to be invalid
invalidate.
- verb declare invalid
- objectifies«2/5
objectify
- verb make external or objective, or give reality to
exteriorise; externalise; externalize; exteriorize.
- language externalizes our thoughts
- verb make impersonal or present as an object
depersonalize; depersonalise.
- Will computers depersonalize human interactions?
- Pornography objectifies women
- verb make external or objective, or give reality to
- fortifies«2/5
fortify
- verb make strong or stronger
strengthen; beef up.
- This exercise will strengthen your upper body
- strengthen the relations between the two countries
- verb enclose by or as if by a fortification
fort.
- verb make strong or stronger
- falsifies«2/5
falsify
- verb make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
warp; distort; garble.
- verb tamper, with the purpose of deception
wangle; fake; cook; misrepresent; fudge; manipulate.
- Fudge the figures
- cook the books
- falsify the data
- verb make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
- oversimplifies«2/5
oversimplify
- verb simplify to an excessive degree
- Don't oversimplify the problem
- verb make too simple
- Don't oversimplify the instructions
- verb simplify to an excessive degree
- reifies«2/5
reify
- verb consider an abstract concept to be real
- verb consider an abstract concept to be real
- gratifies«2/5
gratify
- verb make happy or satisfied
satisfy.
- verb yield (to); give satisfaction to
pander; indulge.
- verb make happy or satisfied
- mystifies«1/5
mystify
- verb be a mystery or bewildering to
perplex; bewilder; get; beat; puzzle; pose; amaze; vex; baffle; flummox; stick; stupefy; gravel; nonplus; dumbfound.
- This beats me!
- Got me--I don't know the answer!
- a vexing problem
- This question really stuck me
- verb make mysterious
- mystify the story
- verb be a mystery or bewildering to
- demystifies«1/5
demystify
- verb make less mysterious or remove the mystery from
- let's demystify the event by explaining what it is all about
- verb make less mysterious or remove the mystery from
- diversifies«1/5
diversify
- verb make (more) diverse
- diversify a course of study
- verb spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate
radiate.
- The plants on this island diversified
- verb make (more) diverse
- rectifies«1/5
rectify
- verb math: determine the length of
- rectify a curve
- verb reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities
refine.
- refine sugar
- verb math: determine the length of
- dignifies«1/5
dignify
- verb confer dignity or honor upon
ennoble.
- He was dignified with a title
- verb raise the status of
- I shall not dignify this insensitive remark with an answer
- verb confer dignity or honor upon
- horrifies«1/5
horrify
- verb fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
dismay; alarm; appall; appal.
- I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview
- The news of the executions horrified us
- verb fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
- liquefies«1/5
liquefy
- verb become liquid
- The garden air overnight liquefied into a morning dew
- verb make (a solid substance) liquid, as by heating
liquify; liquidise; liquidize.
- liquefy the silver
- verb become liquid
- pacifies«1/5
pacify
- verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
gruntle; placate; appease; conciliate; assuage; gentle; mollify; lenify.
- She managed to mollify the angry customer
- verb fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location)
- The U.N. troops are working to pacify Bosnia
- verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
- beautifies«1/5
beautify
- verb make more beautiful
fancify; embellish; prettify.
- verb be beautiful to look at
deck; embellish; decorate; grace; adorn.
- Flowers adorned the tables everywhere
- verb make more beautiful
- vivifies«1/5
vivify
- verb give new life or energy to
repair; revivify; recreate; reanimate; revive; renovate; animate; quicken.
- A hot soup will revive me
- This will renovate my spirits
- This treatment repaired my health
- verb make more striking or animated
- his remarks always vivify an otherwise dull story
- verb give new life or energy to
- detoxifies«1/5
detoxify
- verb remove poison from
detoxicate.
- detoxify the soil
- verb treat for alcohol or drug dependence
detox.
- He was detoxified in the clinic
- verb remove poison from
- indemnifies«1/5
indemnify
- verb secure against future loss, damage, or liability; give security for
- This plan indemnifies workers against wages lost through illness
- verb make amends for; pay compensation for
repair; compensate; recompense.
- One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich
- She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident
- verb secure against future loss, damage, or liability; give security for
- edifies«1/5
edify
- verb make understand
enlighten.
- Can you enlighten me--I don't understand this proposal
- verb make understand
- ramifies«1/5
ramify
- verb have or develop complicating consequences
complexify.
- These actions will ramify
- verb grow and send out branches or branch-like structures
branch.
- these plants ramify early and get to be very large
- verb have or develop complicating consequences
- vilifies«1/5
vilify
- verb spread negative information about
vituperate; rail; revile.
- The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews
- verb spread negative information about
- mortifies«1/5
mortify
- verb practice self-denial of one's body and appetites
- verb hold within limits and control
crucify; subdue.
- subdue one's appetites
- mortify the flesh
- verb practice self-denial of one's body and appetites
- deifies«1/5
deify
- verb consider as a god or godlike
- These young men deify financial success
- verb exalt to the position of a God
- the people deified their King
- verb consider as a god or godlike
- stratifies«1/5
stratify
- verb divide society into social classes or castes
- Income distribution often stratifies a society
- verb form layers or strata
- The rock stratifies
- verb divide society into social classes or castes
- ossifies«1/5
ossify
- verb become bony
- The tissue ossified
- verb make rigid and set into a conventional pattern
rigidify; petrify.
- rigidify the training schedule
- ossified teaching methods
- slogans petrify our thinking
- verb become bony
- electrifies«1/5
electrify
- verb excite suddenly and intensely
- The news electrified us
- verb charge (a conductor) with electricity
- verb excite suddenly and intensely
- stupefies«1/5
stupefy
- verb make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation
besot.
- verb be a mystery or bewildering to
mystify; perplex; bewilder; get; beat; puzzle; pose; amaze; vex; baffle; flummox; stick; gravel; nonplus; dumbfound.
- This beats me!
- Got me--I don't know the answer!
- a vexing problem
- This question really stuck me
- verb make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation
- petrifies«1/5
petrify
- verb cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned
- The horror petrified his feelings
- Fear petrified her thinking
- verb change into stone
lapidify.
- the wood petrified with time
- verb cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned
- commodifies«1/5
- roofies«1/5
roofy
- noun street names for flunitrazepan
R-2; forget me drug; rope; Mexican valium; rophy; roach; circle.
- noun street names for flunitrazepan
- stultifies«1/5
stultify
- verb prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence
- nobody is legally allowed to stultify himself
- verb cause to appear foolish
- He stultified himself by contradicting himself and being inconsistent
- verb prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence
- crucifies«1/5
crucify
- verb kill by nailing onto a cross
- Jesus Christ was crucified
- verb treat cruelly
bedevil; rag; dun; frustrate; torment.
- The children tormented the stuttering teacher
- verb kill by nailing onto a cross
- emulsifies«1/5
emulsify
- verb cause to become an emulsion; make into an emulsion
- verb form into or become an emulsion
- The solution emulsified
- verb cause to become an emulsion; make into an emulsion
- misidentifies«1/5
misidentify
- verb identify incorrectly
mistake.
- Don't mistake her for her twin sister
- verb identify incorrectly
- wharfies«1/5
- calcifies«1/5
calcify
- verb become impregnated with calcium salts
- verb become inflexible and unchanging
- Old folks can calcify
- verb become impregnated with calcium salts
- acidifies«1/5
acidify
- verb make sour or more sour
sour; acetify; acidulate.
- verb turn acidic
acetify.
- the solution acetified
- verb make sour or more sour
- fructifies«1/5
fructify
- verb become productive or fruitful
- The seeds fructified
- verb make productive or fruitful
- The earth that he fructified
- verb become productive or fruitful
- reclassifies«1/5
reclassify
- verb classify anew, change the previous classification
- The zoologists had to reclassify the mollusks after they found new species
- verb classify anew, change the previous classification
- mollifies«1/5
mollify
- verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
gruntle; placate; appease; conciliate; assuage; gentle; pacify; lenify.
- She managed to mollify the angry customer
- verb make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate
season; temper.
- she tempered her criticism
- verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
- putrefies«1/5
putrefy
- verb become putrid; decay with an offensive smell
- organic matter putrefies
- verb become putrid; decay with an offensive smell
- revivifies«1/5
revivify
- verb give new life or energy to
repair; recreate; reanimate; revive; renovate; vivify; animate; quicken.
- A hot soup will revive me
- This will renovate my spirits
- This treatment repaired my health
- verb give new life or energy to
- jiffies«1/5
jiffy
- noun a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
instant; wink; blink of an eye; flash; New York minute; twinkling; heartbeat; split second; trice.
- if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash
- noun a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
- transmogrifies«1/5
transmogrify
- verb change completely the nature or appearance of
transfigure; metamorphose.
- In Kafka's story, a person metamorphoses into a bug
- The treatment and diet transfigured her into a beautiful young woman
- Jesus was transfigured after his resurrection
- verb change completely the nature or appearance of
Suffixes of fies
- fiesta«Word Popularity Bar3/5
fiesta
- noun an elaborate party (often outdoors)
fete; feast.
- noun an elaborate party (often outdoors)
- fiestas«2/5
fiesta
- noun an elaborate party (often outdoors)
fete; feast.
- noun an elaborate party (often outdoors)
- fiesole«2/5
- fiest«1/5
fy
A word which expresses blame, dislike, disapprobation, abhorrence, or contempt. See Fie .
Derived words of fies
- goofiest«Word Popularity Bar1/5
goofy
- noun a cartoon character created by Walt Disney
- adjective satellite ludicrous, foolish
cockamamie; wacky; sappy; whacky; silly; zany; cockamamy.
- gave me a cockamamie reason for not going
- wore a goofy hat
- a silly idea
- some wacky plan for selling more books
- noun a cartoon character created by Walt Disney
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About Prefix and Suffix Words
This page lists all the words created by adding prefixes, suffixes to the word `fies`. 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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