ishes: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of ishes
- wishes«Word Popularity Bar5/5
wish
- noun a specific feeling of desire
wishing; want.
- he got his wish
- he was above all wishing and desire
- noun an expression of some desire or inclination
indirect request.
- I could tell that it was his wish that the guests leave
- his crying was an indirect request for attention
- noun a specific feeling of desire
- dishes«5/5
dish
- noun a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food
- we gave them a set of dishes for a wedding present
- noun a particular item of prepared food
- she prepared a special dish for dinner
- noun a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food
- establishes«4/5
establish
- verb set up or found
found; set up; launch.
- She set up a literacy program
- verb set up or lay the groundwork for
constitute; found; plant; institute.
- establish a new department
- verb set up or found
- distinguishes«4/5
distinguish
- verb mark as different
secernate; severalise; separate; severalize; tell apart; differentiate; tell; secern.
- We distinguish several kinds of maple
- verb detect with the senses
recognize; spot; make out; tell apart; recognise; pick out; discern.
- The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards
- I can't make out the faces in this photograph
- verb mark as different
- fishes«4/5
fish
- noun any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
- the shark is a large fish
- in the living room there was a tank of colorful fish
- noun the flesh of fish used as food
- in Japan most fish is eaten raw
- after the scare about foot-and-mouth disease a lot of people started eating fish instead of meat
- they have a chef who specializes in fish
- noun any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
- publishes«4/5
publish
- verb put into print
print.
- The newspaper published the news of the royal couple's divorce
- These news should not be printed
- verb prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
bring out; release; issue; put out.
- publish a magazine or newspaper
- verb put into print
- finishes«4/5
finish
- noun a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance)
finishing; coating.
- the boat had a metallic finish
- he applied a coat of a clear finish
- when the finish is too thin it is difficult to apply evenly
- noun the temporal end; the concluding time
last; finis; finale; close; stopping point; conclusion.
- the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell
- the market was up at the finish
- they were playing better at the close of the season
- noun a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance)
- parishes«4/5
parish
- noun a local church community
- noun the local subdivision of a diocese committed to one pastor
- noun a local church community
- diminishes«4/5
diminish
- verb decrease in size, extent, or range
fall; decrease; lessen.
- The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester
- The cabin pressure fell dramatically
- her weight fell to under a hundred pounds
- his voice fell to a whisper
- verb lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of
belittle.
- don't belittle your colleagues
- verb decrease in size, extent, or range
- vanishes«3/5
vanish
- verb get lost, as without warning or explanation
go away; disappear.
- He disappeared without a trace
- verb become invisible or unnoticeable
go away; disappear.
- The effect vanished when day broke
- verb get lost, as without warning or explanation
- furnishes«3/5
furnish
- verb give something useful or necessary to
provide; render; supply.
- We provided the room with an electrical heater
- verb provide or equip with furniture
- We furnished the house in the Biedermeyer style
- verb give something useful or necessary to
- accomplishes«3/5
accomplish
- verb put in effect
fulfil; execute; carry out; carry through; action; fulfill.
- carry out a task
- execute the decision of the people
- He actioned the operation
- verb to gain with effort
reach; attain; achieve.
- she achieved her goal despite setbacks
- verb put in effect
- flourishes«3/5
flourish
- noun a showy gesture
- she entered with a great flourish
- noun an ornamental embellishment in writing
- noun a showy gesture
- skirmishes«3/5
skirmish
- noun a minor short-term fight
encounter; brush; clash.
- verb engage in a skirmish
- noun a minor short-term fight
- punishes«3/5
punish
- verb impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on
penalize; penalise.
- The students were penalized for showing up late for class
- we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again
- verb impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on
- nourishes«3/5
nourish
- verb provide with nourishment
nurture; sustain.
- We sustained ourselves on bread and water
- This kind of food is not nourishing for young children
- verb give nourishment to
nutrify; aliment.
- verb provide with nourishment
- blemishes«3/5
blemish
- noun a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)
defect; mar.
- a facial blemish
- verb mar or spoil the appearance of
deface; disfigure.
- scars defaced her cheeks
- The vandals disfigured the statue
- noun a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)
- radishes«2/5
radish
- noun pungent fleshy edible root
- noun radish of Japan with a long hard durable root eaten raw or cooked
Japanese radish; Raphanus sativus longipinnatus; daikon.
- noun pungent fleshy edible root
- dervishes«2/5
dervish
- noun an ascetic Muslim monk; a member of an order noted for devotional exercises involving bodily movements
- noun an ascetic Muslim monk; a member of an order noted for devotional exercises involving bodily movements
- perishes«2/5
perish
- verb pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
decease; give-up the ghost; pop off; die; buy the farm; snuff it; choke; drop dead; pass away; expire; exit; croak; pass; go; kick the bucket; conk; cash in one's chips.
- She died from cancer
- The children perished in the fire
- The patient went peacefully
- The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102
- verb pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- admonishes«2/5
admonish
- verb admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior
warn; discourage; monish.
- I warned him not to go too far
- I warn you against false assumptions
- She warned him to be quiet
- verb warn strongly; put on guard
monish; caution.
- verb admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior
- abolishes«2/5
abolish
- verb do away with
get rid of.
- Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia
- verb do away with
- cherishes«2/5
cherish
- verb be fond of; be attached to
treasure; hold dear; care for.
- verb be fond of; be attached to
- fetishes«2/5
fetish
- noun a form of sexual desire in which gratification depends to an abnormal degree on some object or item of clothing or part of the body
- common male fetishes are breasts, legs, hair, shoes, and underwear
- noun a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers
juju; voodoo; hoodoo; fetich.
- noun a form of sexual desire in which gratification depends to an abnormal degree on some object or item of clothing or part of the body
- englishes«2/5
english
- noun an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries
English language.
- noun the people of England
English people.
- noun an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries
- varnishes«2/5
varnish
- noun a coating that provides a hard, lustrous, transparent finish to a surface
- verb cover with varnish
seal.
- noun a coating that provides a hard, lustrous, transparent finish to a surface
- relishes«2/5
relish
- noun vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment
zestfulness; gusto; zest.
- noun spicy or savory condiment
- noun vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment
- relinquishes«2/5
relinquish
- verb part with a possession or right
release; give up; free; resign.
- I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest
- resign a claim to the throne
- verb do without or cease to hold or adhere to
foreswear; forego; waive; forgo; dispense with.
- We are dispensing with formalities
- relinquish the old ideas
- verb part with a possession or right
- polishes«2/5
polish
- noun the property of being smooth and shiny
glossiness; burnish; gloss.
- noun a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality
culture; cultivation; finish; refinement.
- they performed with great polish
- I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose
- almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art"--Joseph Conrad
- noun the property of being smooth and shiny
- extinguishes«2/5
extinguish
- verb put an end to; kill
snuff out.
- The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children
- verb put out, as of fires, flames, or lights
snuff out; blow out; quench.
- Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained
- quench the flames
- snuff out the candles
- verb put an end to; kill
- banishes«2/5
banish
- verb expel from a community or group
ostracize; blackball; shun; cast out; ban; ostracise.
- verb ban from a place of residence, as for punishment
ban.
- verb expel from a community or group
- astonishes«2/5
astonish
- verb affect with wonder
amaze; astound.
- Your ability to speak six languages amazes me!
- verb affect with wonder
- garnishes«2/5
garnish
- noun something (such as parsley) added to a dish for flavor or decoration
- noun any decoration added as a trimming or adornment
- noun something (such as parsley) added to a dish for flavor or decoration
- languishes«2/5
languish
- verb lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
waste; pine away.
- After her husband died, she just pined away
- verb have a desire for something or someone who is not present
ache; yearn; pine; yen.
- She ached for a cigarette
- I am pining for my lover
- verb lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
- demolishes«2/5
demolish
- verb destroy completely
pulverise; pulverize.
- the wrecking ball demolished the building
- demolish your enemies
- pulverize the rebellion before it gets out of hand
- verb humiliate or depress completely
crush; smash.
- She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation
- The death of her son smashed her
- verb destroy completely
- embellishes«2/5
embellish
- verb add details to
dramatize; dramatise; blow up; pad; embroider; lard; aggrandise; aggrandize.
- verb be beautiful to look at
deck; beautify; decorate; grace; adorn.
- Flowers adorned the tables everywhere
- verb add details to
- replenishes«2/5
replenish
- verb fill something that had previously been emptied
refill; fill again.
- refill my glass, please
- verb fill something that had previously been emptied
- reestablishes«2/5
reestablish
- verb bring back into original existence, use, function, or position
restore; reinstate.
- restore law and order
- reestablish peace in the region
- restore the emperor to the throne
- verb bring back into original existence, use, function, or position
- impoverishes«1/5
impoverish
- verb make poor
- verb take away
deprive.
- verb make poor
- lavishes«1/5
lavish
- verb expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns
shower.
- He was showered with praise
- adjective satellite very generous
overgenerous; unstinting; unstinted; munificent; too-generous; unsparing.
- distributed gifts with a lavish hand
- the critics were lavish in their praise
- a munificent gift
- his father gave him a half-dollar and his mother a quarter and he thought them munificent
- prodigal praise
- unsparing generosity
- his unstinted devotion
- called for unstinting aid to Britain
- verb expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns
- catfishes«1/5
catfish
- noun flesh of scaleless food fish of the southern United States; often farmed
mudcat.
- noun large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins
wolf fish; wolffish.
- noun flesh of scaleless food fish of the southern United States; often farmed
- brandishes«1/5
brandish
- noun the act of waving
flourish.
- verb move or swing back and forth
flourish; wave.
- She waved her gun
- noun the act of waving
- tarnishes«1/5
tarnish
- noun discoloration of metal surface caused by oxidation
- verb make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically
sully; stain; maculate; defile.
- The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air
- Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man
- noun discoloration of metal surface caused by oxidation
- vanquishes«1/5
vanquish
- verb come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
shell; beat; trounce; crush; beat out.
- Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship
- We beat the competition
- Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game
- verb come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
- swishes«1/5
swish
- noun a brushing or rustling sound
- verb move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound
swosh; lap; swoosh.
- The bubbles swoshed around in the glass
- The curtain swooshed open
- noun a brushing or rustling sound
- hagfishes«1/5
hagfish
- noun eellike cyclostome having a tongue with horny teeth in a round mouth surrounded by eight tentacles; feeds on dead or trapped fishes by boring into their bodies
slime eels; hag.
- noun eellike cyclostome having a tongue with horny teeth in a round mouth surrounded by eight tentacles; feeds on dead or trapped fishes by boring into their bodies
- lungfishes«1/5
lungfish
- noun air-breathing fish having an elongated body and fleshy paired fins; certain species construct mucus-lined mud coverings in which to survive drought
- noun air-breathing fish having an elongated body and fleshy paired fins; certain species construct mucus-lined mud coverings in which to survive drought
- ravishes«1/5
ravish
- verb force (someone) to have sex against their will
violate; dishonor; assault; dishonour; outrage; rape.
- The woman was raped on her way home at night
- verb hold spellbound
enthrall; delight; enthral; enrapture; enchant; transport.
- verb force (someone) to have sex against their will
- knishes«1/5
knish
- noun (Yiddish) a baked or fried turnover filled with potato or meat or cheese; often eaten as a snack
- noun (Yiddish) a baked or fried turnover filled with potato or meat or cheese; often eaten as a snack
- anguishes«1/5
anguish
- noun extreme mental distress
torment; torture.
- noun extreme distress of body or mind
- noun extreme mental distress
- starfishes«1/5
starfish
- noun echinoderms characterized by five arms extending from a central disk
sea star.
- noun echinoderms characterized by five arms extending from a central disk
- cavendishes«1/5
cavendish
- noun British chemist and physicist who established that water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen and who calculated the density of the earth (1731-1810)
Henry Cavendish.
- noun British chemist and physicist who established that water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen and who calculated the density of the earth (1731-1810)
- flatfishes«1/5
flatfish
- noun sweet lean whitish flesh of any of numerous thin-bodied fish; usually served as thin fillets
- noun any of several families of fishes having flattened bodies that swim along the sea floor on one side of the body with both eyes on the upper side
- noun sweet lean whitish flesh of any of numerous thin-bodied fish; usually served as thin fillets
- crayfishes«1/5
crayfish
- noun warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California
rock lobster; spiny lobster; langouste.
- noun tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly
crawfish; ecrevisse; crawdad.
- noun warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California
- jellyfishes«1/5
jellyfish
- noun large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentacles
Portuguese man-of-war; man-of-war.
- noun any of numerous usually marine and free-swimming coelenterates that constitute the sexually reproductive forms of hydrozoans and scyphozoans
- noun large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentacles
- sunfishes«1/5
sunfish
- noun the lean flesh of any of numerous American perch-like fishes of the family Centrarchidae
- noun among the largest bony fish; pelagic fish having an oval compressed body with high dorsal and anal fins and caudal fin reduced to a rudder-like lobe; worldwide in warm waters
mola; headfish; ocean sunfish.
- noun the lean flesh of any of numerous American perch-like fishes of the family Centrarchidae
- danishes«1/5
danish
- noun a Scandinavian language that is the official language of Denmark
- noun light sweet yeast-raised roll usually filled with fruits or cheese
danish pastry.
- noun a Scandinavian language that is the official language of Denmark
- damselfishes«1/5
damselfish
- noun small brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes of coral reefs
demoiselle.
- noun small brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes of coral reefs
- squishes«1/5
squish
- noun the noise of soft mud being walked on
- verb walk through mud or mire
slosh; splosh; splash; squelch; slop.
- We had to splosh across the wet meadow
- noun the noise of soft mud being walked on
- burnishes«1/5
burnish
- noun the property of being smooth and shiny
glossiness; polish; gloss.
- verb polish and make shiny
furbish; buff.
- buff the wooden floors
- buff my shoes
- noun the property of being smooth and shiny
- republishes«1/5
republish
- verb publish again
- The scientist republished his results after he made some corrections
- verb revive (a cancelled will or a libel)
- verb publish again
- parrotfishes«1/5
parrotfish
- noun gaudy tropical fishes with parrotlike beaks formed by fusion of teeth
pollyfish; polly fish.
- noun gaudy tropical fishes with parrotlike beaks formed by fusion of teeth
- butterflyfishes«1/5
butterflyfish
- noun tropical fish with huge fanlike pectoral fins for underwater gliding; unrelated to searobins
flying gurnard; flying robin.
- noun tropical fish with huge fanlike pectoral fins for underwater gliding; unrelated to searobins
- refurbishes«1/5
refurbish
- verb make brighter and prettier
renovate; freshen up.
- we refurbished the guest wing
- My wife wants us to renovate
- verb make brighter and prettier
- angelfishes«1/5
angelfish
- noun a butterfly fish of the genus Pomacanthus
- noun deep-bodied disk-shaped food fish of warmer western Atlantic coastal waters
Chaetodipterus faber; spadefish.
- noun a butterfly fish of the genus Pomacanthus
- surgeonfishes«1/5
surgeonfish
- noun brightly colored coral-reef fish with knifelike spines at the tail
- noun brightly colored coral-reef fish with knifelike spines at the tail
- rockfishes«1/5
rockfish
- noun the lean flesh of any of various valuable market fish caught among rocks
- noun marine food fish found among rocks along the northern coasts of Europe and America
- noun the lean flesh of any of various valuable market fish caught among rocks
Derived words of ishes
- foolishest«Word Popularity Bar1/5
foolish
- adjective devoid of good sense or judgment
- foolish remarks
- a foolish decision
- adjective satellite having or revealing stupidity
goosey; dopy; goosy; anserine; dopey; jerky; gooselike.
- ridiculous anserine behavior
- a dopey answer
- a dopey kid
- some fool idea about rewriting authors' books
- adjective devoid of good sense or judgment
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About Prefix and Suffix Words
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About Prefix and Suffix Words
This page lists all the words created by adding prefixes, suffixes to the word `ishes`. 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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