merit: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of merit
- demerit«Word Popularity Bar2/5
demerit
- noun a mark against a person for misconduct or failure; usually given in school or armed forces
- ten demerits and he loses his privileges
- noun the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection
fault.
- they discussed the merits and demerits of her novel
- he knew his own faults much better than she did
- noun a mark against a person for misconduct or failure; usually given in school or armed forces
- emerit1/5
emerit
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
Suffixes of merit
- merits«Word Popularity Bar5/5
merit
- noun any admirable quality or attribute
virtue.
- work of great merit
- noun the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance)
deservingness; meritoriousness.
- there were many children whose deservingness he recognized and rewarded
- noun any admirable quality or attribute
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meritorious
- adjective satellite deserving reward or praise
meritable.
- a lifetime of meritorious service
- meritorious conduct
- adjective satellite deserving reward or praise
- merited3/5
merited
- adjective properly deserved
deserved.
- a merited success
- verb be worthy or deserving
deserve; merit.
- You deserve a promotion after all the hard work you have done
- adjective properly deserved
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merit
- noun any admirable quality or attribute
virtue.
- work of great merit
- noun the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance)
deservingness; meritoriousness.
- there were many children whose deservingness he recognized and rewarded
- noun any admirable quality or attribute
- meritocracy2/5
meritocracy
- noun a form of social system in which power goes to those with superior intellects
- noun the belief that rulers should be chosen for their superior abilities and not because of their wealth or birth
- noun a form of social system in which power goes to those with superior intellects
- meritocratic2/5
meritocratic
- adjective relating to or characteristic of a meritocracy
- meritocratic society
- adjective relating to or characteristic of a meritocracy
- meritoriousness1/5
meritoriousness
- noun the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance)
deservingness; merit.
- there were many children whose deservingness he recognized and rewarded
- noun the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance)
- meritoriously1/5
meritoriously
- adverb in a meritorious manner
- he served his country meritoriously
- adverb in a meritorious manner
- meritless1/5
meritless
- adjective satellite without merit
no-good; no-account; good-for-naught; no-count; sorry; good-for-nothing.
- a sorry horse
- a sorry excuse
- a lazy no-count, good-for-nothing goldbrick
- the car was a no-good piece of junk
- adjective satellite without merit
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meritocracy
- noun a form of social system in which power goes to those with superior intellects
- noun the belief that rulers should be chosen for their superior abilities and not because of their wealth or birth
- noun a form of social system in which power goes to those with superior intellects
- meriti1/5
meriti
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Derived words of merit
- emeritus«Word Popularity Bar3/5
emeritus
- noun a professor or minister who is retired from assigned duties
- adjective satellite honorably retired from assigned duties and retaining your title along with the additional title `emeritus' as in `professor emeritus'
- noun a professor or minister who is retired from assigned duties
- demerits2/5
demerit
- noun a mark against a person for misconduct or failure; usually given in school or armed forces
- ten demerits and he loses his privileges
- noun the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection
fault.
- they discussed the merits and demerits of her novel
- he knew his own faults much better than she did
- noun a mark against a person for misconduct or failure; usually given in school or armed forces
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unmerited
- adjective not merited or deserved
- received an unmerited honorary degree
- adjective satellite not merited
- unmerited treatment of a potentially fine subject
- adjective not merited or deserved
- temerity2/5
temerity
- noun fearless daring
audacity; audaciousness.
- noun fearless daring
- emerita2/5
emerita
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- unmeritorious1/5
unmeritorious
- adjective satellite without merit
- protect...from unmeritorious criticism
- adjective satellite without merit
- emeriti1/5
emeriti
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- micromeritics1/5
- demeritorious1/5
- nonmeritorious1/5
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About Prefix and Suffix Words
This page lists all the words created by adding prefixes, suffixes to the word `merit`. 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 `merit`, some are not.
You can click on each word to see it's meaning.
About Prefix and Suffix Words
This page lists all the words created by adding prefixes, suffixes to the word `merit`. 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 `merit`, some are not.
You can click on each word to see it's meaning.