rier: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of rier
- barrier«Word Popularity Bar5/5
barrier
- noun a structure or object that impedes free movement
- noun any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective
roadblock.
- intolerance is a barrier to understanding
- noun a structure or object that impedes free movement
- carrier5/5
carrier
- noun someone whose employment involves carrying something
toter; bearer.
- the bonds were transmitted by carrier
- noun a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something
- refrigerated carriers have revolutionized the grocery business
- noun someone whose employment involves carrying something
- fourier4/5
fourier
- noun French mathematician who developed Fourier analysis and studied the conduction of heat (1768-1830)
Baron Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier; Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier.
- noun French sociologist and reformer who hoped to achieve universal harmony by reorganizing society (1772-1837)
Charles Fourier; Francois Marie Charles Fourier.
- noun French mathematician who developed Fourier analysis and studied the conduction of heat (1768-1830)
- courier4/5
courier
- noun a person who carries a message
messenger.
- noun a person who carries a message
- drier3/5
drier
- noun a substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture)
siccative; drying agent; desiccant.
- noun an appliance that removes moisture
dryer.
- noun a substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture)
- terrier3/5
terrier
- noun any of several usually small short-bodied breeds originally trained to hunt animals living underground
- noun any of several usually small short-bodied breeds originally trained to hunt animals living underground
- trier3/5
trier
- noun one (as a judge) who examines and settles a case
- noun one who tries
essayer; attempter.
- noun one (as a judge) who examines and settles a case
- angrier3/5
angry
- adjective feeling or showing anger
- angry at the weather
- angry customers
- an angry silence
- sending angry letters to the papers
- adjective satellite (of the elements) as if showing violent anger
furious; raging; wild; tempestuous.
- angry clouds on the horizon
- furious winds
- the raging sea
- adjective feeling or showing anger
- laurier2/5
laurier
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- ferrier2/5
ferry
- noun a boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of water and operates on a regular schedule
ferryboat.
- noun transport by boat or aircraft
ferrying.
- noun a boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of water and operates on a regular schedule
- crier2/5
crier
- noun a person who weeps
weeper.
- noun (formerly) an official who made public announcements
town crier.
- noun a person who weeps
- harrier2/5
harrier
- noun a persistent attacker
harasser.
- the harassers were not members of the regular army
- noun a hound that resembles a foxhound but is smaller; used to hunt rabbits
- noun a persistent attacker
- currier2/5
currier
- noun a craftsman who curries leather for use
- noun United States lithographer who (with his partner James Ives) produced thousands of prints signed `Currier & Ives' (1813-1888)
Nathaniel Currier.
- noun a craftsman who curries leather for use
- perrier2/5
perry
- noun a fermented and often effervescent beverage made from juice of pears; similar in taste to hard cider
- noun United States philosopher (1876-1957)
Ralph Barton Perry.
- noun a fermented and often effervescent beverage made from juice of pears; similar in taste to hard cider
- brier2/5
brier
- noun tangled mass of prickly plants
brier patch; brierpatch.
- noun a thorny stem or twig
- noun tangled mass of prickly plants
- subcarrier2/5
subcarrier
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- maurier2/5
maurier
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- farrier2/5
farrier
- noun a person who shoes horses
horseshoer.
- noun a person who shoes horses
- merrier2/5
merry
- adjective satellite full of or showing high-spirited merriment
jocund; gay; mirthful; jolly; jovial.
- when hearts were young and gay
- a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company"- Wordsworth
- the jolly crowd at the reunion
- jolly old Saint Nick
- a jovial old gentleman
- have a merry Christmas
- peals of merry laughter
- a mirthful laugh
- adjective satellite offering fun and gaiety
festal; gay; festive.
- a festive (or festal) occasion
- gay and exciting night life
- a merry evening
- adjective satellite full of or showing high-spirited merriment
- couturier2/5
couturier
- noun someone who designs clothing
fashion designer; designer; clothes designer.
- noun someone who designs clothing
- hungrier2/5
hungry
- adjective feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food
- a world full of hungry people
- adjective satellite (usually followed by `for') extremely desirous
athirst; thirsty.
- athirst for knowledge
- hungry for recognition
- thirsty for informaton
- adjective feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food
- scarier2/5
scary
- adjective satellite provoking fear terror
shivery; shuddery; chilling; scarey.
- a scary movie
- the most terrible and shuddery...tales of murder and revenge
- adjective satellite provoking fear terror
- greenbrier2/5
greenbrier
- noun a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries
catbrier; horse brier; Smilax rotundifolia; briar; bullbrier; brier; horse-brier.
- noun a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries
- worrier2/5
worrier
- noun thinks about unfortunate things that might happen
fuss-budget; worrywart; fusspot.
- noun thinks about unfortunate things that might happen
- frier2/5
frier
- noun flesh of a medium-sized young chicken suitable for frying
pullet; fryer.
- noun flesh of a medium-sized young chicken suitable for frying
- ouvrier2/5
ouvrier
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- sorrier2/5
sorry
- adjective feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
bad; regretful.
- felt regretful over his vanished youth
- regretful over mistakes she had made
- he felt bad about breaking the vase
- adjective satellite bad; unfortunate
distressing; sad; pitiful; lamentable; deplorable.
- my finances were in a deplorable state
- a lamentable decision
- her clothes were in sad shape
- a sorry state of affairs
- adjective feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
- quarrier1/5
quarrier
- noun a man who works in a quarry
quarryman.
- noun a man who works in a quarry
- furrier1/5
furrier
- noun someone whose occupation is making or repairing fur garments
cloakmaker.
- adjective satellite covered with a dense coat of fine silky hairs
furry; furred.
- furred animals
- a furry teddy bear
- noun someone whose occupation is making or repairing fur garments
- spurrier1/5
spurrier
One whose occupation is to make spurs. B. Jonson. "The saddlers and spurriers would be ruined by thousands." Macaulay.
- leverrier1/5
- tarrier1/5
tarry
- verb be about
loaf; footle; mess about; lallygag; linger; lollygag; lurk; mill about; hang around; lounge; loiter; mill around.
- The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square
- Who is this man that is hanging around the department?
- verb leave slowly and hesitantly
linger.
- verb be about
- prier1/5
pry
- noun a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge
pry bar; wrecking bar; crowbar.
- verb to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
lever; prise; jimmy; prize.
- The burglar jimmied the lock": "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail
- noun a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge
- charrier1/5
charry
Pertaining to charcoal, or partaking of its qualities.
- destrier1/5
destrier
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- drearier1/5
dreary
- adjective satellite lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise
drab.
- her drab personality
- life was drab compared with the more exciting life style overseas
- a series of dreary dinner parties
- adjective satellite causing dejection
blue; dingy; drear; disconsolate; dark; gloomy; dismal; drab; sorry; grim.
- a blue day
- the dark days of the war
- a week of rainy depressing weather
- a disconsolate winter landscape
- the first dismal dispiriting days of November
- a dark gloomy day
- grim rainy weather
- adjective satellite lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise
- cheerier1/5
cheery
- adjective satellite bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
sunny; gay.
- a cheery hello
- a gay sunny room
- a sunny smile
- adjective satellite bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
- hairier1/5
hairy
- adjective having or covered with hair
haired; hirsute.
- Jacob was a hairy man
- a hairy caterpillar
- adjective satellite hazardous and frightening
- hairy moments in the mountains
- adjective having or covered with hair
- wearier1/5
weary
- verb exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
wear out; tire; wear down; jade; fag out; fatigue; wear; tire out; outwear; fag; wear upon.
- We wore ourselves out on this hike
- verb lose interest or become bored with something or somebody
jade; fatigue; pall; tire.
- I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food
- verb exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
- varier1/5
vary
- verb become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
alter; change.
- her mood changes in accordance with the weather
- The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season
- verb be at variance with; be out of line with
depart; deviate; diverge.
- verb become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
- airier1/5
airy
- adjective satellite open to or abounding in fresh air
aired.
- airy rooms
- adjective satellite not practical or realizable; speculative
windy; visionary; impractical; Laputan.
- airy theories about socioeconomic improvement
- visionary schemes for getting rich
- adjective satellite open to or abounding in fresh air
- charier1/5
chary
- adjective satellite characterized by great caution and wariness
cagy; cagey.
- a cagey avoidance of a definite answer
- chary of the risks involved
- a chary investor
- adjective satellite characterized by great caution and wariness
- warier1/5
wary
- adjective marked by keen caution and watchful prudence
- they were wary in their movements
- a wary glance at the black clouds
- taught to be wary of strangers
- adjective satellite openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
untrusting; suspicious; leery; mistrustful.
- adjective marked by keen caution and watchful prudence
- intercarrier1/5
- fourrier1/5
- sweetbrier1/5
sweetbrier
- noun Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips
briar; sweetbriar; Rosa eglanteria; brier; eglantine.
- noun Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips
- querier1/5
querier
- noun someone who asks a question
questioner; enquirer; asker; inquirer.
- noun someone who asks a question
- blurrier1/5
blurry
- adjective satellite indistinct or hazy in outline
muzzy; hazy; blurred; fuzzy; foggy; bleary.
- a landscape of blurred outlines
- the trees were just blurry shapes
- adjective satellite indistinct or hazy in outline
- berrier1/5
berry
- noun any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves
- noun a small fruit having any of various structures, e.g., simple (grape or blueberry) or aggregate (blackberry or raspberry)
- noun any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves
- cherrier1/5
cherry
- noun wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black cherry
- noun any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood
cherry tree.
- noun wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black cherry
- verier1/5
very
- adjective satellite precisely as stated
- the very center of town
- adjective satellite being the exact same one; not any other:
identical; selfsame.
- this is the identical room we stayed in before
- the themes of his stories are one and the same
- saw the selfsame quotation in two newspapers
- on this very spot
- the very thing he said yesterday
- the very man I want to see
- adjective satellite precisely as stated
- ballcarrier1/5
- gorier1/5
gory
- adjective satellite covered with blood
bloodstained.
- a bloodstained shirt
- a gory dagger
- adjective satellite accompanied by bloodshed
sanguineous; sanguinary; slaughterous; butcherly.
- this bitter and sanguinary war
- adjective satellite covered with blood
- supercarrier1/5
- eerier1/5
eerie
- adjective satellite suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious
- an eerie feeling of deja vu
- adjective satellite inspiring a feeling of fear; strange and frightening
eery.
- an uncomfortable and eerie stillness in the woods
- an eerie midnight howl
- adjective satellite suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious
- roturier1/5
roturier
A person who is not of noble birth; specif., a freeman who during the prevalence of feudalism held allodial land.
Derived words of rier
- barriers«Word Popularity Bar5/5
barrier
- noun a structure or object that impedes free movement
- noun any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective
roadblock.
- intolerance is a barrier to understanding
- noun a structure or object that impedes free movement
- carriers5/5
carrier
- noun someone whose employment involves carrying something
toter; bearer.
- the bonds were transmitted by carrier
- noun a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something
- refrigerated carriers have revolutionized the grocery business
- noun someone whose employment involves carrying something
- couriers3/5
courier
- noun a person who carries a message
messenger.
- noun a person who carries a message
- terriers2/5
terrier
- noun any of several usually small short-bodied breeds originally trained to hunt animals living underground
- noun any of several usually small short-bodied breeds originally trained to hunt animals living underground
- harriers2/5
harrier
- noun a persistent attacker
harasser.
- the harassers were not members of the regular army
- noun a hound that resembles a foxhound but is smaller; used to hunt rabbits
- noun a persistent attacker
- subcarriers2/5
- derriere2/5
derriere
- noun the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
bum; seat; stern; keister; tail end; prat; bottom; rear end; buns; tail; tush; rump; fanny; ass; behind; tooshie; hind end; posterior; hindquarters; butt; nates; rear; arse; buttocks; backside; can; fundament.
- he deserves a good kick in the butt
- are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?
- noun the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- briers2/5
brier
- noun tangled mass of prickly plants
brier patch; brierpatch.
- noun a thorny stem or twig
- noun tangled mass of prickly plants
- ouvriers2/5
- driers2/5
drier
- noun a substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture)
siccative; drying agent; desiccant.
- noun an appliance that removes moisture
dryer.
- noun a substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture)
- criers2/5
crier
- noun a person who weeps
weeper.
- noun (formerly) an official who made public announcements
town crier.
- noun a person who weeps
- triers1/5
trier
- noun one (as a judge) who examines and settles a case
- noun one who tries
essayer; attempter.
- noun one (as a judge) who examines and settles a case
- farriers1/5
farrier
- noun a person who shoes horses
horseshoer.
- noun a person who shoes horses
- couturiers1/5
couturier
- noun someone who designs clothing
fashion designer; designer; clothes designer.
- noun someone who designs clothing
- furriers1/5
furrier
- noun someone whose occupation is making or repairing fur garments
cloakmaker.
- adjective satellite covered with a dense coat of fine silky hairs
furry; furred.
- furred animals
- a furry teddy bear
- noun someone whose occupation is making or repairing fur garments
- arriere1/5
arriere
"That which is behind"; the rear; -- chiefly used as an adjective in the sense of behind, rear, subordinate.
- worriers1/5
worrier
- noun thinks about unfortunate things that might happen
fuss-budget; worrywart; fusspot.
- noun thinks about unfortunate things that might happen
- fourierist1/5
fourierist
One who adopts the views of Fourier.
- fourierism1/5
fourierism
The coöperative socialistic system of Charles Fourier , a Frenchman, who recommended the reorganization of society into small communities, living in common.
- friers1/5
frier
- noun flesh of a medium-sized young chicken suitable for frying
pullet; fryer.
- noun flesh of a medium-sized young chicken suitable for frying
- arrieros1/5
- couriered1/5
courier
- noun a person who carries a message
messenger.
- noun a person who carries a message
- curriers1/5
currier
- noun United States lithographer who (with his partner James Ives) produced thousands of prints signed `Currier & Ives' (1813-1888)
Nathaniel Currier.
- noun a craftsman who curries leather for use
- noun United States lithographer who (with his partner James Ives) produced thousands of prints signed `Currier & Ives' (1813-1888)
- arriero1/5
arriero
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- fourierists1/5
- noncarriers1/5
- briery1/5
briery
- adjective satellite having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
barbed; burry; briary; bristly; setaceous; thorny; barbellate; prickly; spiny; burred; setose; bristled.
- a horse with a short bristly mane
- bristly shrubs
- burred fruits
- setaceous whiskers
- adjective satellite having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
- quarriers1/5
quarrier
- noun a man who works in a quarry
quarryman.
- noun a man who works in a quarry
- farriery1/5
farriery
The art of shoeing horses.
- trierarch1/5
trierarch
(Gr. Antiq.) (a) The commander of a trireme. (b) At Athens, one who (singly, or jointly with other citizens) had to fit out a trireme for the public service.
- couturiere1/5
couturiere
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- destriers1/5
destriers
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- derrieres1/5
derriere
- noun the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
bum; seat; stern; keister; tail end; prat; bottom; rear end; buns; tail; tush; rump; fanny; ass; behind; tooshie; hind end; posterior; hindquarters; butt; nates; rear; arse; buttocks; backside; can; fundament.
- he deserves a good kick in the butt
- are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?
- noun the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- trierarchs1/5
trierarch
(Gr. Antiq.) (a) The commander of a trireme. (b) At Athens, one who (singly, or jointly with other citizens) had to fit out a trireme for the public service.
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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 `rier`. 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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