sky: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of sky
- chomsky«Word Popularity Bar4/5
chomsky
- noun United States linguist whose theory of generative grammar redefined the field of linguistics (born 1928)
A. Noam Chomsky; Noam Chomsky.
- noun United States linguist whose theory of generative grammar redefined the field of linguistics (born 1928)
- risky4/5
risky
- adjective satellite involving risk or danger
wild; hazardous.
- skydiving is a hazardous sport
- extremely risky going out in the tide and fog
- a wild financial scheme
- adjective satellite not financially safe or secure
speculative; bad; high-risk.
- a bad investment
- high risk investments
- anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky
- speculative business enterprises
- adjective satellite involving risk or danger
- whisky4/5
whisky
- noun a liquor made from fermented mash of grain
whiskey.
- noun a liquor made from fermented mash of grain
- trotsky3/5
trotsky
- noun Russian revolutionary and Communist theorist who helped Lenin and built up the army; he was ousted from the Communist Party by Stalin and eventually assassinated in Mexico (1879-1940)
Lev Davidovich Bronstein; Leon Trotsky.
- noun Russian revolutionary and Communist theorist who helped Lenin and built up the army; he was ousted from the Communist Party by Stalin and eventually assassinated in Mexico (1879-1940)
- dostoevsky3/5
dostoevsky
- noun Russian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor and psychological insight (1821-1881)
Dostoevski; Fyodor Dostoevski; Feodor Dostoyevsky; Feodor Dostoevski; Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky; Dostoyevsky; Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski; Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky; Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky; Fyodor Dostoevsky; Feodor Dostoevsky; Fyodor Dostoyevsky; Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky; Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski.
- noun Russian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor and psychological insight (1821-1881)
- stravinsky3/5
stravinsky
- noun composer who was born in Russia but lived in the United States after 1939 (1882-1971)
Igor Stravinsky; Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky.
- noun the music of Stravinsky
- Stravinsky no longer causes riots in the streets
- noun composer who was born in Russia but lived in the United States after 1939 (1882-1971)
- kandinsky3/5
kandinsky
- noun Russian painter who was a pioneer of abstract art (1866-1944)
Wassily Kandinski; Kandinski; Wassily Kandinsky.
- noun Russian painter who was a pioneer of abstract art (1866-1944)
- husky3/5
husky
- noun breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dog
Eskimo dog.
- adjective satellite muscular and heavily built
buirdly; beefy; burly; strapping.
- a beefy wrestler
- had a tall burly frame
- clothing sizes for husky boys
- a strapping boy of eighteen
- `buirdly' is a Scottish term
- noun breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dog
- dusky3/5
dusky
- adjective satellite lighted by or as if by twilight
twilight; twilit.
- The dusky night rides down the sky/And ushers in the morn"-Henry Fielding
- the twilight glow of the sky
- a boat on a twilit river
- adjective satellite naturally having skin of a dark color
swart; swarthy; dark-skinned.
- a dark-skinned beauty
- gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks
- a smile on his swarthy face
- `swart' is archaic
- adjective satellite lighted by or as if by twilight
- tchaikovsky3/5
tchaikovsky
- noun important Russian composer whose works are noted for their expressive melodies (1840-1893)
Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky; Peter Tchaikovsky; Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky; Pyotr Tchaikovsky.
- noun important Russian composer whose works are noted for their expressive melodies (1840-1893)
- lewinsky3/5
lewinsky
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- dostoyevsky2/5
dostoyevsky
- noun Russian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor and psychological insight (1821-1881)
Dostoevski; Fyodor Dostoevski; Feodor Dostoyevsky; Feodor Dostoevski; Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky; Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski; Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky; Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky; Dostoevsky; Fyodor Dostoevsky; Feodor Dostoevsky; Fyodor Dostoyevsky; Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky; Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski.
- noun Russian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor and psychological insight (1821-1881)
- nijinsky2/5
nijinsky
- noun Russian dancer considered by many to be the greatest dancer of the 20th century (1890-1950)
Waslaw Nijinsky; Vaslav Nijinsky.
- noun Russian dancer considered by many to be the greatest dancer of the 20th century (1890-1950)
- stanislavsky2/5
stanislavsky
- noun Russian actor and theater director who trained his actors to emphasize the psychological motivation of their roles (1863-1938)
Konstantin Sergeevich Alekseev; Konstantin Sergeyevich Stanislavsky; Konstantin Stanislavsky.
- noun Russian actor and theater director who trained his actors to emphasize the psychological motivation of their roles (1863-1938)
- kerensky2/5
kerensky
- noun Russian revolutionary who was head of state after Nicholas II abdicated but was overthrown by the Bolsheviks (1881-1970)
Aleksandr Feodorovich Kerensky.
- noun Russian revolutionary who was head of state after Nicholas II abdicated but was overthrown by the Bolsheviks (1881-1970)
- sikorsky2/5
sikorsky
- noun United States industrialist (born in Russia) who designed the first four-engine airplane and the first mass-produced helicopter (1889-1972)
Igor Sikorsky; Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky.
- noun United States industrialist (born in Russia) who designed the first four-engine airplane and the first mass-produced helicopter (1889-1972)
- tarkovsky2/5
tarkovsky
- noun Russian filmmaker (1932-1986)
Andrei Arsenevich Tarkovsky; Andrei Tarkovsky.
- noun Russian filmmaker (1932-1986)
- panofsky2/5
panofsky
- noun art historian (1892-1968)
Erwin Panofsky.
- noun art historian (1892-1968)
- mussorgsky2/5
mussorgsky
- noun Russian composer of operas and orchestral works (1839-1881)
Modest Mussorgsky; Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky; Moussorgsky; Modest Petrovich Moussorgsky; Modest Moussorgsky.
- noun Russian composer of operas and orchestral works (1839-1881)
- pesky2/5
pesky
- adjective satellite causing irritation or annoyance
pestering; nettlesome; plaguey; plaguy; galling; teasing; vexing; bothersome; vexatious; annoying; pestiferous; irritating.
- tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork
- aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport
- found it galling to have to ask permission
- an irritating delay
- nettlesome paperwork
- a pesky mosquito
- swarms of pestering gnats
- a plaguey newfangled safety catch
- a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him
- a vexatious child
- it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong
- adjective satellite causing irritation or annoyance
- musky2/5
musky
- adjective satellite resembling the smell of musk
- adjective satellite resembling the smell of musk
- frisky2/5
frisky
- adjective satellite playful like a lively kitten
kittenish.
- adjective satellite playful like a lively kitten
- blavatsky2/5
blavatsky
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- minsky2/5
minsky
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- dobzhansky2/5
- nevsky2/5
nevsky
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- lobachevsky1/5
lobachevsky
- noun Russian mathematician who independently discovered non-Euclidean geometry (1792-1856)
Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky.
- noun Russian mathematician who independently discovered non-Euclidean geometry (1792-1856)
- heyrovsky1/5
heyrovsky
- noun Czechoslovakian chemist who developed polarography (1890-1967)
Joroslav Heyrovsky.
- noun Czechoslovakian chemist who developed polarography (1890-1967)
- spassky1/5
spassky
- noun Russian chess master who moved to Paris; world champion from 1969 to 1972 (born in 1937)
Boris Spassky; Boris Vasilevich Spassky.
- noun Russian chess master who moved to Paris; world champion from 1969 to 1972 (born in 1937)
- bosky1/5
bosky
- adjective satellite covered with or consisting of bushes or thickets
brushy.
- brushy undergrowth
- `bosky' is a literary term
- a bosky park leading to a modest yet majestic plaza"- Jack Beatty
- adjective satellite covered with or consisting of bushes or thickets
- moussorgsky1/5
moussorgsky
- noun Russian composer of operas and orchestral works (1839-1881)
Modest Mussorgsky; Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky; Mussorgsky; Modest Petrovich Moussorgsky; Modest Moussorgsky.
- noun Russian composer of operas and orchestral works (1839-1881)
- dzerzhinsky1/5
dzerzhinsky
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- karnofsky1/5
- tsiolkovsky1/5
tsiolkovsky
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- kolinsky1/5
kolinsky
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- jansky1/5
jansky
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- chayefsky1/5
chayefsky
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- komensky1/5
komensky
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- glisky1/5
- vishinsky1/5
vishinsky
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- russky1/5
- esky1/5
esky
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- lusky1/5
lusky
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- tusky1/5
tusky
Having tusks. "The scar indented by the tusky oar." Dryden.
- shcharansky1/5
shcharansky
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Suffixes of sky
- skyward«Word Popularity Bar3/5
skyward
- adjective satellite directed toward heaven or the sky
heavenward.
- the soul in its heavenward flight
- adverb toward the sky
skywards.
- look skywards!
- adjective satellite directed toward heaven or the sky
- skyline3/5
skyline
- noun the outline of objects seen against the sky
- noun the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet
visible horizon; sensible horizon; horizon; apparent horizon.
- noun the outline of objects seen against the sky
- skyscrapers3/5
skyscraper
- noun a very tall building with many stories
- noun a very tall building with many stories
- skyscraper3/5
skyscraper
- noun a very tall building with many stories
- noun a very tall building with many stories
- skylight3/5
skylight
- noun a window in a roof to admit daylight
fanlight.
- noun a window in a roof to admit daylight
- skye3/5
sky
- noun the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
- verb throw or toss with a light motion
toss; flip; pitch.
- flip me the beachball
- toss me newspaper
- noun the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
- skylark2/5
skylark
- noun brown-speckled European lark noted for singing while hovering at a great height
Alauda arvensis.
- verb play boisterously
disport; rollick; cavort; romp; run around; sport; frisk; lark; lark about; frolic; gambol.
- The children frolicked in the garden
- the gamboling lambs in the meadows
- The toddlers romped in the playroom
- noun brown-speckled European lark noted for singing while hovering at a great height
- skyrocketed2/5
skyrocket
- noun propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon
rocket.
- noun sends a firework display high into the sky
rocket.
- noun propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon
- skyrocketing2/5
skyrocket
- noun propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon
rocket.
- noun sends a firework display high into the sky
rocket.
- noun propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon
- skyrocket2/5
skyrocket
- noun propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon
rocket.
- noun sends a firework display high into the sky
rocket.
- noun propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon
- skydiving2/5
skydiving
- noun performing acrobatics in free fall before pulling the ripcord of a parachute
- verb jump from an airplane and perform various maneuvers before opening one's parachute
skydive; sky dive.
- noun performing acrobatics in free fall before pulling the ripcord of a parachute
- skylab2/5
skylab
- noun United States space station; in orbit from 1973 to 1979
- noun United States space station; in orbit from 1973 to 1979
- skyway2/5
skyway
- noun a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another
air lane; airway; flight path.
- noun a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another
- skylights2/5
skylight
- noun a window in a roof to admit daylight
fanlight.
- noun a window in a roof to admit daylight
- skywards2/5
skywards
- adverb toward the sky
skyward.
- look skywards!
- adverb toward the sky
- skype2/5
skype
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- skying1/5
sky
- noun the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
- verb throw or toss with a light motion
toss; flip; pitch.
- flip me the beachball
- toss me newspaper
- noun the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
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skylark
- noun brown-speckled European lark noted for singing while hovering at a great height
Alauda arvensis.
- verb play boisterously
disport; rollick; cavort; romp; run around; sport; frisk; lark; lark about; frolic; gambol.
- The children frolicked in the garden
- the gamboling lambs in the meadows
- The toddlers romped in the playroom
- noun brown-speckled European lark noted for singing while hovering at a great height
- skylarking1/5
skylark
- noun brown-speckled European lark noted for singing while hovering at a great height
Alauda arvensis.
- verb play boisterously
disport; rollick; cavort; romp; run around; sport; frisk; lark; lark about; frolic; gambol.
- The children frolicked in the garden
- the gamboling lambs in the meadows
- The toddlers romped in the playroom
- noun brown-speckled European lark noted for singing while hovering at a great height
- skybox1/5
skybox
- noun an elevated box for viewing events at a sports stadium
- noun an elevated box for viewing events at a sports stadium
- skyboxes1/5
skybox
- noun an elevated box for viewing events at a sports stadium
- noun an elevated box for viewing events at a sports stadium
- skyrockets1/5
skyrocket
- noun propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon
rocket.
- noun sends a firework display high into the sky
rocket.
- noun propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon
- skydiver1/5
skydiver
- noun a person who jumps from a plane and performs various gymnastic maneuvers before pulling the parachute cord
- noun a person who jumps from a plane and performs various gymnastic maneuvers before pulling the parachute cord
- skydivers1/5
skydiver
- noun a person who jumps from a plane and performs various gymnastic maneuvers before pulling the parachute cord
- noun a person who jumps from a plane and performs various gymnastic maneuvers before pulling the parachute cord
- skydive1/5
skydive
- verb jump from an airplane and perform various maneuvers before opening one's parachute
sky dive.
- verb jump from an airplane and perform various maneuvers before opening one's parachute
- skywalk1/5
skywalk
- noun an elevated walkway between buildings (usually enclosed)
- noun an elevated walkway between buildings (usually enclosed)
- skywalks1/5
skywalk
- noun an elevated walkway between buildings (usually enclosed)
- noun an elevated walkway between buildings (usually enclosed)
- skylines1/5
skyline
- noun the outline of objects seen against the sky
- noun the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet
visible horizon; sensible horizon; horizon; apparent horizon.
- noun the outline of objects seen against the sky
- skyhook1/5
skyhook
- noun helicopter carrying a reel of steel cable that can be used to lift and transport heavy objects
- noun a hook that is imagined to be suspended from the sky
- noun helicopter carrying a reel of steel cable that can be used to lift and transport heavy objects
- skyjacking1/5
skyjack
- verb subject an aircraft to air piracy
- the plane was skyjacked to Uzbekistan
- verb subject an aircraft to air piracy
- skyhooks1/5
skyhook
- noun helicopter carrying a reel of steel cable that can be used to lift and transport heavy objects
- noun a hook that is imagined to be suspended from the sky
- noun helicopter carrying a reel of steel cable that can be used to lift and transport heavy objects
- skysail1/5
skysail
- noun the sail above the royal on a square-rigger
- noun the sail above the royal on a square-rigger
- skyjackings1/5
skyjack
- verb subject an aircraft to air piracy
- the plane was skyjacked to Uzbekistan
- verb subject an aircraft to air piracy
- skyways1/5
skyway
- noun a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another
air lane; airway; flight path.
- noun a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another
- skywriting1/5
skywriting
- noun writing formed in the sky by smoke released from an airplane
- noun writing formed in the sky by smoke released from an airplane
- skycap1/5
skycap
- noun a porter who helps passengers with their baggage at an airport
- noun a porter who helps passengers with their baggage at an airport
- skyros1/5
- skyphos1/5
- skylit1/5
skylit
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- skyscape1/5
skyscape
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- skyey1/5
skyey
Like the sky; ethereal; being in the sky. "Skyey regions." Thackeray.Sublime on the towers of my skyey bowers, Lightning, my pilot, sits. Shelley.
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- skyphoi1/5
- skywave1/5
- skyscraping1/5
skyscraping
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- skylighted1/5
skylight
- noun a window in a roof to admit daylight
fanlight.
- noun a window in a roof to admit daylight
- skyjacker1/5
skyjack
- verb subject an aircraft to air piracy
- the plane was skyjacked to Uzbekistan
- verb subject an aircraft to air piracy
- skyscapes1/5
Derived words of sky
- trotskyist«Word Popularity Bar2/5
trotskyist
- noun radicals who support Trotsky's theory that socialism must be established throughout the world by continuing revolution
Trotskyite; Trot.
- noun radicals who support Trotsky's theory that socialism must be established throughout the world by continuing revolution
- trotskyists2/5
trotskyist
- noun radicals who support Trotsky's theory that socialism must be established throughout the world by continuing revolution
Trotskyite; Trot.
- noun radicals who support Trotsky's theory that socialism must be established throughout the world by continuing revolution
- trotskyite2/5
trotskyite
- noun radicals who support Trotsky's theory that socialism must be established throughout the world by continuing revolution
Trotskyist; Trot.
- noun radicals who support Trotsky's theory that socialism must be established throughout the world by continuing revolution
- trotskyism2/5
trotskyism
- noun the form of communism advocated by Leon Trotsky; calls for immediate worldwide revolution by the proletariat
- noun the form of communism advocated by Leon Trotsky; calls for immediate worldwide revolution by the proletariat
- trotskyites1/5
trotskyite
- noun radicals who support Trotsky's theory that socialism must be established throughout the world by continuing revolution
Trotskyist; Trot.
- noun radicals who support Trotsky's theory that socialism must be established throughout the world by continuing revolution
- chomskyan1/5
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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 `sky`. 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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