using: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of using
- causing«Word Popularity Bar5/5
causing
- noun the act of causing something to happen
causation.
- verb give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
do; make; cause.
- cause a commotion
- make a stir
- cause an accident
- noun the act of causing something to happen
- refusing5/5
refuse
- noun food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)
scraps; food waste; garbage.
- verb show unwillingness towards
decline.
- he declined to join the group on a hike
- noun food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)
- focusing5/5
focusing
- noun the concentration of attention or energy on something
direction; centering; focussing; focus; focal point.
- the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology
- he had no direction in his life
- noun the act of bringing into focus
focalization; focalisation.
- noun the concentration of attention or energy on something
- housing5/5
housing
- noun structures collectively in which people are housed
living accommodations; lodging.
- noun a protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component
- noun structures collectively in which people are housed
- confusing4/5
confusing
- adjective satellite causing confusion or disorientation
- a confusing jumble of road signs
- being hospitalized can be confusing and distressing for a small child
- verb mistake one thing for another
confound; confuse.
- you are confusing me with the other candidate
- I mistook her for the secretary
- adjective satellite causing confusion or disorientation
- amusing4/5
amusing
- adjective satellite providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining
diverting; amusive.
- an amusing speaker
- a diverting story
- verb occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
disport; amuse; divert.
- The play amused the ladies
- adjective satellite providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining
- pausing4/5
pause
- noun a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
intermission; break; suspension; interruption.
- noun temporary inactivity
- noun a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
- accusing4/5
accusing
- adjective satellite containing or expressing accusation
accusative; accusive; accusatory.
- an accusitive forefinger
- black accusatory looks
- accusive shoes and telltale trousers"- O.Henry
- his accusing glare
- verb bring an accusation against; level a charge against
incriminate; impeach; accuse; criminate.
- The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse
- adjective satellite containing or expressing accusation
- abusing3/5
abuse
- noun cruel or inhumane treatment
maltreatment; ill-treatment; ill-usage.
- the child showed signs of physical abuse
- noun a rude expression intended to offend or hurt
revilement; vilification; contumely; insult.
- when a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse
- they yelled insults at the visiting team
- noun cruel or inhumane treatment
- arousing3/5
arouse
- verb call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
raise; fire; enkindle; elicit; evoke; kindle; provoke.
- arouse pity
- raise a smile
- evoke sympathy
- verb stop sleeping
waken; come alive; wake; awake; awaken; wake up.
- She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock
- verb call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
- rousing3/5
rousing
- noun the act of arousing
arousal.
- the purpose of art is the arousal of emotions
- verb become active
bestir; rouse.
- He finally bestirred himself
- noun the act of arousing
- diffusing3/5
diffusing
- adjective satellite spreading by diffusion
diffusive; dispersive; disseminative.
- verb move outward
fan out; spread; diffuse; spread out.
- The soldiers fanned out
- adjective satellite spreading by diffusion
- excusing3/5
excuse
- noun a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.
exculpation; alibi; self-justification.
- he kept finding excuses to stay
- every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job
- his transparent self-justification was unacceptable
- noun a note explaining an absence
- he had to get his mother to write an excuse for him
- noun a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.
- musing3/5
musing
- noun a calm, lengthy, intent consideration
contemplation; reflection; reflexion; rumination; thoughtfulness.
- verb reflect deeply on a subject
ponder; ruminate; mull; muse; think over; reflect; contemplate; meditate; chew over; mull over; excogitate; speculate.
- I mulled over the events of the afternoon
- philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years
- The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate
- noun a calm, lengthy, intent consideration
- fusing3/5
fuse
- noun an electrical device that can interrupt the flow of electrical current when it is overloaded
electrical fuse; safety fuse.
- noun any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant
fusee; fuze; fuzee; primer; priming.
- noun an electrical device that can interrupt the flow of electrical current when it is overloaded
- warehousing3/5
warehousing
- noun depositing in a warehouse
reposition; repositing; storage.
- they decided to reposition their furniture in a recommended repository in Brooklyn
- my car is in storage
- publishers reduced print runs to cut down the cost of warehousing
- verb store in a warehouse
warehouse.
- noun depositing in a warehouse
- busing3/5
bus
- noun a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport
coach; omnibus; motorbus; motorcoach; passenger vehicle; charabanc; jitney; autobus; double-decker.
- he always rode the bus to work
- noun the topology of a network whose components are connected by a busbar
bus topology.
- noun a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport
- reusing2/5
reuse
- verb use again after processing
recycle; reprocess.
- We must recycle the cardboard boxes
- verb use again after processing
- misusing2/5
misuse
- noun improper or excessive use
abuse.
- alcohol abuse
- the abuse of public funds
- verb apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly
misapply.
- The words are misapplied in this context
- You are misapplying the name of this religious group
- noun improper or excessive use
- espousing2/5
espouse
- verb choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
follow; adopt.
- She followed the feminist movement
- The candidate espouses Republican ideals
- verb take in marriage
get hitched with; wed; marry; conjoin; get married; hook up with.
- verb choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
- carousing2/5
carousing
- adjective satellite used of riotously drunken merrymaking
bacchic; orgiastic; bacchanalian; bacchanal.
- a night of bacchanalian revelry
- carousing bands of drunken soldiers
- orgiastic festivity
- verb engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking
carouse; riot; roister.
- They were out carousing last night
- adjective satellite used of riotously drunken merrymaking
- infusing2/5
infuse
- verb teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions
inculcate; instill.
- inculcate values into the young generation
- verb fill, as with a certain quality
impregnate; tincture; instill.
- The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide
- verb teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions
- refocusing2/5
refocusing
- noun focusing again
- verb focus once again; The physicist refocused the light beam"
refocus.
- noun focusing again
- defusing2/5
defusing
- noun the act of deactivating or making ineffective (as a bomb)
deactivation.
- verb remove the triggering device from
defuse.
- noun the act of deactivating or making ineffective (as a bomb)
- dousing2/5
dousing
- noun the act of wetting something by submerging it
immersion; ducking; submersion.
- verb put out, as of a candle or a light
douse; put out.
- Douse the lights
- noun the act of wetting something by submerging it
- suffusing2/5
suffuse
- verb cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across
perfuse.
- The sky was suffused with a warm pink color
- verb to become overspread as with a fluid, a colour, a gleam of light
- His whole frame suffused with a cold dew
- verb cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across
- perusing2/5
perusing
- noun reading carefully with intent to remember
perusal; studying; poring over.
- verb examine or consider with attention and in detail
peruse.
- Please peruse this report at your leisure
- noun reading carefully with intent to remember
- defocusing2/5
- overusing1/5
overuse
- noun exploitation to the point of diminishing returns
overutilization; overexploitation; overutilisation.
- verb make use of too often or too extensively
overdrive.
- noun exploitation to the point of diminishing returns
- sousing1/5
sousing
- noun the act of making something completely wet
soaking; souse; drenching.
- he gave it a good drenching
- verb cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
drench; souse; soak; sop; douse; dowse.
- souse water on his hot face
- noun the act of making something completely wet
- mousing1/5
mouse
- noun any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
- noun a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye
black eye; shiner.
- noun any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
- chorusing1/5
chorus
- noun any utterance produced simultaneously by a group
- a chorus of boos
- noun a group of people assembled to sing together
- noun any utterance produced simultaneously by a group
- caucusing1/5
caucus
- noun a closed political meeting
- verb meet to select a candidate or promote a policy
- noun a closed political meeting
- grousing1/5
grouse
- noun flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae; usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil
- noun popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet
- noun flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae; usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil
- roughhousing1/5
roughhouse
- verb engage in rough or disorderly play
- verb engage in rough or disorderly play
- delousing1/5
delouse
- verb free of lice
- They deloused the prisoners after they liberated the camps
- verb free of lice
- enthusing1/5
enthuse
- verb cause to feel enthusiasm
- verb utter with enthusiasm
- verb cause to feel enthusiasm
- transfusing1/5
transfuse
- verb impart gradually
instill.
- Her presence instilled faith into the children
- transfuse love of music into the students
- verb pour out of one vessel into another
- verb impart gradually
- disabusing1/5
disabuse
- verb free somebody (from an erroneous belief)
- verb free somebody (from an erroneous belief)
- rendezvousing1/5
rendezvous
- noun a meeting planned at a certain time and place
- noun a place where people meet
- he was waiting for them at the rendezvous
- noun a meeting planned at a certain time and place
- censusing1/5
census
- noun a periodic count of the population
nose count; nosecount.
- verb conduct a census
- They censused the deer in the forest
- noun a periodic count of the population
- effusing1/5
effuse
- verb pour out
pour out.
- effused brine
- verb flow or spill forth
flow out.
- verb pour out
- rehousing1/5
rehouse
- verb put up in a new or different housing
- verb put up in a new or different housing
- bemusing1/5
bemuse
- verb cause to be confused emotionally
throw; bewilder; discombobulate.
- verb cause to be confused emotionally
- callusing1/5
callus
- noun an area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot)
callosity.
- noun bony tissue formed during the healing of a fractured bone
- noun an area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot)
- bousing1/5
- perfusing1/5
perfuse
- verb force a fluid through (a body part or tissue)
- perfuse a liver with a salt solution
- verb cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across
suffuse.
- The sky was suffused with a warm pink color
- verb force a fluid through (a body part or tissue)
- cohousing1/5
- chusing1/5
choose
- verb pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
pick out; select; take.
- Take any one of these cards
- Choose a good husband for your daughter
- She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her
- verb select as an alternative over another
opt; prefer.
- I always choose the fish over the meat courses in this restaurant
- She opted for the job on the East coast
- verb pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
- diapausing1/5
- antibusing1/5
antibusing
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- lousing1/5
louse
- noun wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals
sucking louse.
- noun a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect
dirt ball; insect; worm.
- noun wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals
- unamusing1/5
unamusing
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- nonhousing1/5
Derived words of using
- musings«Word Popularity Bar3/5
musing
- noun a calm, lengthy, intent consideration
contemplation; reflection; reflexion; rumination; thoughtfulness.
- verb reflect deeply on a subject
ponder; ruminate; mull; muse; think over; reflect; contemplate; meditate; chew over; mull over; excogitate; speculate.
- I mulled over the events of the afternoon
- philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years
- The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate
- noun a calm, lengthy, intent consideration
- housings2/5
housing
- noun structures collectively in which people are housed
living accommodations; lodging.
- noun a protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component
- noun structures collectively in which people are housed
- amusingly2/5
amusingly
- adverb in an entertaining and amusing manner
divertingly.
- Hollywood has grown too sophisticated to turn out anything really amusingly bad these days
- adverb in an entertaining and amusing manner
- confusingly2/5
confusingly
- adverb in a bewildering and confusing manner
bewilderingly.
- her situation was bewilderingly unclear
- adverb in a bewildering and confusing manner
- accusingly2/5
accusingly
- adverb in an accusing manner
- he looked at her accusingly
- adverb in an accusing manner
- musingly2/5
musingly
- adverb in a reflective manner
- `It's funny about that bar,' he said musingly
- adverb in a reflective manner
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About Prefix and Suffix Words
This page lists all the words created by adding prefixes, suffixes to the word `using`. 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 `using`, some are not.
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About Prefix and Suffix Words
This page lists all the words created by adding prefixes, suffixes to the word `using`. 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 `using`, some are not.
You can click on each word to see it's meaning.