wis: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of wis
- lewis«Word Popularity Bar5/5
lewis
An iron dovetailed tenon, made in sections, which can be fitted into a dovetail mortise; -- used in hoisting large stones, etc.
- kiwis2/5
kiwi
- noun climbing vine native to China; cultivated in New Zealand for its fuzzy edible fruit with green meat
Actinidia deliciosa; kiwi vine; Chinese gooseberry; Actinidia chinensis.
- noun a native or inhabitant of New Zealand
New Zealander.
- noun climbing vine native to China; cultivated in New Zealand for its fuzzy edible fruit with green meat
- brewis1/5
brew
- noun drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling
brewage.
- verb prepare by brewing
- people have been brewing beer for thousands of years
- noun drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling
Suffixes of wis
- wisconsin«Word Popularity Bar5/5
wisconsin
- noun a tributary of the Mississippi River in Wisconsin
Wisconsin River.
- noun a midwestern state in north central United States
WI; Badger State.
- noun a tributary of the Mississippi River in Wisconsin
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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
- wisdom5/5
wisdom
- noun accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment
- noun the trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight
wiseness.
- noun accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment
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wise
- noun a way of doing or being
- in no wise
- in this wise
- noun United States Jewish leader (born in Hungary) (1874-1949)
Stephen Samuel Wise.
- noun a way of doing or being
- wished5/5
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
- wishes5/5
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
- wishing4/5
wishing
- noun a specific feeling of desire
wish; want.
- he got his wish
- he was above all wishing and desire
- verb hope for; have a wish
wish.
- I wish I could go home now
- noun a specific feeling of desire
- wiser4/5
wise
- noun a way of doing or being
- in no wise
- in this wise
- noun United States Jewish leader (born in Hungary) (1874-1949)
Stephen Samuel Wise.
- noun a way of doing or being
- wisely4/5
wisely
- adverb in a wise manner
sagely.
- she acted wisely when she invited her parents
- adverb in a wise manner
- wisp3/5
wisp
- noun a small tuft or lock
- wisps of hair
- noun a small person
- a mere wisp of a girl
- noun a small tuft or lock
- wisps3/5
wisp
- noun a small tuft or lock
- wisps of hair
- noun a small person
- a mere wisp of a girl
- noun a small tuft or lock
- wishful3/5
wishful
- adjective having or expressing desire for something
desirous.
- desirous of high office
- desirous of finding a quick solution to the problem
- adjective satellite desiring or striving for recognition or advancement
aspirant; aspiring.
- adjective having or expressing desire for something
- wisest3/5
wise
- noun a way of doing or being
- in no wise
- in this wise
- noun United States Jewish leader (born in Hungary) (1874-1949)
Stephen Samuel Wise.
- noun a way of doing or being
- wistful3/5
wistful
- adjective satellite showing pensive sadness
pensive.
- the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty
- adjective satellite showing pensive sadness
- wistfully3/5
wistfully
- adverb in a wistful manner
- his sister would have looked beautiful in that dress, he thought wistfully, just like an angel
- adverb in a wistful manner
- wiseman3/5
- wiss2/5
wi
- noun a midwestern state in north central United States
Wisconsin; Badger State.
- noun a midwestern state in north central United States
- wispy2/5
wispy
- adjective satellite thin and weak
wisplike.
- a wispy little fellow with small hands and feet"- Edmund Wilson
- adjective satellite lacking clarity or distinctness
dim; shadowy; faint; vague.
- a dim figure in the distance
- only a faint recollection
- shadowy figures in the gloom
- saw a vague outline of a building through the fog
- a few wispy memories of childhood
- adjective satellite thin and weak
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- wisdoms2/5
wisdom
- noun accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment
- noun the trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight
wiseness.
- noun accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment
- wistfulness2/5
wistfulness
- noun a sadly pensive longing
- noun a sadly pensive longing
- wisteria2/5
wisteria
- noun any flowering vine of the genus Wisteria
wistaria.
- noun any flowering vine of the genus Wisteria
- wisecracks2/5
wisecrack
- noun witty remark
sally; quip; crack.
- verb make a comment, usually ironic
- noun witty remark
- wishbone2/5
wishbone
- noun the furcula of a domestic fowl
wishing bone.
- noun the furcula of a domestic fowl
- wisc2/5
wisc
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- wishers2/5
wisher
One who wishes or desires; one who expresses a wish. Shak.
- wisse2/5
wi
- noun a midwestern state in north central United States
Wisconsin; Badger State.
- noun a midwestern state in north central United States
- wishy2/5
wishy
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- wisher2/5
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
- wist2/5
- wisconsinites1/5
wisconsinite
- noun a native or resident of Wisconsin
Badger.
- noun a native or resident of Wisconsin
- wiseness1/5
wiseness
- noun the quality of being prudent and sensible
soundness; wisdom.
- noun the trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight
wisdom.
- noun the quality of being prudent and sensible
- wises1/5
wise
- noun a way of doing or being
- in no wise
- in this wise
- noun United States Jewish leader (born in Hungary) (1874-1949)
Stephen Samuel Wise.
- noun a way of doing or being
- wiseacres1/5
wiseacre
- noun an upstart who makes conceited, sardonic, insolent comments
wise guy; wisenheimer; weisenheimer; smart aleck.
- noun an upstart who makes conceited, sardonic, insolent comments
- wiseacre1/5
wiseacre
- noun an upstart who makes conceited, sardonic, insolent comments
wise guy; wisenheimer; weisenheimer; smart aleck.
- noun an upstart who makes conceited, sardonic, insolent comments
- wishfulness1/5
wishfulness
- noun an unrealistic yearning
- noun an unrealistic yearning
- wisecracking1/5
wisecrack
- noun witty remark
sally; quip; crack.
- verb make a comment, usually ironic
- noun witty remark
- wisecrack1/5
wisecrack
- noun witty remark
sally; quip; crack.
- verb make a comment, usually ironic
- noun witty remark
- wistaria1/5
wistaria
- noun any flowering vine of the genus Wisteria
wisteria.
- noun any flowering vine of the genus Wisteria
- wishfully1/5
wishfully
- adverb in a wishful manner
- he wishfully indulged in dreams of fame
- adverb in a wishful manner
- wisecracked1/5
wisecrack
- noun witty remark
sally; quip; crack.
- verb make a comment, usually ironic
- noun witty remark
- wishbones1/5
wishbone
- noun the furcula of a domestic fowl
wishing bone.
- noun the furcula of a domestic fowl
- wisent1/5
wisent
- noun European bison having a smaller and higher head than the North American bison
Bison bonasus; aurochs.
- noun European bison having a smaller and higher head than the North American bison
- wiseguy1/5
wiseguy
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- wisht1/5
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
- wised1/5
wise
- noun a way of doing or being
- in no wise
- in this wise
- noun United States Jewish leader (born in Hungary) (1874-1949)
Stephen Samuel Wise.
- noun a way of doing or being
- wismar1/5
- wiseguys1/5
wiseguys
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- wiseass1/5
- wissing1/5
wi
- noun a midwestern state in north central United States
Wisconsin; Badger State.
- noun a midwestern state in north central United States
- wisd1/5
wisd
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- wissel1/5
wissel
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- wisla1/5
wisla
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- wising1/5
wise
- noun a way of doing or being
- in no wise
- in this wise
- noun United States Jewish leader (born in Hungary) (1874-1949)
Stephen Samuel Wise.
- noun a way of doing or being
- wishlist1/5
wishlist
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- wisped1/5
wisp
- noun a small tuft or lock
- wisps of hair
- noun a small person
- a mere wisp of a girl
- noun a small tuft or lock
- wisewoman1/5
- wisping1/5
wisp
- noun a small tuft or lock
- wisps of hair
- noun a small person
- a mere wisp of a girl
- noun a small tuft or lock
- wiste1/5
wiste
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- wisha1/5
wisha
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- wisting1/5
Derived words of wis
- swiss«Word Popularity Bar5/5
swiss
A native or inhabitant of Switzerland; a Switzer; the people of Switzerland.
- jewish5/5
jewish
Of or pertaining to the Jews or Hebrews; characteristic of or resembling the Jews or their customs; Israelitish. --Jew"ish*ly , adv. --Jew"ish*ness , n.
- twisted5/5
twisted
- adjective satellite having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented
misrepresented; perverted; distorted.
- many of the facts seemed twisted out of any semblance to reality
- a perverted translation of the poem
- verb to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)
twist; wrestle; writhe; worm; wriggle; squirm.
- The prisoner writhed in discomfort
- The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace
- adjective satellite having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented
- likewise5/5
likewise
- adverb in like or similar manner
similarly.
- He was similarly affected
- some people have little power to do good, and have likewise little strength to resist evil"- Samuel Johnson
- adverb in addition
also; as well; too; besides.
- he has a Mercedes, too
- adverb in like or similar manner
- otherwise5/5
otherwise
- adjective satellite other than as supposed or expected
- the outcome was otherwise
- adverb in other respects or ways
- he is otherwise normal
- the funds are not otherwise available
- an otherwise hopeless situation
- adjective satellite other than as supposed or expected
- twist4/5
twist
- noun an unforeseen development
turn; turn of events.
- events suddenly took an awkward turn
- noun an interpretation of a text or action
construction.
- they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct
- noun an unforeseen development
- twisting4/5
twisting
- noun the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
straining; overrefinement; torture; distortion.
- noun the act of rotating rapidly
twist; whirl; spin; twirl.
- he gave the crank a spin
- it broke off after much twisting
- noun the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
- unwise4/5
unwise
- adjective satellite showing or resulting from lack of judgment or wisdom
- an unwise investor is soon impoverished
- adjective satellite not appropriate to the purpose
inexpedient.
- adjective satellite showing or resulting from lack of judgment or wisdom
- clockwise4/5
clockwise
- adjective in the same direction as the rotating hands of a clock
- adverb in the direction that the hands of a clock move
- please move clockwise in a circle
- adjective in the same direction as the rotating hands of a clock
- lewiston3/5
lewiston
- noun a town in southwestern Maine to the north of Portland
- noun a town in northwestern Idaho
- noun a town in southwestern Maine to the north of Portland
- twists3/5
twist
- noun an unforeseen development
turn; turn of events.
- events suddenly took an awkward turn
- noun an interpretation of a text or action
construction.
- they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct
- noun an unforeseen development
- yellowish3/5
yellowish
- adjective satellite of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
xanthous; yellow.
- adjective satellite of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
- lengthwise3/5
lengthwise
- adjective running or extending in the direction of the length of a thing
lengthways.
- the lengthwise dimension
- adverb in the direction of the length
lengthways; longways; longitudinally; longwise.
- He cut the paper lengthwise
- adjective running or extending in the direction of the length of a thing
- swish3/5
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
- stepwise3/5
stepwise
- adjective satellite one thing at a time
in small stages; bit-by-bit; piecemeal; step-by-step.
- adverb proceeding in steps
step by step.
- the voltage was increased stepwise
- adjective satellite one thing at a time
- counterclockwise3/5
counterclockwise
- adjective in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock
contraclockwise; anticlockwise.
- adverb in a direction opposite to the direction in which the hands of a clock move
anticlockwise.
- please move counterclockwise in a circle!
- adjective in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock
- pairwise3/5
pairwise
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- jewishness3/5
jewishness
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- piecewise3/5
- twister2/5
twister
- noun a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground
tornado.
- noun small friedcake formed into twisted strips and fried; richer than doughnuts
cruller.
- noun a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground
- twisters2/5
twister
- noun a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground
tornado.
- noun small friedcake formed into twisted strips and fried; richer than doughnuts
cruller.
- noun a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground
- contrariwise2/5
contrariwise
- adverb in a contrary disobedient manner
contrarily; perversely.
- adverb with the order reversed
the other way around; vice versa.
- she hates him and vice versa
- adverb in a contrary disobedient manner
- twisty2/5
twisty
- adjective satellite marked by repeated turns and bends
tortuous; twisting; voluminous; winding.
- a tortuous road up the mountain
- winding roads are full of surprises
- had to steer the car down a twisty track
- adjective satellite marked by repeated turns and bends
- crosswise2/5
crosswise
- adjective lying or extending across the length of a thing or in a cross direction
- a crosswise street
- the crosswise dimension
- adjective satellite in the shape of (a horizontal piece on) a cross
- adjective lying or extending across the length of a thing or in a cross direction
- swishing2/5
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
- swished2/5
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
- swisher2/5
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
- coastwise2/5
coastwise
- adjective satellite along or following a coast
- coastal shipping
- coastwise winds contributed to the storm
- adverb by way of, or along the coast
- we were travelling coastwise
- adjective satellite along or following a coast
- shrewish2/5
shrewish
- adjective satellite continually complaining or faultfinding
nagging.
- a shrewish wife
- nagging parents
- adjective satellite continually complaining or faultfinding
- unwisely2/5
unwisely
- adverb without good sense or judgment
foolishly.
- He acted foolishly when he agreed to come
- adverb without good sense or judgment
- streetwise2/5
streetwise
- adjective satellite having the shrewd resourcefulness needed to survive in an urban environment
with-it; street smart.
- adjective satellite having the shrewd resourcefulness needed to survive in an urban environment
- anticlockwise2/5
anticlockwise
- adjective in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock
contraclockwise; counterclockwise.
- adverb in a direction opposite to the direction in which the hands of a clock move
counterclockwise.
- please move counterclockwise in a circle!
- adjective in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock
- nowise2/5
nowise
- adverb in no manner
to no degree.
- they are nowise different
- adverb in no manner
- sidewise2/5
sidewise
- adverb toward one side
sideways; sideway.
- the car slipped sideways into the ditch
- leaning sideways
- a figure moving sidewise in the shadows
- adverb with one side forward or to the front
sideways; sideway.
- turned sideways to show the profile
- crabs seeming to walk sidewise
- adverb toward one side
- edgewise2/5
edgewise
- adverb with the edge forward or on, by, or toward the edge
edgeways.
- he sawed the board edgeways
- held it edgewise
- adverb as if by an edge; barely
edgeways.
- I could not get a word in edgewise
- adverb with the edge forward or on, by, or toward the edge
- bitwise2/5
- groupwise2/5
- pointwise2/5
- yahwist2/5
yahwist
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- swissair2/5
swissair
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- barwise2/5
- dropwise2/5
dropwise
After the manner of a drop; in the form of drops. Trickling dropwise from the cleft. Tennyson.
- untwisted1/5
untwisted
- adjective satellite not twisted; formerly twisted but now straight
- verb cause to become untwisted
untwist.
- adjective satellite not twisted; formerly twisted but now straight
- untwist1/5
untwist
- verb cause to become untwisted
- verb cause to become untwisted
- untwisting1/5
untwist
- verb cause to become untwisted
- verb cause to become untwisted
- lewises1/5
lewis
- noun United States rock star singer and pianist (born in 1935)
Jerry Lee Lewis.
- noun United States athlete who won gold medals at the Olympics for his skill in sprinting and jumping (born in 1961)
Frederick Carleton Lewis; Carl Lewis.
- noun United States rock star singer and pianist (born in 1935)
- twistings1/5
twisting
- noun the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
straining; overrefinement; torture; distortion.
- noun the act of rotating rapidly
twist; whirl; spin; twirl.
- he gave the crank a spin
- it broke off after much twisting
- noun the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
- jewison1/5
jewison
- noun Canadian filmmaker (born in 1926)
Norman Jewison.
- noun Canadian filmmaker (born in 1926)
- swishes1/5
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
- unwished1/5
unwished
- adjective satellite not welcome
unwished-for; unwelcome.
- unwelcome publicity
- adjective satellite not welcome
- shrewishness1/5
shrewishness
- noun a nature given to nagging or scolding
- noun a nature given to nagging or scolding
- swishy1/5
swishy
- adjective satellite resembling a sustained `sh' or soft whistle
- swishing windshield wipers
- a swishy skirt
- adjective satellite resembling a sustained `sh' or soft whistle
- crabwise1/5
crabwise
- adjective satellite (of movement) at an angle
sideways.
- adjective satellite (of movement) at an angle
- lewisia1/5
lewisia
- noun genus of western North American low-growing herbs having linear woolly leaves and large pink flowers
genus Lewisia.
- noun genus of western North American low-growing herbs having linear woolly leaves and large pink flowers
- longwise1/5
longwise
- adverb in the direction of the length
lengthways; longways; longitudinally; lengthwise.
- He cut the paper lengthwise
- adverb in the direction of the length
- leastwise1/5
leastwise
- adverb if nothing else (`leastwise' is informal and `leastways' is colloquial)
at any rate; leastways; at least.
- at least he survived
- they felt--at any rate Jim felt--relieved though still wary
- the influence of economists--or at any rate of economics--is far-reaching
- adverb if nothing else (`leastwise' is informal and `leastways' is colloquial)
- slantwise1/5
slantwise
- adverb at a slant; moving or directed in a slantwise position or direction
slantways.
- adverb at a slant; moving or directed in a slantwise position or direction
- endwise1/5
endwise
- adverb on end or upright
endways.
- sticks leaning against the wall endways
- adverb in or toward the direction of the ends; lengthwise
endways.
- endways pressure
- adverb on end or upright
- lewisite1/5
- unwisdom1/5
unwisdom
Want of wisdom; unwise conduct or action; folly; simplicity; ignorance. Sumptuary laws are among the exploded fallacies which we have outgrown, and we smile at the unwisdom which could except to regulate private habits and manners by statute. J. A. Froude.
- anywise1/5
anywise
In any wise or way; at all. "Anywise essential." Burke.
- yahwistic1/5
- yahwism1/5
- newish1/5
newish
Somewhat new; nearly new. Bacon.
- jewishly1/5
jewish
- adjective of or relating to Jews or their culture or religion
Judaic.
- He is Jewish
- a Jewish wedding
- adjective of or relating to Jews or their culture or religion
- weatherwise1/5
weatherwise
Skillful in forecasting the changes of the weather. Hakluyt.
- componentwise1/5
- sunwise1/5
sunwise
In the direction of the sun's apparent motion, or from the east southward and westward, and so around the circle; also, in the same direction as the movement of the hands of a watch lying face upward.
- twistor1/5
- widthwise1/5
- stagewise1/5
- bookwise1/5
- fanwise1/5
fanwise
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- columnwise1/5
- pennywise1/5
- wellwisher1/5
wellwisher
One who wishes another well; one who is benevolently or friendlily inclined.
- flatwise1/5
flatwise
With the flat side downward, or next to another object; not edgewise.
- lowish1/5
lowish
Somewhat low. Colloq. Richardson.
- elsewise1/5
- taxwise1/5
- overwise1/5
overwise
Too wise; affectedly wise. --O`ver*wise"ly , adv. --O`ver*wise"ness , n.
- moneywise1/5
- intertwisted1/5
intertwist
To twist together one with another; to intertwine.
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