non-
prefixEtymology From Latin nōnus (“ninth”).
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Morpheme prevocalic form of nona-
non-
prefixUK /ˈnɒn/ · US /ˈnɑn/
Etymology From Middle English non- (“not, lack of, failure to”), from Middle English non (“no, not any; not, not at all”, literally “none”) and Old English nān- (prefix), both from Old English nān (“no, not any”), from Proto-West Germanic *nain, from Proto-Germanic *nainaz (“none, nought, zero”), see none. Merged with and reinforced by Middle English non- (“not”), from Old French non- and Medieval Latin nōn (“not”), from Old Latin noinu, noinom, from ne oinom (“not one”).
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Morpheme Used in the sense of no or none, to show lack of or failure to perform; or in the sense of not, to negate the meaning of the word to which it is prefixed.
- nonpayment (“lack of payment, failure to pay”)
- nonaggressive (“not aggressive”)
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Morpheme Not, the negation of the root word (a quality).
- nonaboriginal
- nonabrasive
2 more examples
- nonabstract
- Back in the mid-’90s, when Cacioppo was at Ohio State University (he is now at the University of Chicago), he and his colleagues sorted undergraduates into three groups—the non-lonely, the sort-of-sometimes lonely, and the lonely.2013 May 13, Judith Shulevitz, “The Lethality of Loneliness”, in The New Republic, archived from the original on 31 Mar 2015:
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Morpheme Absence, the absence of the root (a quantity).
- nonaccountability
- nonacceleration
1 more example
- nonaction
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Morpheme Avoiding an action.
- nonabiding
- nonacceptance
1 more example
- nonaccumulative
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Morpheme Neutral in quality.
- nonaccent
- nonacrocentric
1 more example
- nonaccent
- Synonyms
- a-, an-, dys-, i-, il-, im-, in-, ir-, mal-, un-, hypo-, pero-, ex-, se-, de-, isch-, anti-, neutro-
- Derived terms
200 terms
nonabandoned, nonabdominal, nonabductive, nonabelian, non-Abelian, nonaberrant, nonabhorrent, nonability, nonabject, nonablated, nonablative, non-able-bodied, nonabnormal, nonaboriginal, nonaborigine, nonaborted, nonaborting, nonabortive, nonabradable, nonabrasive, nonabridgment, nonabrupt, nonabscessed, nonabsence, nonabsent, nonabsolute, nonabsolutist, nonabsolvable, nonabsorbable, nonabsorbed, non-absorbent, nonabsorbent, nonabsorbing, nonabsorptive, nonabstainer, nonabstaining, nonabstemious, nonabstinent, nonabstract, nonabstracted, nonabstractive, non-abstruse, nonabsurd, nonabundant, nonabusable, nonabused, nonabuser, nonabusive, nonabutting, non-academic, nonacademic, nonacceding, nonaccelerated, nonaccelerating, nonaccented, nonaccentual, nonacceptability, nonacceptable, nonacceptant, nonacceptation, nonaccepted, nonaccepter, nonaccepting, nonaccessible, nonaccessory, nonaccident, nonaccidental, nonacclimated, nonacclimating, nonaccommodating, nonaccommodative, nonaccompanied, nonaccompanying, nonaccomplishable, nonaccomplished, nonaccomplishment, nonaccountable, nonaccountant, nonaccounting, nonaccreditable, nonaccredited, nonaccretional, nonaccretive, nonaccruable, nonaccrual, nonacculturated, nonacculturative, nonaccumulating, nonaccumulation, nonaccumulative, nonaccurate, nonaccursed, nonaccusative, nonaccusatory, nonaccustomed, nonacerbic, nonacetabular, nonacetate, nonacetic, nonacetogenic, nonacetylated, nonachievable, nonachieved, nonachievement, nonachiever, nonaching, nonachromatic, nonacicular, nonacid, nonacidemic, nonacidic, nonacidified, nonacidogenic, nonacidophile, nonacidophilic, nonacidotic, nonacid-proof, nonacidulous, nonacknowledged, nonacknowledging, nonacnegenic, nonacneiform, nonacoptic, nonacoustic, nonacoustical, nonacquaintance, nonacquainted, nonacquiescent, nonacquiescing, nonacquirable, nonacquired, nonacquisitional, nonacquisitive, nonacquisitiveness, nonacral, nonacrid, nonacrimonious, nonacrobatic, nonacronymous, nonacrophobic, nonacrophonic, nonacrosomal, nonacrostic, nonacrylic, nonact, nonactable, nonacting, nonactinic, nonactinide, nonactionable, nonactivatable, nonactivated, nonactivating, nonactivational, nonactivatory, nonactive, nonactively, nonactivist, nonactivistic, nonactor, nonactorish, nonactorly, nonactual, nonactuality, nonactualizable, nonactualized, nonactuarial, nonactuatable, nonaculeate, nonabandonment, nonabdication, nonabolition, nonabsentative, nonabsolution, nonabsolutism, nonabsorption, nonabstention, nonacceleration, nonaccess, nonaccession, nonaccommodation, nonaccompaniment, nonaccountability, nonaccreditation, nonaccretion, nonaccrued, nonacetylation, nonacidity, nonacknowledgment, nonacquiescence, nonacquisition, nonacquittal, nonaction, nonactivation, nonactivism, nonactivity, nonabiding, nonacceptance, nonaccent, nonacrocentric