affix

1. 1.

   attach to

   “affix the seal here”

   Synonymsstick on

   Broaderattach

   Narrowerstampsealpostplaster
2. 2.

   add to the very end

   “He appended a glossary to his novel where he used an invented language”

   Synonymsappendadd onsupplement

   Broaderattach

   Narrowerannex
3. 3.

   attach or become attached to a stem word

   “grammatical morphemes affix to the stem”

   Broaderattach

   Narrowerprefixsuffixinfix

1. 1.

   a linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form

   Broaderbound morpheme

   Narrowerprefixsuffixinfix

   Part ofword

Other forms of affix

plural

affixes·

past tense

affixed·

present participle

affixing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about affix

What does affix mean?

affix means "attach to". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in affix?

affix has 2 syllables: af-fix. The stress falls on "af". In IPA it is /ˈæfɪks/.

What is another word for affix?

Close synonyms include stick on, append, add on, supplement. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is affix a common word?

affix is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.