OpenEtymology

WORD FAMILY

fix

to fasten

Related forms: fix · 11 words in this dictionary

Related words

Shared components, not spelling prefixes
11 words

A permanent piece of furniture or equipment that is fixed in position in a building or vehicle.

fix+ture

Shared component: fix · to fasten

Attached or placed so as not to be movable

fix+ed

Shared component: fix · to fasten

To look at or think about something constantly and with great attention.

fix+ate

Shared component: fix · to fasten

The act of fastening something in position or making it secure.

fix+ing

Shared component: fix · to fasten

the quality of being stable, permanent, or unchanging.

fix+ity

Shared component: fix · to fasten

A surgical device used to hold bones or joints in a fixed position.

fix+ator

Shared component: fix · to fasten

In a steady, unchanging, or unwavering manner, especially in looking at something.

fix+ed+ly

Shared component: fix · to fasten

An obsessive interest in or feeling about someone or something.

fix+ation

Shared component: fix · to fasten

The process of adding an affix to a word or the result of this process.

af+fix+ation

Shared component: fix · to fasten

fixExtended relation

to make something firm or stable; to attach or place something securely.

Extended relation: fix · to fasten

fixatedExtended relation

Giving an excessive amount of attention to someone or something; obsessed.

fix+ated

Extended relation: fix · to fasten