Un-

//ʌn//

Synonyms for "un-" (14 found)

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Closest matches (3)

Prefix(3 words)

Strong matches (4)

Prefix(4 words)

Related words (7)

Prefix(7 words)

Translations

160 translations across 50 languages.

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Afrikaans

2 entries
  • on prefix (denoting absence)
  • on prefix (violative of; contrary to)

Albanian

2 entries
  • nuk ka prefix (denoting absence)
  • pa prefix (violative of; contrary to)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • prefix (denoting absence)

Armenian

4 entries
  • ան prefix (denoting absence)
  • ան prefix (denoting a lack of)
  • ապ prefix (reversal or cancellation)
  • դժ prefix (denoting absence)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • na prefix (violative of; contrary to)

Basque

1 entries
  • a prefix (violative of; contrary to)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • мала prefix (denoting absence)
  • не prefix (violative of; contrary to)

Bengali

1 entries
  • prefix (violative of; contrary to)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • малко prefix (denoting absence)
  • не prefix (violative of; contrary to)

Catalan

3 entries
  • in prefix (denoting absence)
  • in prefix (denoting a lack of)
  • in prefix (violative of; contrary to)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • prefix (denoting absence)
  • prefix (violative of; contrary to)
  • 無 /无 prefix (violative of; contrary to)

Czech

1 entries
  • ne prefix (violative of; contrary to)

Danish

1 entries
  • u prefix (violative of; contrary to)

Dutch

3 entries
  • on prefix (denoting absence)
  • on prefix (violative of; contrary to)
  • ont prefix (reversal or cancellation)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • mal prefix (denoting absence)
  • mal prefix (denoting a lack of)
  • mal prefix (violative of; contrary to)
  • mal prefix (reversal or cancellation)

Faroese

2 entries
  • ó prefix (denoting absence)
  • ó prefix (denoting a lack of)

Finnish

4 entries
  • epä prefix (denoting a lack of)
  • epä prefix (violative of; contrary to)
  • ton prefix (denoting absence)
  • ton prefix (denoting a lack of)

French

4 entries
  • anti prefix (violative of; contrary to)
  • prefix (reversal or cancellation)
  • dés prefix (reversal or cancellation)
  • in prefix (denoting absence)

Galician

4 entries
  • anti prefix (violative of; contrary to)
  • des prefix (reversal or cancellation)
  • in prefix (denoting absence)
  • in prefix (denoting a lack of)

Georgian

4 entries
  • არა prefix (denoting absence)
  • prefix (denoting absence)
  • prefix (denoting a lack of)
  • უ- -ო prefix (denoting absence)

German

4 entries
  • ent prefix (reversal or cancellation)
  • un prefix (denoting absence)
  • un prefix (denoting a lack of)
  • un prefix (violative of; contrary to)

Greek

4 entries
  • α prefix (denoting absence)
  • α prefix (denoting a lack of)
  • αντι prefix (violative of; contrary to)
  • απο prefix (reversal or cancellation)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • atlan prefix (denoting a lack of)
  • etlen prefix (denoting a lack of)
  • talan prefix (denoting a lack of)
  • telen prefix (denoting a lack of)

Icelandic

4 entries
  • af prefix (reversal or cancellation)
  • ó prefix (denoting absence)
  • ó prefix (denoting a lack of)
  • ó prefix (violative of; contrary to)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • tan prefix (denoting absence)

Italian

2 entries
  • in prefix (denoting absence)
  • s prefix (reversal or cancellation)

Japanese

3 entries
  • prefix (violative of; contrary to)
  • prefix (violative of; contrary to)
  • prefix (violative of; contrary to)

Javanese

1 entries
  • ora prefix (violative of; contrary to)

Kapampangan

4 entries
  • e prefix (denoting absence)
  • e prefix (violative of; contrary to)
  • emi prefix (denoting a lack of)
  • emika prefix (denoting a lack of)

Korean

3 entries
  • prefix (denoting a lack of)
  • prefix (violative of; contrary to)
  • prefix (violative of; contrary to)

Lao

1 entries
  • ບໍ່ prefix (violative of; contrary to)

Latin

1 entries
  • in prefix (denoting absence)

Lower Sorbian

3 entries
  • nje prefix (denoting absence)
  • nje prefix (denoting a lack of)
  • nje prefix (violative of; contrary to)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • on prefix (denoting absence)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • не prefix (violative of; contrary to)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • u prefix (denoting absence)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • av prefix (reversal or cancellation)
  • opp prefix (reversal or cancellation)
  • unn prefix (reversal or cancellation)

Old Norse

2 entries
  • ó prefix (denoting absence)
  • ú prefix (denoting absence)

Persian

2 entries
  • بی prefix (denoting absence)
  • بیـ prefix (denoting absence)

Polish

4 entries
  • bez prefix (denoting a lack of)
  • nie prefix (denoting absence)
  • nie prefix (denoting a lack of)
  • nie prefix (violative of; contrary to)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • anti prefix (violative of; contrary to)
  • des prefix (denoting a lack of)
  • des prefix (reversal or cancellation)
  • in prefix (denoting absence)

Romanian

2 entries
  • i prefix (denoting absence)
  • ne prefix (denoting absence)

Russian

4 entries
  • без prefix (denoting a lack of)
  • бес prefix (denoting a lack of)
  • не prefix (denoting absence)
  • не prefix (denoting a lack of)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • an prefix (denoting absence)
  • an prefix (violative of; contrary to)
  • ao prefix (denoting absence)
  • ao prefix (denoting a lack of)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • ne prefix (violative of; contrary to)
  • не prefix (violative of; contrary to)

Slovak

1 entries
  • ne prefix (violative of; contrary to)

Slovene

1 entries
  • ne prefix (violative of; contrary to)

Spanish

4 entries
  • des prefix (reversal or cancellation)
  • in prefix (denoting absence)
  • in prefix (denoting a lack of)
  • in prefix (violative of; contrary to)

Swedish

4 entries
  • anti prefix (violative of; contrary to)
  • av prefix (reversal or cancellation)
  • o prefix (denoting absence)
  • o prefix (denoting a lack of)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • не prefix (violative of; contrary to)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

un- + educated → uneducated (“not educated”)

Source: wiktionary

un- + conformity → unconformity (“lack of conformity”)

Source: wiktionary

un- + conference → unconference

Source: wiktionary

un- + dress → undress (“to take one's clothes off”)

Source: wiktionary

Showing 4 of 15 available sentences.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.