-ific
Syllables: -if·ic/ˈɪf.ɪk/UK/-ˈɪf.ɪk/
-ific suffix: creating or causing something.
Suffix
-ific (adjective-forming suffix, comparative more -ific, superlative most -ific)
- Creating or causing something.
- horror + -ific → horrific (“causing horror”)
- Very; extremely; forming adjectives from nouns.
Forms of -ific
| comparative | more -ific |
|---|---|
| superlative | most -ific |
Origin of -ific
Learned borrowing from Latin -(i)ficus. By surface analysis, -ify + -ic.
Words that rhyme with -ific
- specific
- prolific
- calorific
- colorific
- hieroglyphic
- honorific
- scientific
- terrific
- biospecific
- calcific
- dolorific
- febrific
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- interspecific
- morbific
- organific
- pacific
- signific
- soporific
- sudorific
- triglyphic
- trispecific
- unterrific
- vaporific
- acidific
- algific
- allospecific
- anaglyphic
- anticalcific
- antiprolific
- aspecific
- aurific
- bioscientific
- bispecific
- carbonific
- chylific
- classific
- coelanaglyphic
- conspecific
- cornific
- cospecific
- crapperific
- damnific
- deific
- diaglyphic
- ditriglyphic
- frigorific
- geoglyphic
- grandific
- hipsterific
- horrific
- humilific
- inspecific
- lactific
- lapidific
- lithoglyphic
- lucific
- lucrific
- mirific
- nanospecific
- omnific
Questions about -ific
- What does -ific mean?
- -ific means creating or causing something.
- What part of speech is -ific?
- -ific is a suffix.
- How do you pronounce -ific?
- -ific is pronounced /ˈɪf.ɪk/.
Words near -ific in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: -ific (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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