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-izer

-izer suffix: used to form nouns which are formed from verbs from nouns or adjectives, the final nouns having the sense of "the agent which makes what is denoted by the noun/adjective".

Suffix

-izer

  1. used to form nouns which are formed from verbs from nouns or adjectives, the final nouns having the sense of "the agent which makes what is denoted by the noun/adjective".

Forms of -izer

alternative form-iser

Origin of -izer

From -ize + -er.

Questions about -izer

What does -izer mean?
-izer means used to form nouns which are formed from verbs from nouns or adjectives, the final nouns having the sense of "the agent which makes what is denoted by the noun/adjective".
What part of speech is -izer?
-izer is a suffix.

Words near -izer in the dictionary

  1. -iz-
  2. -ization
  3. -izations
  4. -ize
  5. -ized
  6. -izer
  7. -izes
  8. -izine
  9. -izing
  10. -izz-
  11. -izzle

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