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-niks

-niks is the plural of -nik.

Meaning of -nik

Suffix

-nik (noun-forming suffix, plural -niks or -niki or -nikim)

  1. (derogatory, sometimes) Used to form nouns denoting a person who exemplifies, endorses, or is associated with a specified thing or quality, often a particular ideology or preference.

Questions about -niks

What is -niks the plural of?
-niks is the plural of -nik.

Words near -niks in the dictionary

  1. -nidipine
  2. -nigger
  3. -nik
  4. -niki
  5. -nikim
  6. -niks
  7. -nom
  8. -nomial
  9. -nomicon
  10. -nomics
  11. -nomy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: -niks (page history and authors); -nik (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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