hyper-

Forms augmentative forms of the root word.

Prefix

  1. Forms augmentative forms of the root word.

    1. over, above

    2. much, more than normal

    3. excessive

      • hyper- → hyperactive

    4. intensely, extremely, exceptional

    5. big, huge, giant

  2. Used to create forms that are found beyond the root.
    • hyper- → hypersonic

    1. beyond

    2. (mathematics, physics) existing in more than three spatial dimensions

      • hyper- → hyperspace

    3. (computing) linked non-sequentially

      • hyper- → hypertext

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- From Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, “over”), from Proto-Indo-European *upér (“over, above”) (English over), from *upo (“under, below”) (whence English up). Doublet of over-, super-, sur-, and uber-.

Synonyms

on- en- epi- super- supra- sur- trans- para- ultra- out- extra- preter- over- ana- uber- macro- arch- mega- maxi- giga- -zilla grand

Antonyms

hypo- under- sub- infra- dys- mal-

Derived

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