-tic

See also: tic

English

Alternative forms

• -atic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek -τικός (-tikós).

Suffix

-tic

1. Forms adjectives from nouns ending with -sis, -o, or -a
2. Forms adjectives from nouns ending with -ism by removing the last letter

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -tic

acapnotic

aesthetic

aphetic

autistic

autoanalytic

bozotic

catastatic

chromatic

cinematic

dechticaetiative

diathetic

digoneutic

draconitic

dramatic

ecstatic

elliptic

enigmatic

entastic

erotematic

eubouliatic

euphemistic

fantastic

genetic

goniodysgenetic

hematic

hubristic

hyletics

hypostatic

interphrastic

lavatic

lemmatic

lepromatic

leukostatic

meiotic

melismatic

melodramatic

monogoneutic

Noahtic

oncotic

photoepileptic

polygoneutic

psychotic

pysmatic

smectic

somaesthetics

spastic

static

symbiotic

tabooistic

thrombolytic

tmetic

Xenophontic

zygomatic