| Affix 1. (v. t.) To fasten, subjoin, or add at the end; to append to; as, to affix a syllable to a word; to affix a seal to an instrument; to affix one's name to a writing. 2. (v. t.) To fix or fasten in any way; to attach physically. 3. (v. t.) To attach, unite, or connect with; as, names affixed to ideas, or ideas affixed to things; to affix a stigma to a person; to affix ridicule or blame to any one. 4. (v. t.) To fix or fasten figuratively; -- with on or upon; as, eyes affixed upon the ground. 5. (n.) That which is affixed; an appendage; esp. one or more letters or syllables added at the end of a word; a suffix; a postfix. Thesaurus Entries IC analysis, accidence, add, adjoin, affixation, agglutinate, allomorph, allonge, anchor, annex, append, appendix, attach, belay, bound morpheme, burden, cement, cinch, clamp, clinch, coda, codicil, commentary, complicate, conjoin, conjugation, cramp, cutting, declension, decorate, derivation, difference of form, enclitic, encumber, engraft, envoi, epilogue, fasten, fix, formative, free form, glue on, graft, grapple, hitch on, immediate constituent analysis, infix, infixation, inflection, interlineation, interpolation, join with, knit, make fast, marginalia, moor, morph, morpheme, morphemic analysis, morphemics, morphology, morphophonemics, note, ornament, paradigm, paste on, plus, postfix, postscript, prefix, prefixation, proclitic, put to, put with, radical, rider, rivet, root, saddle with, scholia, screw up, secure, set, set to, slap on, stem, subjoin, suffix, suffixation, superadd, superpose, tack on, tag, tag on, tail, theme, tighten, trice up, trim, unite with, word-formation |