dis

dis is a 3-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: . Face value is 4 in Scrabble and 4 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

3 letters · Scrabble 4 · Words With Friends 4 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. .
2. A prefix from the Latin, whence F. des, or sometimes de-, dis-. The Latin dis-appears as di-before b, d, g, l, m, n, r, v, becomes dif-before f, and either dis-or di- before j. It is from the same root as bis twice, and duo, E. two. See Two, and cf. Bi-, Di-, Dia-. Dis-denotes separation, a parting from, as in distribute, disconnect; hence it often has the force of a privative and negative, as in disarm, disoblige, disagree. Also intensive, as in dissever.
3. A prefix from Gr. di`s- twice. See Di-.
4. noun. The god Pluto.
5. noun. god of the underworld; counterpart of Greek Pluto

   Synonyms: orcus

Synonyms

orcus

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in dis:

ids, sid

Common word forms

diss, dissed, disable, dissing

Words from these letters

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