-philic

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φίλος (phílos, “love”) + -ic. By surface analysis, -phile +‎ -ic.

Suffix

-philic

  1. Synonym of -philous.

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -philic
acidophilic
aerophilic
Afrophilic
ailurophilic
alethophilic
ambiphilic
Americophilic
amphiphilic
amphophilic
amyloidophilic
androphilic
Anglophilic
anodophilic
anthrophilic
anthropophilic
aquaphilic
Arabophilic
astrophilic
aurophilic
azaphilic
azophilic
barophilic
basophilic
bathyphilic
benthophilic
biastophilic
bibliophilic
biophilic
cactophilic
carbophilic
cartophilic
centrophilic
chaophilic
chiropterophilic
chromatophilic
chronophilic
claustrophilic
congophilic
coprophilic
cryophilic
cyanophilic
cynophilic
cytophilic
electrophilic
endophilic
eosinophilic
erotophilic
ethnophilic
eukaryophilic
exophilic
fluorophilic
frigophilic
fructophilic
fuchsinophilic
fungiphilic
geophilic
gerontophilic
gynephilic
gynophilic
haematoxylinophilic
haemophilic
haloalkaliphilic
halophilic
heliophilic
hemophilic
herpetophilic
heterophilic
hippophilic
hodophilic
hoplophilic
hydrophilic
inflammophilic
iodophilic
Iranophilic
Israelophilic
Italophilic
Japanophilic
Judeophilic
karyophilic
keratinophilic
Laconophilic
leptophilic
lipidophilic
lipophilic
lyophilic
mammalophilic
mammophilic
metallophilic
mycophilic
negrophilic
neophilic
neurophilic
neutralophilic
neutrinophilic
Nipponophilic
nitrophilic
notaphilic
numerophilic
numerophobic
nyctophilic
oenophilic
oleophilic
organophilic
ornithophilic
osmophilic
osseophilic
osteophilic
oxophilic
oxyphilic
pagophilic
Palestinophilic
petrophilic
photophilic
phytophilic
piezophilic
plumbophilic
plushophilic
podophilic
porcinophilic
primatophilic
protophilic
psammophilic
psychrophilic
pyroninophilic
radiophilic
raftophilic
rheophilic
Romanophilic
scatophilic
scotophilic
Scotophilic
Sinophilic
solvophilic
Somalophilic
speleophilic
stygophilic
sulfophilic
sulphophilic
symphilic
technophilic
theophilic
thermoacidophilic
thermophilic
thiophilic
thrombophilic
transphilic
troglophilic
tyrannophilic
Ukrainophilic
urbanophilic
vinophilic
xenophilic
xeriphilic
xerophilic
xylophilic
Yankophilic
zoophilic
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