non-
not
Latin · non
Latin non means "not". Non- turns a word into its plain opposite, usually without a hyphen: fiction becomes nonfiction, stop becomes nonstop, violent becomes nonviolent. It negates simply, without a strong "bad" sense.
Memory trick
NON = "no, no": say no and the word flips to its opposite.
Words from this root
- nonsense (non + sense) — words with no meaningबकवास
- nonfiction (non + fiction) — true writing, not storiesग़ैर-काल्पनिक साहित्य
- nonstop (non + stop) — without stoppingलगातार
- nonviolent (non + violent) — not using violenceअहिंसक
- nonprofit (non + profit) — not aimed at making moneyगैर-लाभकारी
- nonexistent (non + existent) — not existingअस्तित्वहीन
- nonconformist (non + conform + ist) — one who does not follow normsपरंपरा न मानने वाला
- nondescript (non + descript) — dull, without special featuresसाधारण, बेरंगा
- nonlinear (non + linear) — not in a straight lineअरेखीय
- nonsmoker (non + smoker) — one who does not smokeधूम्रपान न करने वाला