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Below is a list of words beginning with in for example inedible. And in the words given below the prefix in changes the original word to not or to the opposite of the word’s original meaning. For example: inedible refers to something that cannot be eaten, whereas edible refers to something that can be eaten.

What I have done is made a list of some of the words prefixed by in that I hear used in everyday conversation, about 100 in total. I accept that this is not necessarily the way it should be done. But having being forced to teach endless word lists that I knew students were unlikely to ever use has made me want to change the way students learn new words.

I believe that learning words prefixed with in is a good thing in that students can learn two words and two meanings from just one original word. For example: edible and inedible are two words and they have two meanings but they are both linked by the meaning of the word edible.

You will notice that some words are marked in blue and I have marked them in this way to highlight words I rarely or never hear spoken in everyday conversation. For example I hear the word indelible being used but I cannot recall anyone ever using the word delible.

Words Beginning With “In”

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