-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