Words beginning with pro-
pro- means forward, in favour of. It comes from Latin.
propel — to drive forward
10 words on this site start with pro-
- Procure
get by special effort
- Profane
violate the sacred character of a place or language
- Profound
situated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have been sounded or plumbed; ; -Thomas Gray
- Profuse
produced or growing in extreme abundance
- Prognosis
a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop
- Proponent
a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
- Proscribe
command against
- Protract
lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer
- Provisional
under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon
- Provocative
serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; stimulating discussion or exciting controversy; ; ; - Anthony Trollope
Other words with pro-
Not part of our word list, but they carry the same prefix — useful for recognising it in the wild.
procure · product · proface · profane · profile · profuse · promise · propose · prosaic · protend · proclaim · profound · propound · prostate · protense · protract · prognosis · promotive · proponent · proscribe · proscript · prothesis · profluence · promissive · proproctor · proscribed