-ics

Full definition of -ics

Suffix

1. Forms nouns referring to fields of knowledge or practice.
2. Forms nouns relating to activities

Synonyms

• (study, field of knowledge) -logy

Derived terms

• algorithmics
• athletics
• dynamics
• econometrics
• economics
• genetics
• genomics
• informatics
• kinetics
• mathematics
• mechanics
• metaphysics
• pediatrics
• phonetics
• physics
• psychometrics
• robotics
• statistics

Related terms

• -ic