The suffix -ious means "having the quality of" where the root word is a noun.
Some adjectives that end in -ious and the related nouns:
ambitious (ambition)
anxious (anxiety)
bilious (bile)
cautious (caution)
conscientious (conscience)
curious (curio)
delicious (delicacy)
devious (deviance)
furious (fury)
glorious (glory)
gracious (grace)
luxurious (luxury)
mysterious (mystery)
pious (piety)
previous (preview)
religious (religion)
serious
suspicious (suspicion)
tedious (tedium)
various (variety)
insidious jealous fabulous acajous
Some words that end in 'ious' are:ambitiousamphibiousanxiousatrociousaudaciousauspiciousbiliousbodaciouscapriciouscautiousceremoniousconscientiousconsciouscontagiouscontentiouscopiouscuriousdeliciousdeliriousdeviousdubiousenviousexpeditiousfacetiousfastidiousfeloniousferociousfictitiousflirtatiousfuriousgloriousgraciousgregariousharmonioushilariousimperiousimperviousimpiousinauspiciousindustriousinfectiousingeniousinjuriousinsidiousjudiciouslaboriouslicentiouslitigiouslusciousluxuriousmaliciousmelodiousmeritoriousmysteriousnefariousnotoriousnoxiousnutritiousobliviousobnoxiousobviousodiousofficiousostentatiousparsimoniouspenuriousperniciouspiousprecariouspreciousprecociousprestigiouspretentiouspreviouspreviousprodigiousrambunctiousrebelliousreligiousrepetitioussalaciousscrumptiousseditiousseriousspaciousspeciousspuriousstudioussuperstitioussurreptitioussuspicioustedioustenaciousvaingloriousvariousvicariousviciousvictoriousvivaciousvoracious
Words ending in ious
contagiouscuriousdeliciousenviousfuriousgloriousgraciousgregariousharmonioushilariouslaboriouslusciousluxuriousmaliciousmelodiousnotoriousnutritiousodiousparsimoniousprecariousprestigiouspiouspreciousreligiousserioussalacioussuperstitiousspacioussuspiciousviciousvivacious
conscientiouscuriousdeliciousdeliriousdubiousenviousferociousfuriousgregariousharmonioushilariouslaboriouslusciousobnoxiousobviouspiouspreciousprecociousscrumptioussuperstitiousseriousviciousvictoriousvoluminous
serious amitious curious
what does the prefix ious mean
delicious
There are none in English.
what does the prefix ious mean
words ending in ious: vicious, ambitious, delicious, suspicious, barbarious, adoptous, obvious, tenebrious, voracios, scarios, nonmalatoius, exceptous, luscious ........
"ious" means viruses.
The suffix -ious means relation to. This is shown in factious.