Word: profiteers
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: pro
fi
teers
Definition: Plural of profiteer; someone who makes excessive profit (especially on goods in short supply)
Morphemes:
Affix: profit
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To take advantage of, exploit, use.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: prōfectus
Language: la
Decoded: profectus
Meaning: advance, progress, growth, increase, profit
Affix: -eer
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to create an agent noun denoting someone associated with, concerned with, or engaged in a specified activity.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).