Suffix -age

Added to verbs; nouns

-al

verbs

NOUN suffixes Meaning the action or result of; the state of condition of; a set or group of; an amount of; the cost of; a place where a process or state of

-ance

Adjectives; verbs

the action or state of

-ancy (1) -ant -cy (1)

verbs adjectives; nouns Nouns; verbs

the state or quality of A person or thing that the state or quality of; the status or position of The condition or state of; the rank of or the are ruled by; the group of A person affected by an action; a person described as or concerned with A person concerned with the action or state of the state or quality of a person or thing that A person or thing that; a person or thing that has the thing or quality mentioned; a person concerned with; a person belonging to The group or class of something; the state or character of; the art or practice of; a place where something is made, grows, lives, etc. From a place; a person who lives in a country or city; the style or language of female

-dom

-ee

Verbs; adjectives Verbs

-eer -ence -ency (1) -ent -er

verbs Verbs; nouns; adjectives

-(e)ry

Adjectives; verbs; nouns

Examples Break breakage; marry marriage; bag baggage; mile mileage; post postage; anchor anchorage Deny denial; survive survival; arrive arrival; bury burial Elegant elegance; important importance; ignorant ignorance; relevant relevance; allow allowance; perform performance Expect expectancy Inhabit inhabitant; depend dependant Infant infancy; private privacy; accurate accuracy; chaplain chaplaincy King kingdom; duke dukedom; star stardom; bore boredom; free freedom; martyr martyrdom Employ employee; absent absentee; refuge refugee; train trainee Auction auctioneer; mountain mountaineer confidence complacency Deter deterrent love lover; win winner; compute computer; foreign foreigner; lexicography lexicographer; Dublin Dubliner Green greenery; brave bravery; rival rivalry; cook cookery; arch archery; bake bakery; deliver delivery Portugal Portuguese; Vienna Viennese; journal journalese; official officialese Host hostess; waiter waitress; lion lioness; tiger tigress; god goddess Usher usherette; suffrage suffragette Hand handful; spoon spoonful

-ese

nouns

-ess

nouns

-ette -ful

Nouns Nouns

female An amount that fills something

-hood

nouns

-ian

nouns

-ics -ing verbs

-ion (also -ation; -ition; -sion, -tion; -xion) -ism

verbs

nouns; adjectives

-ist

nouns

-ity

adjectives

-let -ment

nouns verbs

-ness

adjectives

Parent parenthood; child childhood; neighbour neighbourhood; brother brotherhood; priest priesthood From, typical of; a Boston Bostonian; Brazil specialist in; a person who Brazilian; Shakespeare does something as a job or Shakespearian; mathematics hobby mathematician; physics physician; history historian; comedy comedian; politics politician The science, art or activity Physics; politics; dramatics; of athlete athletics suffer suffering; drive driving; mean meaning; swim swimming The action or state of dictate dictation; hesitate hesitation; compete competition; confess confession The action or result of; the Criticism; hero heroism; state or quality of; the Buddha Buddhism; race teaching, system or racism; American movement of; unfair Americanism; colloquial treatment or hatred for the colloquialism; alcohol reason mentioned; a feature alcoholism of language of the type mentioned; a medical condition or disease A person who believes or AtheismAtheist; practises; a member of a dentistrydentist; profession or business violin violinist; activity; a person who uses guitar guitarist; a thing; a person who does plagiarist something Condition or quality of complex complexity; creative creativity; secure security; equal equality; curious curiosity; formal formality; flexible flexibility; able ability Small; not very important book booklet; pig piglet; star starlet; brace bracelet The action or result of Retire retirement ; develop development ; arrange arrangement ; embarrass embarrassment ; excite excitement The state or quality of happy happiness; ill illness; dark darkness; lonely loneliness; mad madness; kind kindness; busy business The state or quality of; a group of people of the type mentioned

-or

verbs

A person or thing that dose something as job The state or quality of; the status or office of; skill or ability as; the group of

-ship

nouns

-th

Verbs; adjectives

The action or process of

-ure

verbs

The action, process or result of The action or process of

-y

verbs

Act actor; sail sailor; conduct conductor; comment commentator Owner ownership; friend friendship; citizen citizenship; professor professorship; musician musicianship; member membership Grow growth; strong strength; long length; true truth; deep depth; wide width; dead death fail failure; close closure; depart departure; please pleasure Inquire inquiry

Suffix -able

Added to Verbs; nouns

-al

nouns

-ant -ed

Verbs Nouns; verbs

-en -ent -esque -ful

nouns verbs nouns Nouns; verbs

-ial -ian

Nouns nouns

-ible

Verbs; nouns

-ic

Nouns; verbs

ADJECTIVE suffixes Meaning Examples That can or must be; Reason reasonable; tax having the quality of taxable; fashion fashionable; comfort comfortable; change changeable; eat eatable Connected with Magic magical; verb verbal; music musical; nation national; accident accidental; environment environmental That is or does something Signify significant; ignore ignorant Having; having the Talent talented; beard characteristics of; that bearded; disease diseased; suffers or receives some interest interested; bore bored; kind of feeling or effect excite excited; embarrass embarrassed Made of; looking like Wood wooden; gold golden That is or does something Differ different; compete competent In the style of Statue statuesque; Dante dantesque Full of; having the qualities Sorrow sorrowful; forget of; tending to forgetful; success successful; peace peaceful; help helpful Typical of Dictator dictatorial From, typical of Belgium Belgian; Brazil Brazilian; Shakespeare Shakespearian That can or must be; Horror horrible; sense having the quality of sensible; access accessible; divide divisible Connected with, that Scene scenic; economy performs the action economic; Arab Arabic; horrify mentioned horrific; specify specific

-ing

Nouns; verbs

-(i)ous -ish

nouns Nouns; adjectives

-ive -less

Verbs nouns

That does or produces some kind of feeling or effect Having the nature or quality of From the country mentioned; [disapproving] having the nature of, like; fairly, approximately Tending to; having the nature of Without; not doing, not affected by Similar to; typical of Having the qualities of; at intervals of

Interest interesting; embarrass embarrassing; bore boring; amaze amazing Poison poisonous; glory glorious; mystery mysterious Turkey Turkish; Ireland Irish; Spain Spanish; child childish; yellow yellowish Explode explosive; describe descriptive; express expressive Tree treeless; hair hairless; meaning meaningless; hope hopeless; harm harmless Child Child-like; shell shelllike; god godlike Friend friendly; coward cowardly; scholar scholarly; day daily; month monthly; year yearly Fear fearsome; trouble troublesome; bother bothersome Dust dusty; rain rainy; sun sunny; anger angry; thirst thirsty; silk silky; hair hairy

-like -ly

nouns nouns

-some -y

nouns nouns

Producing; likely to Full of; having the quality of; tending to

Suffix -ate -en

Added to Nouns; adjectives adjectives

-ify -ise [BrE]/ize [AmE]

Adjectives; nouns Nouns; adjectives

VERB suffixes Meaning Examples To give the thing or Hyphen hyphenate; active quality mentioned activate To make or become Black blacken; sad sadden; broad broaden; less lessen; sweet sweeten; sharp sharpen to make or become Solid solidify; beauty beautify; simple simplify; pure purify To become, make or Private privatise; fossil fossilize; make like; to speak, modern modernise; general think, act, treat, etc. in generalize; critic criticize; theory the way mentioned; to theorise; pasteurize; hospital place in hospitalise ADVERB suffixes Meaning Examples In the way mentioned; at Happy happily; sudden intervals of suddenly; lucky luckily; beautiful beautifully; hour hourly ; day daily In the direction of Back backward(s); up upward(s); out outward(s); east eastward(s); home homeward(s) In the manner or Clock Clockwise; side sidewise; direction of length lengthwise

Suffix -ly

Added to Adjectives; nouns

-ward(s)

-wise

Nouns; adjectives; adverbs nouns