Noun Suffixes: A Huge List of Popular Noun Suffixes in English

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Noun suffixes in English! The following is a list of noun suffixes for practicing spelling, along with their meanings and examples. Suffixes are a letter or group of letters added to the ending of words to change their meaning or function.

Common Noun Suffixes

–age

• Meaning: A result
• Example: Wreckage, vintage, baggage, cartage, damage

–ance

• Meaning: An action os state
• Example: Importance, appearance, significance, resistance

-ant

• Meaning: A person
• Example: Assistant, accountant, consultant, contestant

–ee

• Meaning: A person
• Example: Referee, employee, payee,  conferee, refugee

-ence

• Meaning: An action or state
• Example: Difference, dependence, subsistence

-er / –or

• Meaning: A person
• Example: Teacher, geographer, foreigner, doctor, guarantor

–ery

• Meaning: A type or place of work
• Example: Bakery, machinery, scenery, bravery

–ess

• Meaning: Makes a feminine form
• Example: Waitress, actress, hostess

–ion

• Meaning: A process, state, or result
• Example: Decoration, suggestion, completion,  excision

–ism

• Meaning: A belief or condition
• Example: Judaism, organism, alcoholism, parallelism

–ist

• Meaning: A person
• Example: Florist, chemist, dramatist, economist

–ment

• Meaning: An action or state
• Example: Measurement, abridgment, banishment, accomplishment

–ness

• Meaning: A quality or state
• Example: Happiness, bitterness, darkness, kindheartedness

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