A suffix is a group of letters placed at the end of a word to make a new word. In this article, you will find a list of suffix with their meaning and examples in English.
Suffix List in English
Noun Suffixes
Learn a useful list of noun suffixes with their meaning and examples in English
-al
- Meaning: Condition, quality
- Examples: dismissal, proposal, arrival, approval, denial, refusal
-ance/-ence
- Meaning: action, state, condition or quality
- Examples: acceptance, attendance, reference preference, insurance, existence
-ation/-tion
- Meaning: the action or resulting state
- Examples: declaration, celebration, information, immigration, education, elimination, combination
-sion
- Meaning: state or being
- Examples: revision, division, revision, profession, depression, confusion, tension, compulsion, confusion, decision, impression
-ure
- Meaning: action or the resulting state
- Examples: erasure, failure, pressure, legislature, departure, enclosure
-age
- Meaning: action, state, process
- Examples: postage, package, baggage, marriage, breakage, passage
-ing
- Meaning: action, state, process
- Examples: landing, writing, ending, seating, blessing, feeding
-ery
- Meaning: a business or trade, a behavior, a condition
- Examples: bakery, creamery, machinery, slavery, brewery
-eer
- Meaning: engaged in something, associated with something
- Examples: volunteer, engineer, musketeer, auctioneer, racketeer, mountaineer, profiteer
-er
- Meaning: someone who performs an action
- Examples: teacher, dancer, helper, farmer, lawyer, jeweler, preacher, prisoner, villager
-ist
- Meaning: person who practices
- Examples: cartoonist, columnist, bicyclist, physicist, violinist, terrorist
-ity
- Meaning: the state or condition of
- Examples: equality, abnormality, probability, civility, stupidity, curiosity, mobility, reality, tranquility, activity
-ment
- Meaning: the action or result of
- Examples: retirement, establishment, movement, abandonment
-ness
- Meaning: a state or quality
- Examples: awareness, kindness, darkness, fondness, happiness, kindness, truthfulness, quietness, sleepiness, usefulness
-or
- Meaning: a person who is something
- Examples: translator, investigator, conductor, distributor
-ship
- Meaning: position held
- Examples: courtship, ownership, internship, worship. partnership, membership, friendship
-th
- Meaning: state or quality
- Examples: labyrinth, warmth, death, strength, width, length, filth, birth, growth, depth
-ty
- Meaning: condition
- Examples: honesty, difficulty, safety, cruelty, subtlety, loyalty, modesty, certainty
-hood
- Meaning: family terms
- Examples: parenthood, motherhood, childhood
Adjective Suffixes
-able, -ible
- Meaning: capable of being
- Examples: adaptable, predictable, preventable, credible
-al
- Meaning: pertaining to
- Examples: natural, criminal, theatrical, accidental, regional, brutal, personal, regional, universal, seasonal
-ant
- Meaning: inclined to or tending to
- Examples: reliant, defiant, vigilant, brilliant
-ary
- Meaning: of or relating to
- Examples: dietary, planetary, military, honorary, budgetary, complimentary, momentary, honorary, cautionary, customary
-ful
- Meaning: full of or notable of
- Examples: wonderful, fanciful, beautiful, skillful, successful, delightful, awful, grateful
-ic
- Meaning: relating to
- Examples: organic, heroic, poetic, iconic, athletic, basic, scientific, historic, rhythmic, photographic
-ious, -ous
- Meaning: having qualities of
- Examples: cautious, humorous, gracious, fabulous, dangerous, mysterious, nervous, victorious, poisonous, courteous
-ive
- Meaning: quality or nature of
- Examples: expensive, pensive, creative
-less
- Meaning: without something
- Examples: faultless, fearless, restless, useless, friendless, homeless, worthless, penniless, hopeless, powerless
-y
- Meaning: made up of or characterized by
- Examples: fruity, tasty, brainy, grouchy, rainy, funny, messy, dirty, spotty
-ical
- Meaning: having the nature of
- Examples: practical, logical, magical, statistical, alphabetical, historical
-ish
- Meaning: origin, nature
- Examples: sheepish, foolish, childish, selfish, girlish, pinkish
-like
- Meaning: like
- Examples: childlike, birdlike, warlike, lifelike, ladylike
Verb Suffixes
-ed
- Meaning: past-tense version of a verb
- Examples: climbed, missed, laughed, called
-en
- Meaning: become
- Examples: fasten, strengthen, soften, awaken, blacken, broaden, deafen, flatten, gladden, tighten, shorten, sweeten, lengthen, brighten, darken
-er
- Meaning: action or process, making an adjective comparative
- Examples: longer, bigger, fuller, faster
-ing
- Meaning: verb form/present participle of an action
- Examples: swimming, laughing, writing, driving
-ize, -ise
- Meaning: to cause or to become
- Examples: specialize, authorize, commercialize, memorialize, apologize, characterize, digitalize, socialize, symbolize, stabilize, familiarize, advertise, colonize, civilize
-ify, -fy
- Meaning: To make or produce
- Examples: classify, codify, clarify, crucify, defy, falsify, intensify, modify, satisfy, simplify, unify, exemplify, identify, justify, notify, terrify
-ate
- Meaning: To make
- Examples: accommodate, activate, animate, captivate, considerate, consolidate, cooperate, decorate, allocate, concentrate
Adverb Suffixes
-ly
- Meaning: in what manner something is being done
- Examples: bravely, simply, honestly, gladly, lately, rightly, completely, really, definitely, maturely
-ward
- Meaning: in a certain direction
- Examples: backward, wayward, awkward, afterward
-wise
- Meaning: in relation to
- Examples: clockwise, edgewise, lengthwise, otherwise, crosswise, likewise
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