Suffixes in English
Suffixes that make NOUNS
Suffix | Meaning | Example |
-age | A result | Wreckage |
-ance | An action or state | Importance |
-ant | A person | Asistant |
-ee | A person | Referee |
-ence | An action or state | Difference |
-er/or | A person | Teacher |
-ery | A type or place of work | Bakery |
-ess | Makes a feminine form | Waitress |
-ful | As much as will fill | Spoonful |
-ing | An action or result | Painting |
-ion | A process, state orresult | Decoration |
-ism | A belief or condition | Judaism |
-ist | A person | Florist |
-ment | An action or state | Measurement |
Suffixes that make ADJECTIVES
Suffix | Meaning | Example |
-able | Able to be | Inflatable |
-en | Made of | Woolen |
-ful | Full of | Beautiful |
-ible | Ability | Flexible |
-ish | A little | Greenish |
-less | Without | Careless |
-like | Similar to, like | Lifelike |
-ous | Full of | Joyous |
-some | A tendency to | Quarrelsome |
Suffixes that make ADVERBS
Suffix | Meaning | Example |
-ly | In a manner | Quickly |
-ward | Shows direction | forward |
-ways | Shows direction | Sideways |