Suffixes, Meanings and Examples 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 |
