50 Examples of Prefixes and Suffixes

50 Examples of Prefixes and Suffixes

Suffixes that make NOUNS

SuffixMeaningExample
ageA resultWreckage
anceAn action or stateImportance
-antA personAsistant
eeA personReferee
-enceAn action or stateDifference
-er/orA personTeacher
eryA type or place of workBakery
essMakes a feminine formWaitress
-fulAs much as will fillSpoonful
ingAn action or resultPainting
-ionA process, state orresultDecoration
ismA belief or conditionJudaism
-istA personFlorist
mentAn action or stateMeasurement

Suffixes that make ADJECTIVES

SuffixMeaningExample
-ableAble to beInflatable
-enMade ofWoolen
-fulFull ofBeautiful
-ibleAbilityFlexible
-ishA littleGreenish
-lessWithoutCareless
-likeSimilar to, likeLifelike
-ousFull ofJoyous
-someA tendency toQuarrelsome

Suffixes that make ADVERBS

SuffixMeaningExample
-lyIn a mannerQuickly
-wardShows directionforward
-waysShows directionSideways

 

Prefixes

de-, dis-opposite of, notdepose, detour, dehydrated, decaffeinated, discord, discomfort, disengage
trans-acrossmove betweentransatlantic, transcend, transfer, transact, transport
inter-betweenamonginterstate, international, intermission, intermingle, interface
sub-undersubmarine, subtext, substandard, subsitute, subversive
over-too muchoverload, overdo, overact, overboard, overdose
non-notnonsense, nonverbal, nonstick, nonspecific
en-, em-cause toenjoy, endure, enlighten, entail, empathy,
un-oppositeuncover, unlock, unsafe, unemployment
semi-halfsemicircle, semiprecious, semicolon, semifinal
re-againbackrewrite, reread, return
mid-middlemidterm, Midwest, midstream, midway, midnight
super-abovesupersonic, superstar, supernatural, superstore
fore-beforeforeshadow, foresight, foreseeable, forecast, foreground
pre-beforepreview, pretest, prevent, preplan
in- , im-, ir-into; notinvade, implant, imperfect, immoral, inedible, incapable, irregular, irresponsible, irritate
mis-wronglymisjudge, misinterpret, misguided, mismatch, misplace