List of Suffix with Meaning and Example
| Suffix | Meaning | Example |
| -ant | A person | Assistant |
| –sophy/sophic | knowledge | theosophy |
| –ing | An action | Painting |
| -y | characterized by | greedy |
| age | A result | Wreckage |
| -dom | state | kingdom |
| -ness | state of being | loneliness |
| -y | characterized by | greedy |
| -less | without | endless |
| -escent | becoming | fluorescent |
| -acious/-icious | full of | malicious |
| -ence | An action or state | Difference |
| -less | Without | Careless |
| -ity | state/quality of being | oddity |
| –ment | An action or state | Measurement |
| -ine | relating to | feminine |
| able/-ible | capable of | neighborhood |
| -osis | like/reminiscent of | Kafkaesque |
| -ous | Full of | Joyous |
| -th | state or quality | length, strength |
| -iferous | yielding | carboniferous |
| -ose | full of | verbose |
| -some | A tendency to | Quarrelsome |
Suffix with Meaning and Example – 1
Suffix Words List
| Suffix | Meaning | Example |
| –ity | state of being | oddity |
| -ist | A person | Florist |
| -pathy | diseased | apathy |
| -sion/-tion | state/quality of being | transition |
| -ship | position held | membership |
| -ful | As much as will fill | Spoonful |
| -tude | state/quality of being | legitimacy |
| -esque | condition | psychosis |
| -ous | full of | nauseous |
| -ology | science of | archaeology |
| –ery | A type or place of work | Bakery |
| -al | related to | philosophical |
| -er/or | A person | Teacher |
| –ee | A person | Referee |
| -ware | things of the same material or type | software |
| –ance | An action or state | Importance |
| ance/-ence | quality of being | permanence |
| -like | characteristic | homelike |
| -ian | relating to | utopian |
| -ion | state or result | Decoration |
| -hood | condition, or quality | legible |
| -ible | Ability | Flexible |
| –ess | Makes a feminine form | Waitress |
| -osis | condition | psychosis |
| -ance/-ence | state of being | permanence |
Suffix with Meaning and Example – 2
Suffix words with Meaning and Example
| Suffix | Meaning | Example |
| –ion | A process, state, or result | Decoration |
| -ise | become | civilize |
| -like | Similar to | Lifelike |
| -fy | to make | electrify, falsify |
| -ess | female | heiress |
| -ish | A little | Greenish |
| -ish | having qualities of | brutish |
| -ism | A belief or condition | Judaism |
| –ism | A belief | Judaism |
| -ism | belief | communism |
| -ory | relating to | dormitory |
| -ite | follower, a product of | luddite |
| -ment | state of being | embankment |
| -acy | state/quality of being | certitude |
| -en | Made of | Woolen |
| -some | group of | quarrelsome |
| -ac/-ic | related to | Nordic |
| -eer/-er/-or | person who | writer |
| -phone | sound | telephone |
| -tude | state/quality of being | certitude |
| -esque | reminiscent of | Kafkaesque |
| –age | A result | Wreckage |
| -oid | like | humanoid |
| -sion | state/quality of being | confusion |
| -able | Able to be | Inflatable |
| -ful | full of | thankful |
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Suffix Examples
Verb Suffixes
| Suffix | Meaning | Example |
| -ate | become | Eradicate, Enunciate |
| -en | become | Awaken, Strengthen |
| -ify, -fy | make or become | Satisfy, Rectify |
| -ize, -ise* | become | Humanize, Socialize |
Noun Suffixes
| Suffix | Meaning | Example |
| -ship | position held | Ownership, Kinship |
| -er, -or | one who | Protector, Narrator |
| -sion, -tion | state of being | Transition, Abbreviation |
| -ance, -ence | state or quality of | Eminence, Assurance |
| -acy | state or quality | Fallacy, Delicacy |
| -ist | one who | Narcissist, Plagiarist |
| -ity, -ty | quality of | Veracity, Parity |
| -ment | condition of | Endorsement, Punishment |
| -ness | state of being | Sadness, Rudeness |
| -dom | place or state of being | Kingdom, Boredom |
| -al | act or process of | Recital, Rebuttal |
| -ism | doctrine, belief | Narcissism, Skepticism |
Adjective Suffixes
| Suffix | Meaning | Example |
| -ic, -ical | pertaining to | Mythic, Domestic |
| -esque | reminiscent of | Statuesque, Burlesque |
| -able, -ible | capable of being | Presentable, Abominable |
| -ish | having the quality of | fiendish, childish, snobbish |
| -ive | having the nature of | creative, punitive, divisive, decisive |
| -less | without | endless, ageless, lawless, effortless |
| -y | characterized by | sleazy, hasty, greasy, nerdy, smelly |
| -ful | notable for | Resentful, Woeful |
| -al | pertaining to | Grammatical, Emotional |
| -ious, -ous | characterized by | Portentous, Studious |
