SAT Suffixes

-able/-ible

Capable of (e.g., readable, visible)

-acy

State or quality (e.g., literacy, advocacy)

-al

Related to (e.g., musical, natural)

-ant/-ent

One who (e.g., student, assistant)

-ary

Related to (e.g., literary, customary)

-ate

Become (e.g., activate, motivate)

-dom

State or condition (e.g., freedom, kingdom)

-en

Become (e.g., awaken, strengthen)

-er/-or

One who (e.g., teacher, actor)

-ful

Full of (e.g., hopeful, joyful)

-ic

Having the quality of (e.g., poetic, athletic)

-ion/-tion

Act or process (e.g., celebration, rejection)

-ism

Belief system (e.g., capitalism, realism)

-ist

One who practices (e.g., artist, scientist)

-ity/-ty

Quality of (e.g., clarity, honesty)

-ive

Having the nature of (e.g., creative, passive)

-less

Without (e.g., hopeless, careless)

-logy

Study of (e.g., biology, psychology)

-ment

Action or process (e.g., development, improvement)

-ness

State of (e.g., kindness, darkness)

-ous/-eous/-ious

Full of (e.g., gracious, courageous)

-ship

State or quality (e.g., friendship, leadership)

-y

Characterized by (e.g., happy, snowy)