English Suffixes

able / -ible

capable of (readable)

al

relating to (natural)

ance / -ence

state (importance)

ary

relating to (library)

ate

to make (activate)

dom

state (freedom)

ed

past tense (walked)

en

made of (wooden)

er / -or

one who (teacher)

est

most (fastest)

ful

full of (hopeful)

hood

state (childhood)

ic

relating to (poetic)

ify / -fy

to make (simplify)

ing

action (running)

ion

act (creation)

ish

somewhat (greenish)

ism

belief (capitalism)

ist

one who (artist)

ity

state (purity)

less

without (fearless)

ly

in a way (quickly)

ment

result (development)

ness

state (happiness)

ous

full of (dangerous)

tion / -sion

act (expansion)

ward / -wards

direction (forward)

wise

in relation (clockwise)

eer

one engaged (engineer)

ette

small (kitchenette)

ive

having quality (active)

izе

to make (modernize)

logy

study (biology)

phobia

fear (arachnophobia)

phile

lover (bibliophile)

scope

viewing instrument (telescope)

ship

state (leadership)

wardly

in a direction (backwardly)

some

tending to (troublesome)

esque

like (picturesque)

ette

small version (diskette)

ant / -ent

having quality (dependent)

ary / -ery

place or related (bakery)

cracy

rule/government (democracy)

graph

writing (autograph)

meter

measure (thermometer)

path

feeling (empath)

ped

foot (biped)

sect

cut (insect)

vid / -vis

see (visible)