Grammar

18 Suffixes, Definition and Examples

18 Suffixes, Definition and Examples




Suffix Meaning Example
–age A result Wreckage
–ance An action or state Importance
-ant A person Assistant
–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 or result Decoration
–ism A belief or condition Judaism
-ist A person Florist
–ment An action or state Measurement
-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
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