List of Suffix

Suffix
-able
-ac
-acity (-ocity)
-ade
-age
-aholic (-oholic)
-al
-algia
-an (-ian)
-ance
-ant

-ar
-ard
-arian
-arium (orium)
-ary
-ate

-ation
-ative
-cide
-cracy
-crat
-cule
-cy

Meanings
Sample Words and Definitions
able to be
excitable, portable, preventable
pertaining to
cardiac, hemophiliac, maniac
quality of
perspicacity, sagacity, velocity
act, action or process,
blockade, cavalcade, promenade,
product
action or process
passage, pilgrimage, voyage
one with an
workaholic, shopaholic, alcoholic
obsession for
relating to
bacterial, theatrical, natural
pain
neuralgia, nostalgia,
relating to, belonging
Italian, urban, African
to
state or quality of
brilliance, defiance, annoyance
a person who
applicant, immigrant, servant
inclined to, tending
brilliant, defiant, vigilant
to
of or relating to,
lunar, molecular, solar
being
a person who
beggar, burglar, liar
a person who does an
coward, sluggard, wizard
action
disciplinarian, vegetarian,
a person who
librarian
a place for
terrarium, aquarium, solarium
of or relating to
literary, military, budgetary
state or quality of
affectionate, desolate, obstinate
(adj.)
makes the word a
verb (different
activate, evaporate, medicate
pronunciation)
action or process
creation, narration, emancipation
tending to (adj.)
creative, preservative, talkative
act of killing
homicide, suicide, genocide
rule, government,
bureaucracy, aristocracy,
power
theocracy
someone who has
aristocrat, bureaucrat, technocrat
power
diminutive (making
molecule, ridicule,
something small)
state, condition or
efficiency, privacy, belligerency

Suffix
-cycle
-dom
-dox
-ectomy
-ed
-ee
-eer
-emia
-en
-ence
-ency
-ent
-er

-ern
-escence
-ese
-esque
-ess
-est
-etic
-ette
-ful
-fy
-gam/gamy
-gon/gonic
-hood
-ial
-ian
-iasis

Meanings
Sample Words and Definitions
quality
circle, wheel
bicycle, recycle, tricycle
condition of, state,
boredom, freedom, wisdom
realm
belief, praise
orthodox, paradox
surgical removal of appendectomy, hysterectomy
past tense
called, hammered, laughed
receiver, performer nominee, employee, devotee
associated
engineer, volunteer
with/engaged in
blood condition
anemia, hypoglycemia, leukemia
makes the word a
awaken, fasten, strengthen
verb
state or condition,
absence, dependence, negligence
action
condition or quality clemency, dependency, efficiency
inclined to
performing/causing, competent, correspondent,
or one who
absorbent
performs/causes
more
bigger, faster, happier
action or process
flutter, ponder, stutter
a person who does an
announcer, barber, teacher
action
state or quality of
eastern, northern, western
state or process
adolescence, convalescence
relating to a place
Chinese, Congolese, Vietnamese
Kafkaesque, grotesque,
in the style of
burlesque
female
actress, heiress, lioness
most
funniest, hottest, silliest
relating to (makes the
athletic, energetic, poetic
word an adj.)
diminutive (makes
cigarette, diskette, kitchenette
something smaller)
full of
helpful, thankful, cheerful
make, cause (makes
amplify, falsify, terrify
the word a verb)
marriage, union
monogam, polygamy
angle
hexagon, polygonic, pentagon
state, condition, or childhood, neighborhood,
quality
motherhood
relating to
celestial, editorial, martial
relating to
Martian, utopian, pediatrician
diseased condition elephantiasis, psoriasis

Suffix
-iatric
-ible
-ic/ical
-ile
-ily
-ine
-ing
-ion
-ious
-ish
-ism
-ist
-ite
-itis
-ity
-ive
-ization
-ize
-less
-let
-like
-ling
-loger/logist
-log
-ly
-ment
-ness
-oid
-ology
-oma

Meanings
Sample Words and Definitions
healing practice
pediatric, psychiatric,
able to be
audible, plausible, legible
relating to,
analytic/al, comic/al, organic
characterized by
relating to, capable ofagile, docile, volatile
in what manner
sloppily, steadily, zanily
relating to
canine, feminine, masculine
materials
bedding, frosting, roofing
action or process
dancing, seeing, writing
celebration, completion,
action or process
navigation
having the qualities
ambitious, cautious, gracious
of, full of
relating to,
apish, brutish, childish
characteristic
state or quality
altruism, despotism, heroism
a person, one who
artist, linguist, pianist
does an action
resident of, follower,
suburbanite, luddite, dynamite
product of
inflammation,
appendicitis, tonsillitis,
preoccupation
frontrunneritis
state, condition, or
abnormality, civility, necessity
quality
inclined to; quality
attractive, expensive, repulsive
of; that which
act or process of
colonization, fertilization,
making
modernization
cause, treat, become antagonize, authorize, popularize
without
fearless, helpless, homeless
version of
booklet, droplet, inlet
resembling,
childlike, homelike, lifelike
characteristic
younger or inferior duckling, underling
astrologer, cardiologist,
one who does
chronologer
speech
dialog, monolog,
in what manner
badly, courageously, happily
action, result
movement, placement, shipment
state or quality
kindness, shyness, weakness
(makes a noun)
resembling
humanoid, tabloid, hemorrhoid
anthropology, archaeology,
study of, science of
biology
tumor, swelling
carcinoma, osteoma, hematoma

Suffix
-onym
-opia
-opsy
-or
-ory
-osis
-ostomy/otomy
-ous
-path
-pathy
-phile
-phobia
-phone
-phyte
-plegia
-plegic
-pnea
-scopy/scope
-scribe/script
-sect
-ship
-sion
-some
-sophy/sophic
-th
-tion
-tome/tomy
-trophy
-tude
-ty
-ular

Meanings
name, word
eye defect
examination
a person who
relating to
process, diseased
condition
surgical
full of

Sample Words and Definitions

synonym, antonym, homonym
myopia, nyctalopia, hyperopia
biopsy, autopsy, necropsy
inventor, legislator, translator
armory, dormitory, laboratory
diagnosis, prognosis, neurosis,
psychosis
colostomy, lobotomy, craniotomy
hazardous, humorous, wondrous
homeopath, naturopath,
one who engages in
psychopath
feeling, diseased
sympathy, apathy, neuropathy
one who loves
bibliophile, audiophile, pyrophile
acrophobia, claustrophobia,
abnormal fear of
xenophobia
homophone, telephone,
sound
microphone
plant, to grow
zoophyte, cryptophyte, epiphyte
paraplegia, quadriplegia,
paralysis
hemiplegia
paraplegic, technoplegic,
one who is paralyzed
quadriplegic
air, spirit
apnea, hyperpnea, orthopnea
arthroscopy, gastroscopy,
visual exam
microscope
to write
transcript, describe, manuscript
to cut
dissect, insect, bisect
state or condition of, authorship, citizenship,
skill of
friendship
state or quality
confusion, depression, tension
characterized by,
cumbersome, quarrelsome,
group of
foursome
philosophy, theosophy,
wisdom, knowledge
anthroposophic
state or quality
depth, length, strength
state or quality
attention, caution, fascination
hysterectomy, epitome,
to cut
tonsillotome
nourishment, growth atrophy, hypertrophy, dystrophy
state, condition or
fortitude, gratitude, magnitude
quality
state, condition or
ability, honesty, loyalty
quality
relating to or
cellular, circular, muscular
resembling

Suffix
-uous
-ure
-ward
-ware
-wise
-y

Meanings
state or quality of
action, condition
specifies direction
things of the same
type or material
in what manner of
direction
made up of,
characterized

Sample Words and Definitions

arduous, tumultuous, virtuous
closure, erasure, failure
backward, eastward, homeward
hardware, software, kitchenware
clockwise, lengthwise, otherwise
brainy, fruity, gooey

List of Adjectives
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afraid
agreeable
amused
ancient
angry
annoyed
anxious
arrogant

defeated
defiant
delicious
delightful
depressed
determined
dirty
disgusted

gorgeous
greasy
great
green
grieving
grubby
grumpy
handsome

mammoth
many
massive
melodic
melted
mighty
miniature
moaning

repulsive
resonant
ripe
roasted
robust
rotten
rough
round

successful
sweet
swift
tall
tame
tan
tart
tasteless

ashamed
average
awful
bad
beautiful
better
big
bitter
black
blue
boiling
brave
breezy
brief
bright
broad
broken
bumpy
calm
charming
cheerful
chilly
clumsy
cold
colossal
combative
comfortable
confused
cooing
cool
cooperative
courageous
crazy
creepy
cruel
cuddly
curly
curved
damp
dangerous
deafening
deep
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disturbed
dizzy
dry
dull
dusty
eager
early
elated
embarrasse
d
empty
encouraging
energetic
enthusiastic
envious
evil
excited
exuberant
faint
fair
faithful
fantastic
fast
fat
few
fierce
filthy
fine
flaky
flat
fluffy
foolish
frail
frantic
fresh
friendly
frightened
funny
fuzzy
gentle
giant
gigantic
good

happy
hard
harsh
healthy
heavy
helpful
helpless
high
hilarious
hissing
hollow
homeless
horrible
hot
huge
hungry
hurt
hushed
husky
icy
ill
immense
itchy
jealous
jittery
jolly
juicy
kind
large
late
lazy
light
little
lively
lonely
long
loose
loud
lovely
low
lucky
magnificent

modern
mute
mysterious
narrow
nasty
naughty
nervous
new
nice
nosy
numerous
nutty
obedient
obnoxious
odd
old
orange
ordinary
outrageous
panicky
perfect
petite
plastic
pleasant
precious
pretty
prickly
proud
puny
purple
purring
quaint
quick
quickest
quiet
rainy
rapid
rare
raspy
ratty
red
relieved

sad
salty
scary
scattered
scrawny
screeching
selfish
shaggy
shaky
shallow
sharp
shivering
short
shrill
silent
silky
silly
skinny
slimy
slippery
slow
small
smiling
smooth
soft
solid
sore
sour
spicy
splendid
spotty
square
squealing
stale
steady
steep
sticky
stingy
straight
strange
striped
strong

tasty
tender
tender
tense
terrible
testy
thirsty
thoughtful
thoughtless
thundering
tight
tiny
tired
tough
tricky
troubled
ugliest
ugly
uneven
upset
uptight
vast
victorious
vivacious
voiceless
wasteful
watery
weak
weary
wet
whispering
wicked
wide
wide-eyed
witty
wonderful
wooden
worried
yellow
young
yummy
zany

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