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Suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -able,ible | able to be; capable of being |
| -ade | action or process |
| -age | action or process |
| -al, -ial | of; like; relating to; suitable for |
| -ance | act; process; quality; state of being |
| -ant | one who |
| -ary | of; like; relating to |
| -ate | characteristic fo; to become |
| -cle, -icle | small |
| -cy | fact or state of being |
| -dom | state or quality of |
| -ence | act or state of being |
| -ent | doing; having; showing |
| -er | one who; that which |
| -ery | place for; act,practice of |
| -esque | like |
| -ess | female |
| -ful | full of |
| -ible | capable of being |
| -ic | relating to; characteristic of |
| -ify | to make; to cause to be |
| -ion | act, condition, or result of |
| -ish | of or belonging to; characterized by |
| -ism | act, practice, or result of; example |
| -ity | condition; state of being |
| -ive | of; relating to; belonging to; tending to |
| ize- | make; cause to be; subject to |
| -less | without |
| -let | small |
| -like | like; characteristic of |
| -logy | study or theory of |
| -ly | every |
| -ly | like; characteristic of |
| -ly | resembling |
| -ment | action or process |
| -ment | state or quality of |
| -ment | product or thing |
| -ness | state or quality of being |
| -or | one who |
| -ous | having; full of; characterized by |
| -ship | state or quality of being |
| -some | like; tending to be |
| -tude | state or quality of being |
| -y | characterized by |