Suffixes
Choose 15 suffixes, and think of or look for words that end in those suffixes.
Write the part of speech for each one.
-ABLE, -IBLE
Means: capable of
Example: fixable (capable of being
Part of speech: adjective
-TION, -SION
Means: the process of
Example: creation (the process of
Part of speech: noun
fixed)
creating
-ESQUE
Means: resembling
Example: statuesque (like a statue)
Part of speech: adjective
-EST
Means: most
Example: largest (most large)
Part of speech: adjective
-FUL
Means: full of
Example: beautiful (full of beautiful)
Part of speech: adjective
-IAL, AL
Means: pertaining to; like
Example: microbial (pertaining to
Part of speech: adjective
microbes), antibacterial
-IC
Means: of or relating to
Example: caloric (relating to calories)
Part of speech: adjective
-ISH
Means: like
Example: childish (like a child)
Part of speech: adjective
-ISM
Means: a state of being
Example: barbarianism (the state of
Part of speech: noun
being a barbarian), Protestantism
-LESS
Means: without
Example: hopeless (without hope)
Part of speech: adjective
-LOGY
Means: the study of
Example: theology (the study of God); mineralogy
Part of speech: noun
-LY
Means: like, resembling
Example: happily (resembling happy)
Part of speech: adverb
-MENT
Means: action or process
Example: development (the process of
Part of speech: noun
-NESS
Means: state or quality of
Example: goodness (the state of
developing)
being good)
Part of speech: nou
-OID
Means: like
Example: planetoid (like a planet)
Part of speech: noun
-OUS
Means: having the qualities of
Example: joyous (having the quality of joy)
Part of speech: adjective
-WARD
Means: in the direction of
Example: outward (toward the outside)
Part of speech: adjective
-DOM
Means: state or condition of
Example: kingdom (state of a king)
Part of speech: noun
-ITY
Means: state or quality
Example: normality (state of being
Part of speech: noun
-ER
Means: one that does or can
Example: teacher (one who teaches)
Part of speech: noun
-OR
Means: one that does or can
Example: editor (one who edits)
Part of speech: noun
normal)
-IST
Means: one that does or can
Example: realist, dramatist (one who can perform drama)
Part of speech: noun
-ANCE, -ENCE
Means: state or condition
Example: difference (state of being
Part of speech: noun
different)
-IVE
Means: performing action
Example: demonstrative (characterized by demonstration)
Part of speech: adjective
-ED
Means: show tense, characterization
Example: retired (past tense of retire or is in a state of retire)
Part of speech: verb, adjective
-ATE
Means: having characterized by
Example: laminate (to cover with laminae
Part o speech: verb
-IZE
Means: to cause or become
Example: internalize (to become internal)
Part of speech: verb
-IFY, -FY
Means: to cause or become
Example: liquefy
Part of speech: verb