Common Suffixes Flashcards
-ance/-ence/-ency/-ancy
Quality or state
Defiance, independence, emergency
-age
Action or process
Marriage, voyage
-ant/-ent
One who; thing that
Defendant, assistant, resident
-dom
State or quality of
Freedom, boredom
-er/-or/-ar
One who; thing that
Lawyer, survivor, liar
-ion/-tion
Act of; state of; result of
Revolution, occasion
-ism
Act; state; or system of belief
Plagiarism, barbarism, Buddhism
-ist
One who does or believes something
Ventriloquist, idealist
-itude, -tude
Quality of, state of
Multitude, magnitude
-ity/-ty
State of
Longevity, infinity
-ment
Action or process;state or quality; product or thing
Development, government; amusement, amazement; ointment, fragment
-ness
State of
Kindness, happiness
-s/-es
Plural form of noun
Trees, siblings
-able/-ible
Capable of
Attainable, possible
-al
Having characteristics of
Personal, government
