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
-ant/-ent/-ient
Doing or having characteristics of
Vigilant, urgent
-er
More
Higher, calmer, shorter
-est
Most
Lowest, craziest, tallest
-ic
Having characteristics of
Scientific, chronic
-ful
Full of
Helpful, gleeful, woeful
-ish
Like
Childish, reddish
-ive
Performs or tends toward
Creative, pensive
-less
Without
Helpless, careless
-ous
Possessing the qualities of
Generous, joyous
-y
Indicates description
Happy, dirty, flowery
-ly
In such a way
Quickly, studiously
-ward, -wards, -ways, -wise
In such a direction
Toward, sideways, crosswise
-ate
Make or cause to be
Fixate, activate
-ed
Past tense of verb
Walked, acted, fixed
-ify/-fy
Make or cause to be
Vilify, magnify, glorify
-ing
Indicates action in progress (present participate); can also be a noun (gerund)
Running, thinking, being
-ize
Bring about; cause to be
Colonize, legalize
