Suffixes Flashcards
-able
Example: habitable
able to be
-acy
Example: privacy
state or quality
-al
Example: theatrical
act or process of
-an (-ian)
Example: American
relating to, belonging to
-ance, ence
Example: brilliance
state or quality of
-ant
Example: supplicant
a person who
-arian
Example: librarian
a person who
-ate
Example: desolate
have or be characterized by
-cide
Example: genocide
act of killing
-cracy
Example: aristocracy
rule, government, power
-dom
Example: wisdom
place or state of being
-dox
Example: orthodox
belief
-en
Example: smarten
become
-er, -or
Example: lover
one who
-ese
Example: Japanese
relating to a place
-esque
Example: arabesque, grotesque
in the style of/like
-fy/-ify
Example: beautify, certify
make, cause
-ful
Example: graceful
full of
-gam/-gamy
Example: monogamy
marriage, union
-gon/-gonic
Example: decagon
angle
-hood
Example: parenthood
state, condition, or quality
-ile
Example: domicile, juvenile
relating to, capable of
-ious, -ous
Example: contagious
characterized by
-ish
Example: develish
having the quality of
-ism
Example: socialism
doctrine, belief
-ist
Example: dramatist
one who
-ity, -ty
Example: ferocity
quality of
-ive
Example: talkative
having the nature of
-ize
Example: prioritize
become
-log(ue)
Example: analogy, dislogue
word, speech
-ment
Example: commitment
condition of
-ness
Example: faithfulness
state of being
-phile
Example: Francophile
one who loves
-phobia
Example: agoraphobia
abnormal fear of
-ship
Example: scholarship
position held
-sion, -tion
Example: abbreviation
state of being
