List of Suffixes and Suffix Examples

English List of Suffixes and Suffix Examples

Suffixes That Make ADVERBS

Suffix	Meaning	Example
-ly	In a manner	Quickly
-ward	Shows direction	forward
-ways	Shows direction	Sideways

 

Suffixes That Make NOUNS

Suffix	Meaning	Example
-ant	A person	Asistant
–ee	A person	Referee
-ence	An action or state	Difference
-er/or	A person	Teacher
–ery	A type or place of work	Bakery
–ess	Makes a feminine form	Waitress
-ful	As much as will fill	Spoonful
–ing	An action or result	Painting
-ion	A process, state orresult	Decoration
–ism	A belief or condition	Judaism
-ist	A person	Florist
–ment	An action or state	Measurement

 

Suffixes That Make ADJECTIVES

Suffix	Meaning	Example
–ish	A little	Greenish
-less	Without	Careless
-like	Similar to, like	Lifelike
–ous	Full of	Joyous
-some	A tendency to	Quarrelsome