English Most Important Suffixes, Meanings and Examples
Suffix | Meaning | Example |
–age | A result | Wreckage |
–ance | An action or state | Importance |
-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 |
-able | Able to be | Inflatable |
-en | Made of | Woolen |
-ful | Full of | Beautiful |
-ible | Ability | Flexible |
-ish | A little | Greenish |
-less | Without | Careless |
-like | Similar to, like | Lifelike |
-ous | Full of | Joyous |
-some | A tendency to | Quarrelsome |
-ly | In a manner | Quickly |
-ward | Shows direction | forward |
-ways | Shows direction | Sideways |
Past Tense Of Watch, Past Participle Form of Watch, Watch Watched V1 V2 V3
Past Tense Of Wake up, Past Participle Form of Wake up, Wake up Woke up…
Past Tense Of Wait, Past Participle Form of Wait, Wait Waited V1 V2 V3
Past Tense Of Try, Past Participle Form of Try, Try Tried V1 V2 V3
Past Tense Of Sow, Past Participle Form of Sow, Sow Sowed V1 V2 V3
Past Tense Of Sink, Past Participle Form of Sink, Sink Sank Sunk V1 V2 V3