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A word on how to use this list: N, V, Adj,
Adv., etc. refer to parts of speech. When you
see N
?
Adj, it
means that the suffix in the next column when
added to a noun changes it
to an
Adjective, e.g., season (n.) + al
?
seasonal (adj.).
Suffixes that
indicate one who…
N
inan
→ N
an
-an, -ian
American, comedian
N
inan
→ N
an
-ant
communicant
N
inan
→ N
an
-eer
puppeteer
V → N
an
-ee
employee
V → N
an
-er
teacher
V → N
an
-ist
tourist
V →
N
an
-or
sailor
V
→N
an
-ary, ess,
-ent
secretary, laundress, president
Suffixes that refer to…
N → Adj
-al
seasonal
N →
Adj
-ward
backward
N
an
→ N
inan
-hood
V →
N
an
→
N
-ship
V
→
N
-dom
Suffixes that establish
a condition, doctrine,
quality,
state…
Adj
→ N
-ism
Adj → N
Adj → N
N → Adj
N → Adj
N →
Adj
N → Adj
N → Adj
N →
N
V → Adj
V → Adj
V →
N
V → N/Adj
V
-ity
-ness
-ic
-ish
-less
-ous, -ious,
-ose
-y
-ty
-able, -ible,
-ble
-ive
-ance, -ence
-ion, -tion
-ate
-fy
bachelorhood
ownership
freedom
action or practice, theory or set of
beliefs realism
condition,
quality, state of being
inferiority
meanness
angelic
babyish
worthless
full of, having the qualities of
fabulous
cloudy
instrument for
looking
eternity
capable of, fit for
audible
restive
excellence
omission
election
to make
to elevate
create
educate
to make
liquify
to make, to become
cauterize
V
to make
enliven
N
-meter
measuring
instrument, measure
chronometer
N
-scope
periscope
Noun Endings
-an, -ian
of, belonging to
-ance, -ence
act, quality
-ancy, -ency
state of
-ary, -arium
place where
-ary, ess, -eer,
person who
-ant, -ent
-ation
action, institution
-cide
kill
-ian,
-er, -or, -ist
person who
-ion, -tion, -ity
state,
quality, act
-ism
quality,
doctrine
-logy, -ology
study
-ment
act, state
-ness, -dom
state, quality
-ory, -orium
place where
-ship, -hood
state, quality
Adjective Endings
-able,
-ible
able to be
-al,
-ative, -ent,
like, related to
-ic
-ful
having
-ish, -ive, -ous,
like, related to
-ious
-less
without
-ly
having the quality of
Adverb Suffixes
-ly
in the manner of
-ward
toward
-wise
in
the manner of
Verb Endings
-ate, -ify, -ize
make, act
-en
make
Prefixes of negation or reversal
a-, an-
not, without
apart, antonym
ab-
against
abstain
anti-
against
antiapartheid
contra-, counter-
against
contraband,
counterclockwise
de-
away, down,
delay, demit
reverse the
action of, undo
V
-ize
-en
dis-, di-, dif-
in-
il-, ir-,
im-
mis-
non-
un-
Prefixes
ab-
am-
a-, an-
ante-
anti-
arch-
auto-
bene-
bi-
circum-
com-,
con-,
col-, cor-, co-
contra-, counter-
de-
dis-, di-, dif-
dys-
e-, ex-
eu-
extra-, extro-
hetero-
homo-
hyper-
hypo-
in-, im-, il-, ir-
inter-
intro-, intra-
mal-
mega-
mis-
mono-
micro-
multi-
apart, away, not
not
not, into
wrong
not
not
disassociate, divide, differ
indecent
illegal
misjudge
nonsequitur
unnecessary
away from
absent, abolish
love
amicable, amorous
not, without
atypical,
anorexia
before
antebellum
against
antiwar, antisocial
first
archbishop, architect
self
automatic
well
benefit, beneveolent
two, twice
biannually
around
circumstance
together, with
commend, connect
collect,
correct, cosponsor
against, opposite
contrary, counteract
away,
down,
delay, demit
reverse
the
action of, undo
apart,
away, not
disappear, divide,
?
bad
dysfunctional, dyslexia
from, out of,
elect
away, out
exaggerate
good
eulogy, euphoria, Europe
outside, beyond
extraordinary, extrovert
heterogeneous
?
same
homogeneous
extreme
hyperactive
under
hypothetical, hypocrite
not
intone, immitate, illegal,
irrelevant
between
interdisciplinary
within, in
introvert, intramural
bad, ill, wrong
malady, malfunction
large,
one
megacity, megabyte
million
bad(ly)
mistake, misfortune
one,
single,
monograph
alone
small
microscope
many
multifamily
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