Suffixes! Following is a list of suffixes in English with their meanings and example sentences to give you an idea of how to identify them.
Suffixes
Suffixes are placed after words to modify their meanings; like prefixes, they are groups of letters that rarely serve a purpose unless attached to a word.
| Suffix | Meaning | Examples |
| -able/-ible | capable of | portable, legible |
| -ac/-ic | like/related to | cardiac, Nordic |
| -acy | state/quality of being | privacy, legitimacy |
| -acious/-icious | full of | gracious, malicious |
| -al | related to | logical, philosophical |
| -ance/-ence | state/quality of being | maintenance, permanence |
| -dom | state/quality of being | freedom, kingdom |
| -eer/-er/-or | person who | mountaineer, writer, counsellor |
| -escent | becoming, to be | adolescent, fluorescent |
| -esque | like/reminiscent of | picturesque, Kafkaesque |
| -fy | to make | magnify, electrify |
| -iferous | containing, yielding | vociferous, carboniferous |
| -ise | make, become | civilise, terrorise |
| -ish | having qualities of | hellish, fiendish |
| -ism | doctrine, belief, practice | favouritism, communism |
| -ist | person who | chemist, florist |
| -ity | state/quality of being | ingenuity, oddity |
| -less | without | brainless, endless |
| -ment | state/quality of being, result of action | enjoyment, embankment, |
| -ness | state of being | thinness, loneliness |
| -oid | like | celluloid, ovoid |
| -ose | full of | adipose, verbose |
| -osis | condition | hypnosis, psychosis |
| -ous | full of | illustrious, nauseous |
| -ship | position held | friendship, membership |
| -sion/-tion | state/quality of being | torsion, transition |
| -tude | state/quality of being | fortitude, certitude |
| -y | characterised by | funny, greedy |
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