A suffix is a letter or a group of letters attached to the end of a word to form a new word or to change the grammatical function (or part of speech) of the word.
Here are the common suffixes.
| Suffix | Meaning | Example |
| -able, -ible | able to be; capable of being | changeable |
| -acy | state or quality | privacy |
| -age | a result | wreckage |
| -al, -ary | of or related to | monetary |
| -ance | an action or state | importance |
| -ant | a person | participant |
| -ed | past tense or past participle | danced |
| -ee | a person | employee |
| -en | made of | woolen |
| -ence | an action or state | difference |
| -er/or | a person | boxer, suitor |
| -ery | a type of place or work | machinery |
| -ess | makes a feminine form | princess |
| -est | superlative | strongest |
| -ful | full of | beautiful |
| -ic | of or related to | heroic |
| -ing | present participle | cooking |
| -ion, -tion | act or process of | reaction |
| -ish | a little | yellowish |
| -ism | a belief or condition | Buddhism |
| -ist | a person | mentalist |
| -ity, -ness | state of | continuity, hapiness |
| -ive | likely to | seductive |
| -less | without | homeless |
| -like | similar to, like | animallike |
| -logy | study of | anthropology |
| -ly | in a manner | firmly |
| -ment | an action or state | alignment |
| -ous | full of or characterized by | luminous |
| -ship | position held | ownership |
| -some | a tendency to | troublesome |
| -ward | shows direction | backward |
Suffixes that make Nouns:
-age, -ance, -ant, -ee, -ence, -er/or, -ery, -ess, -ful, -ing, -ion, -ism, -ist, -ment.
Suffixes that make Adjectives:
-able, -en, -ful, -ible, -ish, -less, -like, -ous, -some.
Suffixes that make Adverbs:
-ly, -ward, -ways.
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