Suffixes List

A suffixes list is a great place to start improving your knowledge of the English Language.

In fact, suffixes can help you immediately determine whether the word is a noun, verb, adjective or adverb.

Suffixes can also show you if something is in the past or present tense, or whether the word you are dealing with is singular or plural.

In short, a suffixes list can play an important role in any language learning.

Thankfully, there aren't that many... but they are important to know and will help you improve your English.

You might want to print out the list and spend some time learning the suffixes below.

Suffix Meaning Use able, ible capable of (adjective suffix) drinkable - able to be drank legible - able to be read ac, ic like, pertaining to Zodiac - pertaining to animals, life democratic - pertaining to democracy acious, icious full of audacious - full of daring, avaricious - full of greed al pertaining to beneficial - bringing benefit logical - pertaining to logic ant, ent full of eloquent - fluid, effective speech. ardent - full of passion ary like, connected with revolutionary - some one connected with a revolution temporary - connected with time or duration ate to make (verb suffix) desecrate - to ruin, make unholy mitigate - make less severe ation that which is (noun suffix) irritation - that which is irritated cy state of being (noun suffix) democracy - ruled by people obstinacy - obstinate state, stubbornness eer, er, or person who (noun suffix) engineer - designs engines teacher - person who teaches advisor - person who advises escent becoming (adjective suffix) evanescent - tending to vanish pubescent - arriving at puberty fic making, doing (adjective suffix) fantastic - arousing great wonder terrific - arousing great fear ity state of being (noun suffix) sagacity - state of being wise fy to make (verb suffix) magnify - to enlarge petrify - turn to stone iferous producing, bearing (adjective suffix) pestiferous - carrying disease vociferous - having a loud voice il, ile pertaining to, capable of (adjective suffix) civil - polite docile - easily taught or led ism doctrine, belief (noun suffix) monotheism - belief in one God deism - belief in God but not religion ist dealer, doer (noun suffix) realist - one who is realistic dentist - works with teeth ive like (adjective suffix) quantitative - concerned with number or volume ize, ise to make (verb suffix) harmonize - make harmonious revolutionize - make revolutionary oid resembling, like (adjective suffix) ovoid - like an egg anthropoid - resembling a human ose full of (adjective suffix) verbose - full of words osis condition (noun suffix) psychosis - diseased mental condition hypnosis - induced sleep ous full of (adjective suffix) nauseous - full of nausea ludicrous - foolish tude state of (noun suffix) fortitude - state of strength servitude - state of serving

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