2. Suffixes
Nouns
1) –ant, -ent applicant, component, servant, student
2) –er, -or, -ar employer, interviewer, trainer, painter, New Yorker, Northerner, lighter, cooker, conductor, beggar, arbiter, shipper
3) –ee absentee, abandonee, employee, interviewee, trainee
4) –eer engineer, pioneer
5) –an, -ian, -arian historian, humanitarian, librarian, musician, Canadian
6) –ese Chinese, Japanese
7) –ist artist, Marxist, capitalist, creationist, extremist, futurologist, manicurist, neuroscientist, oncologist, purist
8) –ism socialism, capitalism, mechanism, ableism, ageism, individualism, collectivism, creationism, optimism, pessimism
9) -ability, -ibility ability, flexibility, availability, capability
10) –age postage, shrinkage, wastage
11) –al arrival, refusal, revival
12) –ance, -ence appearance, reference
13) –ancy, -ency emergency, expectancy, delinquency
14) –cy accuracy, bankruptcy
15) –dom freedom, kingdom, wisdom
16) –ery bravery, cookery
17) –ess actress, lioness )
18) –ette cigarette, novelette, cassette
19) –ful handful, spoonful
20) –hood childhood, brotherhood, neighborhood
21) –ics economics, electronics, mechanics, physics, mathematics, politics
22) –ion(-sion, -ssion -ition, -ation) decision, discussion, inflation, translation, action, correction, allegation, connotation, depletion, distortion, elimination, emulation, formulation, immunization, integration, manipulation, radiation, recitation, vaccination
23) –ity, -ty reality, curiosity, purity, security, certainty, cruelty, difficulty, loyalty, poverty, safety, municipality, triviality, affinity, diversity, ingenuity, maturity, mediocrity, mobility, sovereignty, timidity
24) –ment movement, agreement, harassment, refinement
25) –ness carelessness, greatness, friendliness, weakness, tiredness, inventiveness
26) –ology futurology, geology, biology, musicology, psychology, anthropology, cosmology
27) –ship hardship, friendship, sportsmanship, editorship
28) –th birth, death, breadth, strength, truth
29) -ure closure, exposure
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30) –able, -ible acceptable, admissible, avoidable, eatable, countable, notable , suitable, variable, accessible, sizable, tangible, negotiable
31) –al educational, additional, normal, natural, essential, detrimental, emotional, parental, patriarchal, promotional, spatial, surgical
32) –an, -arian, -ian suburban, disciplinarian, Canadian, partisan
33) –ant, -ent different, resultant
34) –ary, -ory advisory, customary, complementary, parliamentary
35) –ate considerate, fortunate, passionate
36) –en golden, wooden, woolen
37) –ern northern, southern
38) –ese Chinese, Japanese
39) –free carefree, troublefree
40) –ful careful, painful
41) –ic, -ical atomic, biological, economic, economical, historic, historical, classic, classical, scientific, medical, mechanic, mechanical, hypocritical, strategic, volcanic
42) –ish selfish, childish, womanish, greenish, reddish, yellowish, Swedish, Danish
43) –ive creative, decisive, supportive, adaptive, competitive, hyperactive, persuasive, pervasive, speculative
44) –less useless, fruitless, boundless, groundless, hopeless, jobless
45) –like childlike, ladylike
46) –ly, –y, -ry manly, monthly, hairy, noisy, scary
47) –ous, –ious, -uous, -eous various, continuous, courageous, courteous, harmonious
48) –proof airproof, bulletproof, fireproof, waterproof
49) –some tiresome, lonesome, quarrelsome, troublesome, worrisome
50) –ward downward, homeward
51) –ed purified, farfetched
Nouns
1) –ant, -ent applicant, component, servant, student
2) –er, -or, -ar employer, interviewer, trainer, painter, New Yorker, Northerner, lighter, cooker, conductor, beggar, arbiter, shipper
3) –ee absentee, abandonee, employee, interviewee, trainee
4) –eer engineer, pioneer
5) –an, -ian, -arian historian, humanitarian, librarian, musician, Canadian
6) –ese Chinese, Japanese
7) –ist artist, Marxist, capitalist, creationist, extremist, futurologist, manicurist, neuroscientist, oncologist, purist
8) –ism socialism, capitalism, mechanism, ableism, ageism, individualism, collectivism, creationism, optimism, pessimism
9) -ability, -ibility ability, flexibility, availability, capability
10) –age postage, shrinkage, wastage
11) –al arrival, refusal, revival
12) –ance, -ence appearance, reference
13) –ancy, -ency emergency, expectancy, delinquency
14) –cy accuracy, bankruptcy
15) –dom freedom, kingdom, wisdom
16) –ery bravery, cookery
17) –ess actress, lioness )
18) –ette cigarette, novelette, cassette
19) –ful handful, spoonful
20) –hood childhood, brotherhood, neighborhood
21) –ics economics, electronics, mechanics, physics, mathematics, politics
22) –ion(-sion, -ssion -ition, -ation) decision, discussion, inflation, translation, action, correction, allegation, connotation, depletion, distortion, elimination, emulation, formulation, immunization, integration, manipulation, radiation, recitation, vaccination
23) –ity, -ty reality, curiosity, purity, security, certainty, cruelty, difficulty, loyalty, poverty, safety, municipality, triviality, affinity, diversity, ingenuity, maturity, mediocrity, mobility, sovereignty, timidity
24) –ment movement, agreement, harassment, refinement
25) –ness carelessness, greatness, friendliness, weakness, tiredness, inventiveness
26) –ology futurology, geology, biology, musicology, psychology, anthropology, cosmology
27) –ship hardship, friendship, sportsmanship, editorship
28) –th birth, death, breadth, strength, truth
29) -ure closure, exposure
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30) –able, -ible acceptable, admissible, avoidable, eatable, countable, notable , suitable, variable, accessible, sizable, tangible, negotiable
31) –al educational, additional, normal, natural, essential, detrimental, emotional, parental, patriarchal, promotional, spatial, surgical
32) –an, -arian, -ian suburban, disciplinarian, Canadian, partisan
33) –ant, -ent different, resultant
34) –ary, -ory advisory, customary, complementary, parliamentary
35) –ate considerate, fortunate, passionate
36) –en golden, wooden, woolen
37) –ern northern, southern
38) –ese Chinese, Japanese
39) –free carefree, troublefree
40) –ful careful, painful
41) –ic, -ical atomic, biological, economic, economical, historic, historical, classic, classical, scientific, medical, mechanic, mechanical, hypocritical, strategic, volcanic
42) –ish selfish, childish, womanish, greenish, reddish, yellowish, Swedish, Danish
43) –ive creative, decisive, supportive, adaptive, competitive, hyperactive, persuasive, pervasive, speculative
44) –less useless, fruitless, boundless, groundless, hopeless, jobless
45) –like childlike, ladylike
46) –ly, –y, -ry manly, monthly, hairy, noisy, scary
47) –ous, –ious, -uous, -eous various, continuous, courageous, courteous, harmonious
48) –proof airproof, bulletproof, fireproof, waterproof
49) –some tiresome, lonesome, quarrelsome, troublesome, worrisome
50) –ward downward, homeward
51) –ed purified, farfetched