Suffix
Meanings
-able
able to be
-ac
pertaining to
-acity (-ocity)
quality of
-ade
-age
action or process
-aholic (oholic)
-al
relating to
-algia
pain
neuralgia, nostalgia,
-an (-ian)
-ance
state or quality of
-ant
a person who
a person who
-ard
-arian
a person who
-arium (orium)
a place for
-ary
of or relating to
-ate
-ation
action or process
-ative
tending to (adj.)
-cide
act of killing
-cracy
-crat
-cule
molecule, ridicule,
-cy
-cycle
circle, wheel
-dom
-dox
belief, praise
orthodox, paradox
-ectomy
surgical removal of
appendectomy, hysterectomy
-ed
past tense
-ee
receiver, performer
-eer
associated with/engaged in
engineer, volunteer
-ar
Suffix
Meanings
-emia
blood condition
-en
-ence
-ency
condition or quality
-ent
-er
more
action or process
-ern
state or quality of
-escence
state or process
adolescence, convalescence
-ese
relating to a place
-esque
in the style of
-ess
female
-est
most
-etic
-ette
-ful
full of
-fy
-gam/gamy
marriage, union
monogam, polygamy
-gon/gonic
angle
-hood
-ial
relating to
-ian
relating to
-iasis
diseased condition
elephantiasis, psoriasis
-iatric
healing practice
pediatric, psychiatric,
-ible
able to be
-ic/ical
-ile
-ily
in what manner
-ine
relating to
-ing
materials
action or process
-ion
action or process
-ious
-ish
-ism
state or quality
Suffix
Meanings
-ist
-ite
-it is
inflammation, preoccupation
-ity
-ive
-ization
-ize
-less
without
-let
version of
-like
resembling, characteristic
-ling
younger or inferior
duckling, underling
-loger/logist
-log
speech
dialog, monolog,
-ly
in what manner
-ment
action, result
-ness
-oid
resembling
-ology
-oma
tumor, swelling
-onym
name, word
-opia
eye defect
-opsy
examination
-or
a person who
-ory
relating to
-osis
-ostomy/otomy surgical
-ous
full of
-path
-pathy
feeling, diseased
-phile
-phobia
abnormal fear of
-phone
sound
-phyte
plant, to grow
-plegia
paralysis
-plegic
-pnea
air, spirit
Suffix
Meanings
-scopy/scope
visual exam
-scribe/script
to write
-sect
to cut
-ship
-sion
state or quality
-some
-sophy/sophic
wisdom, knowledge
-th
state or quality
-tion
state or quality
-tome/tomy
to cut
-trophy
nourishment, growth
-tude
-ty
-ular
relating to or resembling
-uous
state or quality of
-ure
action, condition
-ward
specifies direction
-ware
-wise
-y
PREFIXES
Prefix
Meaning
Example
a-, an-
without
amoral
ante-
before
antecedent
anti-
against
anticlimax
auto-
self
autopilot
circum-
around
circumvent
co-
with
copilot
com-, con-
with
companion, contact
contra-
against
contradict
de-
devalue
dis-
not
disappear
en-
put into
enclose
ex-
extract, ex-president
extra-
extracurricular
hetero-
different
heterosexual
homo-
same
homonym
hyper-
over, more
hyperactive
not, without
in-
into
insert
inter-
between
intersect
intra-
between
intravenous
macro-
large
macroeconomics
micro-
small
microscope
mono-
one
monocle
non-
not, without
nonentity
omni-
all, every
omniscient
post-
after
postmortem
pre-, pro-
before, forward
precede, project
sub-
under
submarine
syn-
same time
synchronize
trans-
across
transmit
tri-
three
tricycle
un-
not
unfinished
uni-
one
unicorn