List of Suffixes - Spelling Words Well
Spelling Words Well : List of Suffixes, Meanings and Examples
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List of Suffixes
Here is a list of common suffixes, their meanings and lists of words using those
suffixes. We¡¯ve included words of varying difficulty so that you can choose the ones
most appropriate for your students.
-able, -ible: able to be
-acy: state or quality
comfortable
privacy
-age: several meanings
including process, the
outcome of & relationship
coverage
tolerable
accuracy
breakage
agreeable
democracy
wreckage
capable
candidacy
leakage
reasonable
bureaucracy
usage
terrible
delicacy
postage
collectible
fallacy
percentage
possible
legacy
stoppage
flexible
literacy
mileage
responsible
piracy
marriage
-al, -ial: pertaining to,
having the character of
natural
-ance, -ence:
state or quality of
acceptance
actual
clearance
contestant
original
abundance
participant
accidental
importance
correspondent
political
performance
dependent
official
difference
driver
essential
reference
teacher
financial
occurrence
worker
partial
dependence
doctor
presidential
existence
creator
-ant, -ent, er, or: one who
accountant
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Spelling Words Well : List of Suffixes, Meanings and Examples
elementary
-en: forms verbs from
nouns or adjectives or
adj. from nouns
lengthen
honorary
strengthen
fearful
dietary
shorten
thankful
momentary
moisten
hopeful
imaginary
sharpen
forgetful
budgetary
darken
helpful
summary
wooden
playful
dignitary
woolen
useful
intermediary
golden
watchful
emissary
mistaken
spoonful
-ary: pertaining to,
connected with
-ful: full of
joyful
magnify
-ic, -ac, -il, -ile:of, like,
pertaining to
comic
petrify
historic
Spanish
qualify
elastic
British
justify
poetic
selfish
amplify
cardiac
foolish
certify
maniac
boorish
horrify
civil
childish
classify
fragile
bookish
unify
agile
reddish
signify
docile
cultish
-fy: to make
-ish: like, pertaining to
English
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Spelling Words Well : List of Suffixes, Meanings and Examples
-ist: one who makes or
does
artist
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-ity: state or condition
-ive having the nature of
activity
active
dentist
ability
creative
realist
possibility
effective
motorist
generosity
conclusive
chemist
formality
instructive
scientist
hospitality
executive
jurist
curiosity
legislative
extremist
civility
consecutive
ophthalmologist
locality
secretive
accompanist
hostility
aggressive
capitalize
careless
-logy study of, science
of
geology
alphabetize
hopeless
biology
magnetize
helpless
technology
apologize
endless
ecology
summarize
fearless
sociology
generalize
worthless
psychology
visualize
sleepless
terminology
vitalize
powerless
archaeology
dramatize
nameless
theology
energize
useless
mythology
-ize: to cause to become -less without
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-ly: characteristic of
-ment: condition of
sadly
agreement
-ness: state or condition
of
darkness
gladly
enjoyment
eagerness
gradually
argument
fairness
timely
retirement
sadness
cowardly
resentment
happiness
bravely
replacement
emptiness
justly
amazement
illness
secondly
assignment
goodness
rarely
refinement
likeness
hourly
embarrassment
heaviness
dangerous
-tion, -sion, -ion: state,
condition, action, process
or result
revolution
humorous
commendation
chilly
furious
concession
dusty
nutritious
transition
oily
spacious
relation
touchy
victorious
starvation
faulty
thunderous
description
noisy
nervous
explanation
cranky
gracious
temptation
fiery
courageous
imagination
glossy
-ous: having the qualities
of
-y: full of, somewhat, or
somewhat like
cloudy
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