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Common English Suffixes and Prefixes

|Suffix or Prefix |Add to. . . |To make a(n)… |Examples |

|-able |verbs |adjective |predict(predictable |

|-ible | | |love(lovable |

| | | |regret(regrettable |

| | | |capable, incredible |

|-al, -ial, -ical |nouns |adjective |structure(structural |

| | | |territory(territorial |

| | | |sphere(spherical |

|-atic |nouns |adjective |problem(problematic |

| | | |system(systematic |

|-ic |verbs |adjective |specify(specific |

|-ive |verbs |adjective |act(active |

| | | |create(creative |

|-ed |verbs |adjective |fade(faded |

| |nouns |(past participle of verb) |give(given |

| | | |money(moneyed |

|-ful |nouns |adjective |care(careful |

| | | |use(useful |

| | | |wonder(wonderful |

|-less |nouns |adjective |friend(friendless (without friends) |

| | | |penny(penniless (without money) |

|-some |nouns |adjective |fear(fearsome (scary) |

| |verbs | |trouble(troublesome (problematic) |

|-y |nouns |adjective |anger(angry |

| | | |hunger(hungry |

|-ance |verbs |noun |resist(resistance |

|-ence |adjectives | |independent(independence |

|-ant |verbs |noun describing a person who does that |apply(applicant |

|-er | |thing |vote(voter |

|-or | | |work(worker |

| | | |coordinate(coordinator |

|-ian |nouns |noun describing a person who does that |magic(magician |

|-ist | |thing |art(artist |

|-ity |adjectives |noun |obese(obesity |

| | | |active(activity |

|-ment |verbs |noun |enjoy(enjoyment |

|-ness |adjectives |noun |happy(happiness |

| | | |kind(kindness |

|-ship |nouns |noun—abstract state or condition of |champion(championship |

| | |being that noun |friend(friendship |

|-tion |verbs |noun |inform(information |

|-sion | | |possess(possession |

| | | |position |

|-tude | |noun |fortitude |

|-ture | | |nature |

|-ify |nouns |verb |glory(glorify |

| | | |specify, verify |

|-ize |nouns |verb |terror(terrorize |

| |adjectives | |social(socialize |

|a- |adjectives |adjective that means the opposite of the|moral(amoral |

|anti- | |original word |social(anti-social |

|dys- | | |functional(dysfunctional |

|il- | | |legal(illegal |

|in- | | |active(inactive |

|un- | | |grateful(ungrateful |

|dis- |verbs |verb that means the opposite of the |like(dislike |

|mis- | |original word |understand(misunderstand |

|un- | | |do(undo |

|re- |verbs |verb that means to do the action over |act(react |

| | |again |do(redo |

| | | |renovate (to make new again) |

| | | |repeat (to say again) |

See

Word roots

Anim—life

Aqu—water

Bene—good

Biblio--book

Uni--one

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