V. Important Suffixes with their Meanings

SUFFIXES

Suffixes	Area of Meaning	Examples
‐able, ‐ible	Capable of being
‐ance, ‐ence	State , condition or quality
‐ation, ‐tion	Condition or the act of
‐dom	State, condition , dignity, office
‐ee	The object or receiver of action
‐en	Pertaining to , of the nature of
‐er	The one who…
‐ful	Full of or characterized by
‐ic, ‐ical	Pertaining to
‐ious, ‐ous	Full of , of the nature of
‐ize, ‐ise	To make like of affect with
‐ish	To form adjectives from nouns , belonging to, like
‐ism, ‐ist	Action or practice, state or condition
‐less	Without , loose from
‐ly	Like
‐ness	State , condition , quality
‐ship	Condition , skill , character
‐s , ‐es	Plurals
‐ed	Past‐tense verb
‐ing	Verb form, present participle
‐er	Comparative
‐est	Comparative
‐ment	Action or process

‐ity ,‐ ty	State of
‐ive , ‐ative , ‐itive	Adjective form of a noun