Grammar - Suffixes list I

Suffixes

-ability suffix

used with adjectives ending in ‘-able’ to make nouns meaning a particular quality

-able suffix

used with many verbs to make adjectives describing something that can be done

-able suffix

used with some nouns to make adjectives describing a quality that someone or something has

-aholic suffix

used with nouns and verbs to make nouns meaning someone who likes something a lot or who is unable to stop doing something

-an suffix

used with names of places to make nouns and adjectives meaning relating to a particular place or to someone who comes from a particular place

-an suffix

used with nouns to make nouns or adjectives meaning someone who supports something

-athon suffix

used with some nouns and verbs to make nouns meaning an event or activity that lasts for a long time. These events are often organized in order to make money to help people

-backed suffix

used with some nouns to make adjectives meaning that a group or action is supported by an organization or country, usually a powerful one

-backed suffix

used with some adjectives to make adjectives describing what type of back someone or something has

-backed suffix

used with some nouns to make adjectives meaning that something has a particular substance or material on the back

-based suffix

used with some names of places to make adjectives meaning happening or working in a particular place

-based suffix

used with some names to make adjectives describing the main substance in a product

-borne suffix

used with some nouns to make adjectives describing how something is carried from one person or place to another

-bound suffix

used with some adjectives and nouns, for example place names, to make adjectives describing where someone or something is going

-bound suffix

used with some nouns to make adjectives meaning that someone is unable to leave a place

-bound suffix

used with some nouns to make adjectives meaning that something prevents travel in a place

-bound suffix

used with some nouns to make adjectives meaning that something is preventing people from working or from doing what they want

-buster suffix

mainly journalism used with some nouns to make nouns describing someone or something that attacks or removes something bad

-busting suffix

mainly journalism used with some nouns to make adjectives describing someone or something that attacks or removes something bad

-celled suffix

used with some adjectives to make adjectives describing how many cells a living structure has

-centred suffix

used with some nouns to make adjectives describing who or what is considered most important when planning a policy or activity

-centred suffix

used with some adjectives to make adjectives describing the centre of something

-clad suffix

used with some nouns to make adjectives describing what something is covered in

-coloured suffix

used with some adjectives and nouns to make adjectives describing what colour something is

-conscious suffix

used with some nouns and adverbs to make adjectives describing a person or organization that gives a lot of attention to a particular subject or thing

-controlled suffix

used with some nouns to make adjectives describing who or what controls something

-crazed suffix

used with some nouns for saying what makes someone behave in a crazy and uncontrolled way

-crazy suffix

used with some nouns for saying what someone is extremely enthusiastic about

diminutive suffix noun

linguistics a group of letters that are added to the end of a word to show that something is smaller than things of that type usually are, for example ‘-let’ added to ‘drop’ to make ‘droplet’

-driven suffix

used with some nouns to make adjectives meaning strongly influenced or caused by something

-ee suffix

used with some verbs to make nouns meaning someone who is affected by an action

-ee suffix

used with some verbs to make nouns meaning someone who performs an action

-enabled suffix

computing used with some nouns to make adjectives meaning using a particular piece of software

-er suffix

used with many verbs to make nouns meaning someone or something that performs an action

-er suffix

used with some nouns to make other nouns meaning someone who is involved with something, especially as a job

-er suffix

used with the names of some cities to mean someone who comes from a place

-er suffix

used with short adjectives and adverbs to make the comparative

-esque suffix

used with the names of some people to make adjectives describing things relating to that person or their work

-esque suffix

used with some nouns to make adjectives describing things that have a particular quality

-ess suffix

used with some nouns to make nouns referring to women

-ess suffix

used with some nouns to make nouns meaning a female animal

-ette suffix

used with some nouns to make nouns describing something small

-ette suffix

used with some nouns to make nouns referring to women

-ette suffix

used with some nouns to make nouns meaning a substance that looks like something else

-eyed suffix

used with some adjectives for describing someone with eyes of a particular colour or shape or a particular expression in their eyes

-faced suffix

used with some adjectives to make other adjectives describing the face of someone or something

-fashion suffix

used with some nouns to make adverbs meaning ‘in the way that a particular person or thing might do something’

-fest suffix

informal used with some nouns to describe an occasion when people do a lot of a particular activity

-fold suffix

used with numbers to make adjectives and adverbs describing how much something increases

-framed suffix

used with some nouns to make adjectives describing what type of frame something has

-framed suffix

used with some adjectives to make adjectives describing the size and shape of someone’s body

-free suffix

used with many nouns to make adjectives meaning without a particular thing

-friendly suffix

sometimes used with nouns to make a new adjective meaning that something helps or does not harm a particular type of person or thing

-gate suffix

mainly journalism sometimes used with nouns to make a name for a political scandal , especially one that affects the president or government of the US

-goer suffix

used with some nouns to make nouns meaning someone who regularly goes somewhere

-grained suffix

used with some adjectives for describing substances such as wood or stone that have a particular arrangement, pattern, or direction of fibres

-grained suffix

used with some adjectives for describing substances that consist of small individual pieces of a particular type

-haired suffix

used with some adjectives to make adjectives describing the hair of a person or animal

-happy suffix

used with some nouns to make adjectives meaning that someone is too willing to do or use something bad

-headed suffix

used with some adjectives to make adjectives describing the colour of someone’s hair

-headed suffix

used with some adjectives to make adjectives describing someone’s character

-hearted suffix

used with some adjectives to make adjectives describing someone’s character or feelings

-hood suffix

used with some nouns to make nouns meaning a particular state, or period in someone’s life

-hungry suffix

used with some nouns to make adjectives meaning wanting or needing a particular thing

-ify suffix

used with some adjectives and nouns to make verbs meaning ‘to become, or to make someone or something become, something’

-infested suffix

used with some nouns to make adjectives meaning ‘full of something harmful or unpleasant’

-ise suffix

British another spelling of -ize

-ish suffix

used with the names of places to make adjectives and nouns meaning relating to a particular place or describing someone who comes from a particular place

-ish suffix

used with some nouns to make adjectives describing a quality that someone or something has

-ish suffix

used with many adjectives to make other adjectives meaning slightly or fairly

-ish suffix

used with many numbers to make adverbs meaning approximately

-ize suffix

used with some nouns and adjectives to make verbs meaning to become or make something become something

-ize suffix

used with some nouns to make verbs meaning to put someone in a particular place

-led suffix

directed, controlled, or influenced by used with some nouns

-less suffix

without used with many nouns

-let suffix

used with some nouns to make nouns meaning something small

-like suffix

used with many nouns to make adjectives meaning similar to something

-loving suffix

used with some nouns to make adjectives describing the thing that someone enjoys

-ly suffix

used with many adjectives to make adverbs meaning in a particular way

-mad suffix

British used with some nouns for saying that someone is very interested in a particular thing, and usually not interested in anything else

-made suffix

used with some adjectives and nouns to make adjectives describing where or how something was created, or who created it

-mania suffix

used with many nouns to make nouns meaning an extremely strong enthusiasm for something

-mania suffix

used for making nouns describing a particular type of mental illness

-mannered suffix

used with some adjectives and adverbs to make adjectives describing the type of manners that someone has

-meister suffix

humorous sometimes used with nouns to make a new word meaning someone who is an expert at doing something, or someone who does something in a very skilful and exciting way

-minded suffix

used with some adjectives and adverbs to make adjectives describing the way someone thinks or their attitude to life

-minded suffix

used with many nouns to make adjectives meaning believing that something is important or interesting

-most suffix

nearest to used with some nouns to make adjectives

-most suffix

used with some adjectives to make adjectives meaning furthest in a particular direction

total words = 90 total suffixes = 146                         Suffixes list 2