Derivational Suffix List 3b5q15

Derivational Suffix List I. Suffix list With derivational suffixes, the new word has a new meaning, and is usually a different part of speech. But the new meaning is related to the old meaning - it is "derived" from the old meaning. There are several hundred derivational suffixes. The following table lists the all derivational suffixes (most common) for Lexical Tools: Suffix

Category

Examples

-able

adj

read|readable; wash|washable, comfort|comfortable;

-ably

adv

notable|notably

-ade

noun

lemonade, accolade;

-age

noun

mile|mileage marry|marriage

-al (see -ality)

adj

accident|accidental, profession|professional

-al

noun

arrive|arrival, refuse|refusal, appraise|appraisal

-ality

noun

proportionality

-an

adj

urban

-an

noun

amphibia|amphibian republican, Roman, veteran

-ance

noun

govern|governance, annoy|annoyance, defiant|defiance, insure|insurance

-ancy

noun

vacancy

-ant

adj

relax|relaxant please|pleasant

-ant

noun

triumph|triumphant, assist|assistant, inhabit|inhabitant serve|servant

-ar

adj

alveola|alveolar, fibula|fibular insulate|insular, modulate|modular line|linear, module|modular alveous|alveolar

-ar

noun

beggar, liar

-ard

noun

drunkard, coward, wizard, steward

-ary

adj

second|secondary; imagine|imaginary

-ary

noun

diction|dictionary, seminar|seminary

-ate

adj

fortune|fortunate

-ate

noun

certify|certificate

-ation

noun

ire|iration, starve|starvation, hesitate|hesitation, explore|exploration pronounce|pronunciation

-ative

noun

relate|relative, narrate|narrative

-ative

adj

talkative, lucrative, affirmative

-atory

noun

laboratory, conversatory

-cy

noun

diplomacy, literacy, idiocy

-dom

noun

freedom, boredom, kingdom

-ed

adj

bore|bored

-en

adj

golden, wooden, written, frozen

-en

verb

frighten

-ence

noun

independent|independence, violent|violence, absent|absence

-ency

noun

fluent|fluency, frequent|frequency, consistent|consistency

-ent

adj

differ|different, fluency|fluent

-er

noun

write|writer, teach|teacher

-ern

adj

western, northern

-ery

noun

slave|slavery, machine|machinery

-ess

noun

god|goddess, actor|actress, waiter|waitress

-ful

adj

hope|hopeful use|useful help|helpful

-gry

noun

angry, hungry

-holic

adj

alcoholic, workaholic

-hood

noun

child|childhood, neighbor|neighborhood, brother|brotherhood, adult|adulthood,

-ial

adj

colony|colonial,

-ian

adj, noun

Italy|Italian Brazil|Brazilian, Christ|Christian

-ian

noun

politics|politician, library|librarian music|musician

-ibly

adv

incredibly, responsibly, terribly

-ic

adj

alcohol|alcoholic demagogy|demagogic

-ical

adj

critic|critical, economic|economical, phonologic|phonological, historic|historical anatomy|anatomical

-ier

noun

cashier, financier, gondolier

-ify, -fy

verb

clear|clarify

-ious

adj

ambition|ambitious, religion|religious glory|glorious

-ing

noun

doing, acting

-ing

noun

bedding

-ion

noun

act|action

-ish

adj

girl|girlish green|greenish

-ish

adj, noun

Spanish, Turkish, English

-ism

noun

capital|capitalism, alcohol|alcoholism, criticise|criticism

-ist

noun

art|artist, social|socialist, violin|violinist

-ity

noun

normal|normality formal|formality

-ive

adj

defense|defensive aggression|aggressive

-ization, -isation

noun

organize|organization categorize|categorization

-ize, -ise

verb

vocal|vocalize terror|terrorize, material|materialize, idol|idolize, private|privatize

-less

adj

home|homeless, use|useless, clue|clueless

-ly

adj

brother|brotherly month|monthly

-ly

adv

active|actively, quick|quickly, clear|clearly

-man

noun

fireman, statesman

-ment

noun

treat|treatment, move|movement, amaze|amazement

-ness

noun

sad|sadness, kind|kindness, dark|darkness

-ography

noun

stenography, geography, photography

-ology

study, science biology, psychology, planetology

-onomy

noun

astronomy

-or

noun

act|actor, govern|governor, edit|editor, conduct|conductor sense|sensor, fact|factor ?

-or, -our

noun

candor, fervour, color

ory$

adj

auditor|auditory, sensor|sensory

ory$

noun

dormitory, historic|history, repositor|repository

ose$

adj

verbose; globose

osis$

noun

diagnose|diagnosis, osmose|osmosis, ichthyotic|ichthyosis, psychotic|psychosis, mitotic|mitosis ostosis

ous$

adj

porosity|porous cancer|cancerous analogy|analogous dolorousness|dolorous, disaster|disastrous, nerve|nervous

phagy$, phagia$ noun

monophagy

philia$

noun

hemophilia

phobia$

noun

acrophobia, mysophobia

phone$

noun, adj

telephone, homophone; Anglophone 

diaphyseal|diaphysis, physeal|physis

physeal$

adj

phyte$

noun

therophyte, halophyte

polis$

noun

Metropolis, Indianapolis

s$

noun

patho|pathos

science$

noun

omniscience, prescience, conscience

scope$

noun

microscope, telescope, kaleidoscope, periscope

script$

noun

manuscript, transcript

ship$

noun

friendship, relationship, dictatorship 

sion$

  

provide|provision, decide|decision, persuade|persuasion, divide|division diffuse|diffusion, illuse|illusion divert|diversion obsess|obsession

 

aseptic|asepsis gene|genesis

noun

sis$

noun

some$

adj

tiresome, awesome, fulsome

stan$

noun

Afghanistan

ster$

noun

youngster, gangster

t$

adj

burnt, spoilt

th$, eth$

adj

tenth, millionth, twentieth

th$

noun

growth, health, depth, strength

tion$

noun

evaporation, introduction

tom$, tome$

noun

dermatome

tropism$

noun

phototropism

ty$

noun

certainty, loyalty

uary$

noun

sanctuary, mortuary  

table|tabular nebula|nebular

ular$

adj

ulent$

adj

turbulent, fraudulent

um$

noun

album

uous$

adj

tempestuous, unctuous, sensuous

ure$

noun

fail|failure, expose|exposure, natural|nature, temperature

us$

noun

ulcus

ville$

noun

Nashville

vore$, vorous$

noun, adj

carnivore, herbivore

ward$, wards$

adj, adv

southward, inward, upward

ware$

noun

hardware, software, freeware

ways$

adj

sideways, longways

wise$

adj

clockwise, lengthwise

wright$

noun

playwright, wheelwright, shipwright

y$

y$

y$

   

bush|bushy, mess|messy, chew|chewy bristle|bristly easily|easy run|runny

 

abundance|abundancy biologic|biology, jealous|jealousy, victor|victory



clarify|clarification, apply|application, certify|certification

adj

noun

verb