Word-Building Resource • Suffixes

Suffixes (CALD, OALD)

Suffixes Meanings Examples
 -a  
 -ability  
 -able  
 -ably  
 -accio  
 -age  
 -aholic  
 -al  
 -alia  
 -ally  
 -an  
 -ana  
 -ance  
 -ancy  
 -ant  
 -arian  
 -armed  
 -ary  
 -athon  
 -ate  
 -ation  
 -ative  
 -atively  
 -ator  
 -backed  
 -baiting  
 -based  

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 -basher  
 -bashing  
 -bearing  
 -bedroomed  
 -behaved  
 -bellied  
 -blooded  
 -bodied  
 -boned  
 -bore  
 -born  
 -borne  
 -bound  
 -brained  
 -breaker  
 -breasted  
 -brimmed  
 -buster  
 -capable  
 -capped  
 -celled  
 -centric  
 -centrism  
 -chested  
 -chinned  
 -cidal  
 -coated  
 -coloured  
 -conscious  
 -cornered  
 -covered  
 -cratic  

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 -cy  
 -d  
 -degree  
 -dimensional  
 -dom  
 -driven  
 -eared  
 -ed  
 -edged  
 -ee  
 -eer  
 -ēma  
 -en  
 -enabled  
 -ence  
 -ency  
 -engined  
 -enhancing  
 -ent  
 -epline  
 -er  
 -ery  
 -ese  
 -esque  
 -ess  
 -est  
 -ette  
 -eyed  
 -faced  
 -faceted  
 -facing  
 -field  

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 -filled  
 -fingered  
 -fired  
 -flavoured  
 -fold  
 -footed  
 -footer  
 -former  
 -free  
 -friendly  
 -ful  
 -fully  
 -fy  
 -goer  
 -going  
 -grabbing  
 -grader  
 -grained  
 -haired  
 -hater  
 -head  
 -headed  
 -hearted  
 -heartedly  
 -hood  
 -humoured  
 -hungry  
 -hunter  
 -ial  
 -ially  
 -ian  
 -iana  

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 -ibility  
 -ibis  
 -ible  
 -ibly  
 -ic  
 -ical  
 -ically  
 -ics  
 -ide  
 -ie  
 -ify  
 -in  
 -induced  
 -ing  
 -ino  
 -intentioned  
 -in-waiting  
 -ion  
 -ish  
 -ishly  
 -ism  
 -ist  
 -ista  
 -istic  
 -ite  
 -itis  
 -ity  
 -ive  
 -ization  
 -izationally  
 -ize  
 -k  

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 -led  
 -legged  
 -length  
 -less  
 -lessly  
 -lessness  
 -let  
 -like  
 -ling  
 -load  
 -ly  
 -made  
 -man  
 -mania  
 -mannered  
 -mate  
 -meister  
 -ment  
 -mental  
 -minded  
 -monger  
 -mongering  
 -most  
 -mouthed  
 -natured  
 -necked  
 -ness  
 -nosed  
 -o  
 -occio  
 -octane  
 -odd  

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 -oholic  
 -oid  
 -ola  
 -ological  
 -ologist  
 -ology  
 -one  
 -or  
 -ory  
 -orientated  
 -oriented  
 -osa  
 -ous  
 -ously  
 -ousness  
 -owned  
 -pack  
 -packed  
 -penny  
 -person  
 -petalled  
 -phile  
 -phobe  
 -phobia  
 -piece  
 -pitched  
 -plated  
 -pounder  
 -powered  
 -prone  
 -proof  
 -racked  

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 -rage  
 -raiser  
 -rate  
 -rich  
 -ridden  
 -rimmed  
 -roofed  
 -roomed  
 -ry  
 -s  
 -s’  
 -‘s  
 -saver  
 -saving  
 -scape  
 -scope  
 -scopic  
 -seat  
 -seater  
 -seeded  
 -seeking  
 -sexed  
 -shaped  
 -shattering  
 -ship  
 -shooter  
 -shouldered  
 -shy  
 -sided  
 -sighted  
 -sized  
 -skin  

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 -sleeved  
 -smelling  
 -smith  
 -soled  
 -some  
 -something  
 -speak  
 -speaking  
 -spirited  
 -spoken  
 -spotter  
 -spotting  
 -stained  
 -star  
 -stemmed  
 -ster  
 -stopper  
 -storm  
 -style  
 -tailed  
 -tastic  
 -tasting  
 -tempered  
 -textured  
 -th  
 -throated  
 -tide  
 -tiered  
 -tight  
 -time  
 -to-be  
 -toed  

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 -toned  
 -tongued  
 -toothed  
 -ure  
 -veined  
 -ville  
 -voiced  
 -waisted  
 -wallah  
 -walled  
 -ward  
 -wards  
 -ware  
 -watcher  
 -water  
 -ways  
 -wear  
 -wheeled  
 -wheeler  
 -willed  
 -winged  
 -wise  
 -woman  
 -work  
 -worthy  
 -y  
 -year  
  
  
  
  
  

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