Suffixes

Noun-Forming Suffixes

-age (process, state, rank) e.g., lineage
-ance (the condition of, act of) e.g., dominance
-ation (action, state of) e.g., demonstration
-dom (state, rank, condition) e.g., serfdom
-hood (state, rank, condision) e.g., parenthood
-ism (act, manner, doctrine) e.g., barbarism
-ist (doer, believer) e.g., monopolist
-ment (means, result, action) e.g., bedevilment
-ness (quality, state) e.g., pretentiousness
-tude (quality, state, result) e.g., fortitude

Adjective-Forming Suffixes

-able (able to) e.g., sociable
-en (made of) e.g., ashen
-ful (having qualities of) e.g., purposeful
-ish (suggesting) e.g., fiendish
-less (lacking) e.g., graceless
-like (like, similar) e.g., lifelike
-some (apt to, showing) e.g., loathsome
-ward (in the direction of) e.g., windward

Verb-Forming Suffixes

-ate (become, form, treat) e.g., designate
-en (cause to be) e.g., enlighten
-esce (become, continue) e.g., coalesce
-fy (make, cause to have) e.g., amplify
-ize (make, cause to be) e.g., dramatize