A suffix is a bound morpheme that attaches to the end of another morpheme. In English, suffixes can be either derivational or inflectional. Derivational suffixes create new words. Inflectional suffixes create new forms of the same word. This page presents an alphabetical list of English suffixes identified through Structured Word Inquiry (SWI), a framework for studying spelling through the meaning, morphology, relatives, and letters/sounds of a word. Each suffix entry includes the denotation (core meaning), etymology (historical origin), and evidence from real words to support the existence of the suffix.
A
-a (singular Latin and Ancient Greek suffix (common anatomical, philosophical, medical, and taxonomic suffix) (feminine equivalent of masculine -us) (plural -ae))
-a (Ancient Greek singular suffix (plural -ata))
-a (chemical suffix that changes an element or substance into an oxide)
-a (Latin plural of -um (often zoological or taxonomic suffix))
-a (Ancient Greek plural of -on)
-a (have)
-a (Romance masculine suffix)
-(a)r (adjective suffix denoting “pertaining to, of the nature of”)
-ab(i)le (adjective suffix denoting capability or possibility)
-ab(u)le (Latin instrumental suffix denoting means or agency)
-abile (adjective suffix denoting “able to be” (rare singular of -abilia))
-abilia (adjective suffix denoting “able to be” (plural of -abile))
-ability (noun suffix denoting capableness or possibleness)
-ably (adverb suffix that corresponds to -able adjective suffix)
-ac (one affected with, of, belonging to)
-ac (suffix denoting names of anti-inflammatory agents)
-ac(u)le (Latin diminutive or instrumental suffix)
-accia (pejorative suffix)
-ace (noun suffix denoting a place or characteristic)
-ace (adjective suffix denoting “belong to, having the nature of”)
-acea (taxonomic suffix)
-aceae (taxonomic suffix)
-acean (taxonomic suffix)
-aceous (adjective suffix denoting “resembling” corresponding to -acean nouns)
-aces (plural of -ax)
-acic (adjective suffix denoting “of or pertaining to” that corresponds to -aceous adjectives)
-acious (adjective suffix denoting “full of, tending to” corresponding to -acity nouns)
-acity (noun suffix)
-ack (demonymic suffix)
-acteric (adjective suffix denoting “pertaining to a crucial point, a turning point, or a critical stage”)
-actic (adjective suffix denoting “of or pertaining to” corresponding to -ax nouns)
-acy (noun suffix denoting a quality, state, or condition)
-ad ((1) unit, set; (2) toward)
-ad (forming a noun denoting the product or result of an action or process or denoting persons or groups participating in an action)
-ada (noun and adjective suffix denoting “result of a completed action”)
-ade (forming a noun denoting the product or result of an action or process or denoting persons or groups participating in an action)
-adelic (coolness, verve, trippiness)
-ado (agent suffix denoting participation in an action)
-ador (agent suffix)
-ae (Latin plural of -a)
-ae (Ancient Greek verbal noun suffix denoting a process, condition, or result)
-age ((1) noun suffix denoting an action, result, or state; (2) collective noun suffix)
-aginous (made of, made from)
-ago (noun suffix denoting an object, plant, or animal)
-aholic (suffix denoting addition or indulgence)
-aic (adjective and demonymic suffix denoting “of or pertaining to” productive primarily in words derived from Hellenic place or personal names)
-ain (French noun and adjective suffix)
-aire (adjective suffix)
-aire (agent suffix)
-al (adjective suffix denoting “of, like, related to, pertaining to”)
-al (noun suffix forming a noun of action)
-al (chemical suffix denoting the presence of an aldehyde group)
-ale (noun suffix)
-alia (festival)
-alia (objects associated with something particular)
-alicious (intensive adjective suffix)
-alis (adjective suffix denoting “of, like, related to, pertaining to”)
-am (accusative singular Latin noun suffix of -us and -a)
-amen (Latin noun suffix)
-ami (Italian collective noun suffix)
-amus (Latin first person plural present active indicative verb suffix)
-an ((1) adjective suffix denoting “pertaining to, characterized by, tending to”; (2) agent suffix; (3) chemical suffix)
-an (Latin adjective suffix of -a (zoological or taxonomic noun and adjective suffix))
-ana (collection)
-ana (adjective suffix denoting “pertaining to, of the nature of”)
-anan (demonymic suffix corresponding to -ana nouns)
-ance (abstract noun suffix denoting a process, state, quality)
-and (Latin gerundive suffix denoting “that which must be given” or recipients of actions)
-and (suffix forming adjectives from verbs analogous to -ing)
-anda (plural of Latin -andum)
-ando (Italian noun (gerund) suffix)
-andum (Latin gerundive suffix denoting “that which must be given” or recipients of actions)
-ane ((1) adjective suffix denoting “belonging to, origin from”; (2) chemical suffix naming saturated hydrocarbons and indicating a chain of carbon atoms fully saturated with hydrogens (no double or triple bonds))
-ane (chemical suffix naming saturated six-membered ring heterocycles)
-anea ((1) plural of -aneum; (2) feminine singular of -aneus)
-aneal (adjective suffix corresponding to -aneum nouns)
-anean (adjective suffix denoting “related to” corresponding to -aneum, -anea, -aneus nouns)
-aneity (noun suffix corresponding to -aneous adjectives)
-aneous (adjective suffix denoting “pertaining to, of the nature of” that corresponds to -aneum nouns)
-aneum (noun suffix)
-aneus (adjective suffix denoting “related to, pertaining to”)
-ant (agent or instrumental noun suffix; adjective suffix denoting “doing, prone to, or tending to”)
-ant (suffix forming adjectives from verbs analogous to -ing (more common variation of -and))
-ante (noun suffix)
-anza (specific state or condition resulting from a process)
-ar (agent suffix)
-ar (astronomical suffix for naming star types)
-ara (adjective suffix denoting “related to, associated with, in the style of”)
-ard (noun suffix (often pejorative))
-arette (feminine agent suffix (masculine -aroo))
-aria (abstract noun suffix)
-aria (plural of Latin -arium)
-arian (agent suffix denoting a believer, advocate, or habitant)
-aric (adjective suffix denoting “of or pertaining to” corresponding to -ary words)
-ario (relational adjective suffix)
-arious (adjective suffix denoting “characterized by, having the qualities of”)
-arism (noun suffix denoting a state or ideology that corresponds to -ary adjectives)
-arist (agent suffix corresponding to -ary adjectives)
-arium (place or device associated with a specified thing or function)
-arize (verb suffix corresponding to -ary nouns)
-aroo (masculine agent suffix (feminine -arette))
-art (agent suffix (often pejorative))
-arum (genitive suffix denoting possession or association)
-ary ((1) month and number suffix; (2) adjective and noun suffix denoting “connected with, pertaining to, of or belonging to”)
-as (Ancient Greek masculine noun suffix)
-ase (chemical suffix for naming enzymes (biomolecules that cause biological chemical reactions))
-ases (plural of -asis)
-asia (noun suffix denoting actions, processes, states, diseases)
-asiac (agent suffix corresponding to -asia nouns)
-asiae (plural of -asia)
-asian (agent suffix corresponding to -asia/-asis nouns)
-asic (adjective suffix denoting “pertaining to, afflicted with”)
-asis (noun suffix denoting disease, morbid condition, pathological state, abnormal condition)
-asist (agent suffix corresponding to -asia nouns)
-asize (verb suffix denoting spread, change, transfer beyond)
-asm (denotes an action, state, or result)
-asse (French noun suffix)
-ast (agent suffix)
-aster (incomplete resemblance, often deprecatory)
-astic (variation of -atic, adjective suffix denoting “pertaining to, characterized by, having the nature of”)
-asy (variation of -asis denoting disease, morbid condition, pathological state, abnormal condition)
-at (French noun suffix denoting an action or a result of an action)
-at (Latin third person singular present active indicative verb suffix)
-at (Latin third person singular present active subjunctive verb suffix)
-ata (Romance noun suffix)
-ata (Ancient Greek plural of -a)
-ata (taxonomic suffix denoting “those having, purveyed with”)
-ate ((1) noun suffix denoting “office, rank, or person characterized by an action or quality”; (2) verb suffix denoting “cause, make, or perform an action”; (3) adjective suffix denoting “having, characterized by, or pertaining to a state or quality”)
-ate (chemical suffix for derivatives of specified elements or compounds)
-ati (adjective and noun suffix denoting “having, possessing, like”)
-ati (noun suffix denoting “group of insiders, elite, or connoisseurs”)
-atic (adjective suffix denoting “of or pertaining to”)
-atilis (Latin adjective suffix)
-atim (Latin adverbial suffix)
-atism (noun suffix denoting a state or ideology that corresponds to -atic adjectives)
-atist (agent suffix that corresponds to -atic adjectives)
-atize (verb suffix that corresponds to -atic adjectives)
-ato (Italian past participle suffix)
-atose (adjective suffix that corresponds to -atic adjectives)
-atta (noun and adjective suffix (feminine form))
-atto (noun and adjective suffix)
-atum (adjective and past participle suffix denoting “having been, pertaining to, affected by”)
-ave (denotes a division, set, or range based on a system or sequence)
-ax (singular noun suffix)
-azzi (Italian plural noun suffix of -azzo)
-azzo (Italian singular noun suffix)
B
-b(e)r (Latin month suffix, Latin adjective suffix)
-b(u)le (Latin noun suffix denoting an instrument, vessel, place)
-bra (Latin singular noun suffix denoting an instrument, vessel, place and plural of -brum)
-brae (Latin plural of -bra noun suffix denoting an instrument, vessel, place)
-bral (adjective suffix denoting “of, like, related to, pertaining to” corresponding to -brum, -bra, and -brae nouns)
-brate (adjective suffix corresponding to -brum, -bra, and -brae nouns)
-bria (plural instrumental noun suffix of -brium)
-brial (adjective suffix denoting “of, like, related to, pertaining to” corresponding to -brium and -bria nouns)
-briate (verb suffix corresponding to -brium and -bria nouns)
-brium (singular instrumental noun suffix)
-brum (Latin singular noun suffix denoting an instrument, vessel, place)
-bula ((1) Latin masculine plural noun suffix denoting an instrument, vessel, place (plural of -bulum); (2) Latin feminine singular noun suffix denoting an instrument, vessel, place (plural -bulae))
-bulae (Latin feminine singular noun suffix denoting an instrument, vessel, place)
-bulum (Latin masculine singular noun suffix denoting an instrument, vessel, place (plural -bula))
-bund (Latin present active participle denoting an abundance or overflow)
-bus (for, by means of)
C
-c(e) (Old English adverbial genitive)
-c(u)le (Lating diminutive or instrumental suffix)
-cation (leisure, freedom)
-ce (noun suffix)
-cula ((1) instrument suffix (plural of -culum); (2) diminutive suffix (plural -culae))
-culae (plural of diminutive -cula)
-culi (plural of -culus)
-culum (noun suffixing denoting an instrument or means (plural -cula))
-culus (diminutive suffix (plural -culi))
-cund (Latin present active participle denoting a tendency or inclination)
-cy (abstract noun suffix denoting quality or rank)
D
-desis (binding, fusion)
-dom (abstract noun suffix)
E
-e (French noun and past participle suffix)
-e (Italian suffix)
-e (Ancient Greek verbal noun suffix denoting a process, condition, or result)
-e (Latin singular noun suffix (plural -ia))
-e (plural noun suffix of -os)
-e (Latin ablative singular noun suffix)
-e (plural noun suffix)
-(e)r (agent suffix)
-ea (plural of -eum)
-ea (singular noun suffix (plural -eae))
-eae (taxonomic suffix)
-eae (plural of -ea)
-eal (adjective suffix denoting “of, like, related to, pertaining to” corresponding to -ea and -eae nouns)
-ealis (adjective suffix denoting “of, like, related to, pertaining to” corresponding to -ea nouns)
-ean (adjective suffix “pertaining to, characterized by, tending to” corresponding to -ea and -eae nouns)
-ear (adjective suffix denoting “pertaining to, of the nature of” corresponding to -ea nouns)
-eary (adjective and noun suffix denoting “connected with, pertaining to, of or belonging to” corresponding to -ea nouns)
-eau (French diminutive, collective, and abstract noun suffix)
-ebo (Latin first-person singular future active indicative verb suffix)
-ecane (chemical suffix naming saturated ten-membered ring heterocycles)
-ecine (chemical suffix naming unsaturated ten-membered ring heterocycles)
-ed (verb suffix forming the simple past and past participle)
-ed (adjective suffix forming adjectives from nouns)
-ede (noun suffix denoting “the result, product, or instance of an action or condition”)
-edo (Latin abstract noun suffix)
-edon (Ancient Greek adjective suffix)
-ee (agent suffix denoting a recipient of an action; rare diminutive suffix)
-een (diminutive suffix)
-eer (agent suffix denoting someone associated with, concerned with, or engaged in a specified activity)
-ego (noun suffix denoting a related place or thing)
-eid (adjective suffix denoting “belonging to, connected with, member of a group or class” corresponding to -ea nouns)
-ein (chemical suffix associated with peptide chains)
-eis (plural of Ancient Greek -is)
-eitis (noun suffix denoting diseases characterized by inflamation corresponding to -ea nouns)
-el (diminutive suffix)
-el (instrumental suffix, frequentive suffix)
-el (adjective suffix denoting “of, like, related to, pertaining to”)
-ela (noun suffix)
-ele (body of)
-ella (diminuative suffix)
-elle (diminutive suffix)
-ello (diminutive suffix)
-em (Latin inflectional suffix (Latin ordinal number root))
-em (noun suffix denoting an effect or result)
-em (Latin accusative singular noun suffix)
-eme (unit)
-en (past participle of strong verbs)
-en (adjective suffix forming adjectives from nouns)
-en (verb suffix forming verbs from nouns and adjectives)
-en (English plural noun suffix, Germanic plural noun suffix)
-en (agent suffix)
-en (Latin suffix)
-en (chemical suffix)
-en (feminine noun suffix)
-ence (abstract noun suffix denoting a process, state, quality)
-end (Latin gerundive suffix denoting “that which must be given” or recipients of actions)
-ene (chemical suffix)
-ene (gentilic suffix)
-enne (French feminine suffix)
-ens (Latin present active participle suffix (plural -entes))
-ensic (adjective suffix denoting “of or from a place, related to, characteristic of”)
-ensis (belonging to, originating in, of, from)
-ent ((1) adjective suffix denoting “having the quality of; doing, being, or characterized by”; (2) agent suffix)
-entes (plural of -ens)
-enza (noun suffix denoting a state, condtion, quality, or process)
-eole (diminutive suffix corresponding to -ea nouns)
-eor (first person singular present active indicative deponent verb suffix)
-epane (chemical suffix naming saturated seven-membered ring heterocycles)
-epine (chemical suffix naming unsaturated seven-membered ring heterocycles)
-er (comparative adjective suffix)
-er (verb suffix denoting repeated or diminutive action)
-er (diminutive suffix (sometimes pejorative))
-er 4 (jocular, informal, and hypocoristic suffix used in informal clipped or playful forms to express familiarity or group belonging)
-era (Latin plural of -us)
-era (agent suffix, adjective suffix (feminine of -ero))
-eria (noun suffix denoting a place, characteristic, or classification)
-ern (directional suffix)
-ern (noun suffix denoting “place of, container for”)
-erna (noun suffix denoting “place of, container for” (plural -ernae))
-ernae (plural of -erna)
-ernion (each, times)
-ero (agent suffix, adjective suffix)
-eroo (jocular diminutive suffix)
-ers (jocular, informal, and hypocoristic suffix used in informal clipped or playful forms to express familiarity or group belonging)
-es (plural noun suffix)
-es (third person singular simple present verb suffix)
-es (Latin and Ancient Greek plural of -is)
-es (second person singular future indicative verb suffix)
-es (Ancient Greek name suffix)
-esce (verb suffix denoting “grow, become, enter into a state,” inchoative suffix)
-ese (gentilic adjective and noun suffix denoting “belonging to, originating in”)
-eses (plural of -esis)
-esia (noun suffix denoting a condition)
-esiac (noun suffix denoting “one afflicted with”)
-esiast (agent suffix corresponding to -esia nouns)
-esiastes (agent suffix corresponding to -esia nouns)
-esiastic (adjective suffix corresponding to -esia nouns)
-esic (adjective suffix corresponding to -esia/-esy nouns)
-esis (noun suffix denoting a condition, action, or process)
-esitis (noun suffix denoting diseases characterized by inflamation corresponding to -esis nouns)
-esize (verb suffix corresponding to -esis nouns)
-esopath (noun suffix denoting disorders corresponding to -esis nouns)
-esque (adjective suffix denoting “resembling or suggesting the style of, like, in the manner of”)
-ess (feminine suffix)
-ess (abstract noun suffix)
-esse (noun suffix)
-est (superlative adjective and adverb suffix)
-est(e)r (Latin adjective suffix)
-esy (noun suffix denoting a condition, action, or process)
-et (diminutive suffix)
-et (group of)
-et (noun suffix)
-et (Latin third person singular present active indicative verb suffix)
-et(e) (Ancient Greek agent suffix)
-et(e) ((1) noun suffix denoting “thing, condition, result produced by an action”; (2) adjective suffix denoting “characterized by a state, filled with, or having been subjected to”; (3) verb suffix)
-eta (Italian abstract noun suffix)
-eta (plural of Latin -etum)
-etane (chemical suffix naming saturated four-membered ring heterocycles)
-etary (adjective and noun suffix denoting “connected with, pertaining to, of or belonging to” that correspond to -e- + -ty abstract nouns)
-ete (chemical suffix naming unsaturated four-membered ring heterocycles)
-eth (ordinal number suffix)
-etic (adjective suffix denoting “pertaining to, characterized by, having the nature of”)
-etidine (chemical suffix naming saturated four-membered ring heterocycles)
-etine (chemical suffix naming unsaturated four-membered ring heterocycles)
-etism (noun suffix denoting a state or ideology that corresponds to -esis nouns)
-etist (agent suffix corresponding to -esis, -esia, -esy nouns)
-etize (verb suffix corresponding to -etic nouns and adjectives)
-etor (agent suffix that corresponds to -e- + -ty abstract nouns)
-etta (diminutive suffix)
-ette (diminutive suffix)
-etti (plural of -etto)
-etto (diminutive suffix (plural -etti))
-etum (grove, place of)
-etus (adjective suffix denoting “having the quality of, characterized by the state or condition of”)
-ety (suffix of extension and repetition)
-eum (noun suffix denoting a place, structure, or object of function)
-eur (French agent suffix)
-eur (abstract noun suffix)
-euse (feminine agent suffix)
-eusis (noun suffix denoting an action, process, or state)
-eustic (adjective suffix denoting “related to one who does”)
-eut (agent suffix; verbal action, process, or result)
-eux (noun and adjective suffix)
-ex (Latin singular suffix)
-ey (diminutive suffix, hypocoristic suffix)
-ey (adjective suffix denoting “full of, characterized by, inclined to”)
-ey (agent suffix denoting a recipient of an action; rare diminutive suffix)
-ey (verb suffix)
-ezza (Italian abstract noun suffix)
G
-gen (Latin suffix denoting “ten times”)
-ges (Ancient Greek plural of -x)
-gesim (Latin ordinal number suffix)
-gint (ten times)
H
-holic (suffix denoting addiction or indulgence)
-hood (noun suffix denoting a state, condition, quality, position)
I
-i (Latin plural of -us, Latin genitive of -on)
-(i)l(e) ((1) adjective suffix denoting ability or capacity; (2) chemical suffix naming organic compounds containing a cyano group)
-(i)stan (country)
-ia (Latin plural of -e)
-ia (plural of -ion)
-ia (feminine noun suffix, abstract and taxonomic noun suffix naming “countries, diseases, flowers, collections”)
-iae (feminine noun suffix, abstract and taxonomic noun suffix naming “countries, diseases, flowers, collections” (plural of -ia))
-ias (singular noun suffix)
-ib(i)le (adjective suffix denoting capability or possibility)
-ibility (noun suffix denoting capableness or possibleness)
-ibly (adverb suffix that corresponds to -ible adjective suffix)
-ic (adjective suffix denoting “of or pertaining to,” chemical suffix)
-ic (noun and adjective suffix)
-ica (noun and adjective suffix)
-icae (Latin plural of -ica)
-ice (abstract noun suffix)
-ices (Latin plural suffix of -ex and -ix, Ancient Greek plural of -ix)
-ici (Italian plural of -ico)
-ician (agent suffix)
-ico (adjective suffix denoting “related to, pertaining to, characteristic of”)
-icus (adjective suffix denoting “of or pertaining to,” chemical suffix)
-icus (noun and adjective suffix)
-id (adjective suffix denoting “belonging to, connected with, member of a group or class”)
-id (zoological suffix)
-id (Ancient Greek feminine genitive of patronymic suffix denoting “radiance in”)
-id (adjective suffix denoting “tending to”)
-id(e) (chemical suffix for simple compounds, related compounds, binary compounds, elements)
-ida (taxonomic suffix)
-ida (adjective suffix denoting “tending to” (feminine of -idus))
-idae (taxonomic suffix)
-idene (chemical suffix indicating a double bond)
-ides (plural of Greek -is)
-idia (plural of -idium)
-idial (adjective suffix denoting “of, like, related to, pertaining to” corresponding to -idium nouns)
-idine (chemical suffix denoting a chemical compound with a nitrogen-containing ring)
-idium ((1) diminutive suffix; (2) taxonomic suffi; (3) scientific suffix for naming bodily structures, organs, cellular processes)
-ie (diminutive suffix, noun suffix)
-ie (ablative singular Latin noun suffix)
-ier (agent suffix, denotes nouns denoting “one whose occupation has to do with”)
-ies (fifth declension Latin genitive noun suffix, Latin forming abstract nouns from adjectives)
-iesis (noun suffix denoting a condition, action, or process)
-iga (feminine form of -igo)
-igin (Latin suffix that corresponds to -igo)
-igo (Latin vocative suffix denoting a state, condition, or action)
-igo (noun and adjective suffix)
-il (diminutive suffix)
-il(e) (noun suffix, concrete noun suffix)
-ila (noun suffix)
-ilaceous (adjective suffix denoting “resembling” corresponding -ila nouns)
-ilae (plural of -ila)
-iliar (adjective suffix corresponding to -ilio nouns)
-ilio (diminutive suffix)
-ilious (adjective suffix corresponding to -ilio nouns)
-ilis (Latin adjective and noun suffix)
-illa (diminuative suffix denoting “of”)
-ille (diminutive suffix)
-illion (forms names of integers in order to form names of powers of a million)
-illo (diminutive suffix)
-ilus (concrete noun suffix)
-im (adverb suffix)
-ime (Latin noun suffix)
-in (chemical suffix in names of various compounds)
-in (adjective suffix forming adjectives from nouns)
-in (diminutive suffix)
-ina (feminine suffix, diminutive suffix)
-ine (adjective suffix, demonymic suffix, chemical suffix)
-ine (feminine suffix)
-inea (feminine noun suffix)
-ines (Latin plural of -o)
-ing (present participle suffix)
-ing (patronymic suffix, diminutive)
-ini (diminutive suffix, plural of -ino)
-ini (swimwear)
-ino (physics suffix denoting a supersymmetric partner, diminutive suffix)
-inus (noun and adjective suffix denoting “pertaining to, connected with”)
-io (noun suffix forming an expressive or augmentative noun)
-ion (noun suffix denoting a state, condition, or action)
-ion (Ancient Greek adjective and noun suffix (plural -ia))
-ior (Latin comparative suffix)
-ique (adjective suffix denoting “of or pertaining to”)
-irane (chemical suffix naming saturated three-membered ring heterocycles, common in alkanes)
-irene (chemical suffix naming unsaturated three-membered ring heterocycles)
-iridine (chemical suffix naming saturated three-membered ring heterocycles)
-irine (chemical suffix naming unsaturated three-membered ring heterocycles)
-is (Latin and Ancient Greek singular suffix (plural -es))
-is (Ancient Greek singular suffix (plural -ides, -ithes))
-isan (relational and gentilic noun suffix)
-iscus (diminutive suffix)
-ise (verb suffix)
-ise (Old French noun suffix)
-ish (adjective suffix denoting “of the nature or character of” or “of the nativity or country of”)
-ish (verb suffix)
-isic (adjective suffix corresponding to -isis nouns)
-isis (noun suffix denoting a condition, action, or process)
-isk (diminuative suffix)
-ism (noun suffix denoting a practice, system, doctrine, belief)
-ism (Ancient Greek noun suffix denoting a result)
-isma (Ancient Greek noun suffix denoting a result (plural -ismata))
-ismal (adjective suffix corresponding to -ismus nouns)
-ismata (plural of -isma)
-ismatic (adjective suffix denoting “of or pertaining to” corresponding to -isma nouns)
-ismus (abstract noun suffix denoting a practice, result, doctrine, or state; medical suffx denoting spasm)
-issimo (Italian superlative suffix)
-ist (agent suffix denoting one who does or makes)
-ist (Ancient Greek verbal adjective suffix)
-ist(e)r (noun suffix)
-ista (agent suffix denoting one who does or makes)
-isy (suffix denoting a state, condition, or process)
-it (Old French noun suffix)
-it (frequentive and intensive verb suffix)
-it(e) ((1) noun suffix denoting “the result, product, or instance of an action or condition”; (2) adjective suffix denoting “characterized by, having the quality or state of, or having been subjected to”; (3) verb suffix denoting “to cause to become, to perform or enact”)
-it(e) (noun and adjective suffix, demonymic suffix, chemical suffix (salts, esters of acids))
-ita (diminutive suffix, feminine suffix)
-ita (Latin plural noun suffix of -ut)
-itable (adjective suffix denoting capability or possibility that corresponds to -ty abstract nouns)
-itaire (adjective and noun suffix denoting “connected with, pertaining to, of or belonging to” that correspond to -e- + -ty abstract nouns)
-itarian (agent suffix denoting a believer, advocate, or habitant)
-itary (adjective and noun suffix denoting “connected with, pertaining to, of or belonging to” that correspond to -ty abstract nouns)
-itate (verb suffix that corresponds to -ty words)
-ithes (plural suffix of Ancient Greek -is)
-itic (adjective suffix denoting “of or pertaining to”)
-itides (plural of -itis)
-itino (scientific suffix denoting a supersymmetric partner corresponding to -iton nouns)
-itious (adjective suffix denoting “pertaining to, characterized by, having the nature of, resembling, tending to”)
-itious (noun suffix denoting a condition)
-itis (noun suffix denoting diseases characterized by inflamation)
-itism (noun suffix denoting a practice, system, doctrine, belief that corresponds to -ty abstract nouns)
-itize (verb suffix that corresponds to -ty abstract nouns)
-itol (chemical suffix denoting the names of polyhydric alcohols (sugar alcohols))
-iton (scientific suffix denoting a subatomic particle corresponding to -ty nouns)
-itory (noun suffix denoting a “place or domain associated with a particular activity, function, or office”)
-itous (adjective suffix denoting “having, full of, having to do with, doing, inclined to” corresponding to -ty abstract nouns)
-ity (suffix of extension and repetition)
-ium ((1) chemical suffix; (2) denotes a structure or category)
-iva (adjective suffix denoting “related to”)
-ive (adjective suffix denoting “pertaining to, tending to, doing, serving to do”)
-ix (Latin feminine agent suffix)
-ix (Ancient Greek singular suffix)
-ix (Latin adjective suffix)
-iya (Russian noun suffix)
-ize (verb suffix)
K
-kin (diminutive suffix)
-kini (swimwear)
L
-le (instrumental suffix, frequentive suffix)
-ledge (noun suffix)
-let (diminutive suffix)
-licious (intensive adjective suffix)
-ling (diminutive suffix)
-lock (noun suffix denoting an action, proceeding, practice)
-ly (adverb suffix)
-ly (adjective suffix denoting “in a manner denoted by”)
M
-men (Latin noun suffix (plural -mina))
-ment (noun suffix denoting a result or product)
-mina (Latin plural of -men)
-mon (agent suffix)
-mony (collective noun suffix denoting legal status or obligation)
N
-n (past participle of strong verbs)
-n (adjective suffix forming adjectives from nouns)
-n (plural noun suffix)
-ne (past participle of strong verbs)
-ness (noun suffix denoting a state or condition)
-nik (nouns suffix denoting “associated with, characterized by”)
-nite (noun and adjective suffix, demonymic suffix, chemical suffix (salts, esters of acids))
O
-o (first person singular present indicative Latin verb suffix)
-o (colloquial diminutive agent suffix)
-o (Romance masculine suffix)
-o (Latin adverb suffix)
-o (Latin singular noun suffix (plural -ines and -ones))
-o (Latin ablative singular suffix)
-o (Hellenic singular noun suffix)
-o(u)r (Latin abstract noun suffix)
-(o)ea (singular noun suffix (plural -(o)eae))
-(o)eae (plural of -(o)ea)
-(o)r (noun suffix, agent suffix)
-ocane (chemical suffix naming saturated eight-membered ring heterocycles)
-ocine (chemical suffix naming unsaturated eight-membered ring heterocycles)
-ock (diminutive suffix)
-ode (Ancient Greek adjective suffix denoting “characterized by”)
-odite (mineralogical suffix)
-oholic (suffix denoting addition or indulgence)
-oi (Ancient Greek plural suffix of -os)
-oic (chemical suffix for naming carboxylic groups and acids)
-oir (noun suffix denoting a place or receptacle)
-oire (noun suffix denoting a place or receptacle)
-ois (gentilic suffix)
-oise ((feminine) gentilic suffix)
-ol (chemical suffix (alcohol, phenol))
-ol(e) (diminutive suffix)
-ola (commerical suffix, pejorative suffix, diminutive suffix)
-ola (plural of -olon)
-olane (chemical suffix naming saturated five-membered ring heterocycles)
-ole (chemical suffix naming unsaturated five-membered ring heterocycles)
-olence (noun suffix denoting a “state or quality of being full of or abounding in” corresponding to -olent adjectives)
-olent (adjective suffix denoting “full of, abounding in”)
-oli (diminutive suffix, plural of -olo)
-olidine (chemical suffix naming saturated five-membered ring heterocycles)
-oline (deprecated chemical suffix naming heterocyclic compounds with nitrogen)
-olo (diminutive suffix)
-olon (diminutive suffix (plural -ola))
-om(e) (body, mass, structure)
-oma (noun suffix denoting disease, tumor, mass, growth; noun suffix denoting a result)
-omal (adjective suffix that corresponds to -oma nouns)
-omat (agent suffix)
-omata (plural of -oma)
-omatic (adjective suffix corresponding to -omat nouns)
-omatoid (adjective suffix denoting “resembling a tumor” that correspondings to -oma nouns)
-omatoses (plural of -omatosis)
-omatosis (noun suffix denoting a condition characterized by abnormal growth, tumors, or masses)
-omatotic (adjective suffix that corresponds to -omatosis nouns)
-omatous (adjective suffix that corresponds to -oma nouns)
-omic (adjective suffix denoting “pertaining to a tumor” that corresponds to -oma nouns)
-on (Ancient Greek singular noun suffix, scientific suffix (physics, mathematics, biology, genetics, chemistry) (plural -a))
-on (diminutive, augmentative, resultative, and agent suffix)
-on (Ancient Greek singular agent suffix (plural -ontes))
-on (place)
-on (abstract and locative noun suffix)
-on(e) (chemical suffix denoting a compound containing a carbonyl functional group)
-ona (feminine suffix, taxonomic suffix)
-onane (chemical suffix naming saturated nine-membered ring heterocycles)
-ond (Latin present active participle)
-one (matronymic suffix)
-one (augmentative suffix)
-ones (plural of -o)
-oni (plural of -one)
-onia (plural of -onium)
-onine (chemical suffix naming unsaturated nine-membered ring heterocycles)
-onium (chemical (denoting quaternary ammonium compounds), physical (denoting an onium particle), and technical suffix)
-ont (noun suffix denoting life-form or life-stage)
-ontes (Ancient Greek plural of -on)
-oon (suffix that adds emphasis to borrowed French nouns ending in stressed -on; also represents Italian -one and Spanish -ón)
-or (noun suffix)
-ora (Latin plural of -us)
-ora (noun suffix)
-orum (Latin genitive plural suffix)
-os(e) (adjective suffix denoting “having, full of, having to do with, doing, inclined to”)
-osa (Latin adjective suffix denoting “full of”)
-osae (scientific suffix, plural of -osa)
-ose (chemical suffix for naming saccharides (simple sugars))
-ose (verb suffix)
-oses (plural of -osis)
-osic (adjective suffix denoting “pertaining to, characterized by, having the nature of” that corresponds to -osis nouns)
-osis (noun suffix naming diseases and processes)
-oso (characterized by, full of, in the style of)
-ostic (variation of -otic, adjective suffix denoting “pertaining to, characterized by, having the nature of” that corresponds to -osis nouns)
-osum (adjective suffix denoting “full of, abundant in”)
-osus (adjective suffix denoting “having, full of, having to do with, doing, inclined to”)
-osy (noun suffix denoting a state or condition)
-ot (suffix expressing state or condition)
-ot (French diminutive suffix)
-ota (taxonomic suffix)
-ote (characterized by, having)
-ote (Latin suffix)
-otic (adjective suffix denoting “pertaining to, characterized by, having the nature of” that corresponds to -osis nouns)
-ouche (diminutive suffix)
-ous (adjective suffix denoting “having, full of, having to do with, doing, inclined to”)
-ous (chemical suffix in chemical compounds in which a specified chemical element has a lower oxidation number than in the equivalent compound whose name ends in the suffix -ic)
R
-rati (noun suffix denoting “group of insiders, elite, or connoisseurs”)
-red (condition or state of)
-rel (pejorative suffix, diminutive)
-rific (forms intensified adjectives)
S
-s (possessive suffix)
-s (plural noun suffix)
-s (third person singular simple present verb suffix)
-s (hypocoristic suffix)
-s (adverb suffix)
-sam (noun suffix)
-sc (Latin inchoative suffix denoting “start, beginning”)
-ses (plural of -sis)
-ship (noun suffix denoting a quality, condition, act, power, skill, office, position, relation between)
-sis (noun suffix denoting an action, process, or result)
-st (noun suffix)
-st (excrescent suffix)
-st (allomorph of -est, superlative adjective and adverb suffix)
-ster (agent suffix)
-stic (adjective suffix denoting “of or pertaining to”)
-stos (forms adjectives from verbs)
-sty (noun suffix denoting a state, condition, or quality)
-sy (diminutive suffix, hypocoristic suffix)
T
-t (verb suffix forming the simple past and past participle)
-t (noun suffix forming nouns from verbs and adjectives)
-t(e)r (Latin adjective suffix)
-t(o)r (agent suffix)
-tacular (adjective suffix denoting exceptionality)
-tal (adjective suffix denoting “pertaining to” that corresponds to -ty nouns)
-tas (Latin abstract noun suffix)
-tastic (adjective suffix denoting praise or celebration, sometimes pejorative)
-ter (Ancient Greek comparative adjective suffix)
-ter (Latin adjective suffix)
-ter (Ancient Greek agent suffix)
-tes (demonymic suffix)
-th (ordinal number suffix)
-th (noun suffix forming nouns from verbs and adjectives)
-tic (adjective suffix)
-tious (adjective suffix denoting “full of or prone to,” often exaggerated or humorous)
-to (Latin singular future active imperative verb suffix)
-tr (Greek noun suffix denoting a place)
-tron (instrument suffix)
-tude (abstract noun suffix)
-ty (ten)
-ty (abstract noun suffix denoting a quality or condition)
U
-u (Latin ablative suffix)
-u (French masculine past participle suffix)
-(u)le (Lating diminutive or instrumental suffix)
-uca (attributive noun suffix naming plants, deverbal noun suffix, adjective suffix)
-ucae (plural of -uca)
-uce (attributive noun suffix, deverbal noun suffix, adjective suffix)
-ucus (attributive noun suffix, deverbal noun suffix, adjective suffix)
-ud (abstract noun suffix)
-udes (Latin plural of -us)
-ue (Latin noun suffix)
-ula ((1) instrument suffix (plural of -ulum); (1) diminutive suffix (plural -ulae))
-ulae (plural of -ula)
-ulence (noun suffix denoting a “state or quality of being full of or abounding in” corresponding to -ulent adjectives)
-ulent (adjective suffix denoting “full of, abounding in”)
-ulo (Latin diminutive ablative suffix)
-ult (clip of -ulty)
-ulty (Anglo-French noun suffix)
-ulum (instrument suffix (plural -ula))
-um ((1) Latin singular suffix; (2) chemical suffix)
-unc(u)l(e) (diminutive suffix)
-unculi (plural of Latin -unculus)
-unculus (diminutive suffix (plural -unculi))
-und (Latin present active participle emphasizing the process of the action)
-une (Latin suffix)
-ur (third person singular present indicative passive Latin suffix)
-ura (collective noun suffix)
-ure (abstract noun suffix denoting an action)
-uret (scientific suffix)
-urn(e) (adjective suffix denoting “time, state, or characteristic”)
-urni (plural of -urno)
-urno (noun suffix denoting “inspired by, associated with” (plural -urni))
-us (Latin singular noun suffix (plural -i, -a, -ora, -udes))
-us (pejorative noun suffix)
-ut (Latin singular noun suffix (plural -ita))
-ute (Latin verb and adjective suffix)
W
-ward (direction to, motion to)
X
-x (nongendered plural suffix)
-x (French plural noun suffix)
-x (Ancient Greek singular noun suffix (plural -ges))
Y
-y ((1) noun suffix denoting a state, condition, or quality; (2) adjective suffix denoting “related to a state, condition, or quality”)
-y (diminutive suffix, hypocoristic suffix)
-y (adjective suffix denoting “full of, characterized by, inclined to”)
-y (verb suffix)
-yces (Ancient Greek plural of -yx)
-yer (agent suffix, denotes nouns denoting “one whose occupation has to do with”)
-yges (Ancient Greek plural of -yx)
-yl (chemical suffix used in forming names of radicals, literally wood)
-yne (chemical suffix denoting an unsaturated hydrocarbon having at least one triple bond)
-yx (Ancient Greek noun suffix)
