Suffixes

Suffixes are words or letters placed after a word to change the meaning of the word they are joined to. They usually change a word from one part of speech to another.

-able

verb to adjective; ‘able to’, ‘full of’

  1. variable: able to be changed or varied

  2. likable: able to be liked, easily liked

  3. treatable: able to be treated (usually a wound or a sickness)

  4. adorable: very cute, full of one’s adoration

  5. reliable: able to be relied on

  6. disposable: able to be disposed of/thrown away

  7. believable: able to be believed

  8. measurable: able to be measured

  9. excusable: able to be excused

  10. capable able to achieve something

  11. knowledgeable: full of knowledge

  12. fashionable: ‘full of’ fashion, always in fashion

  13. justifiable: able to be declared good

  14. excitable: easily excited

  15. lovable: able to be loved, easily loved

-ion

verb to noun; an act, process, or state

  1. imagination: the act of forming new ideas

  2. education: the process of receiving instruction

  3. perfection: the act of being perfect

  4. collection: a state of things that were collected; the process of collecting something

  5. communication: the act or means of sending and receiving information

  6. supervision: the act of being observed (supervise is a prefix world: extremely watched)

  7. possession: the state of owning something

  8. decoration: unplanned or spontaneous

  9. recognition: to act of recognizing something

  10. fiction: the act of being false

  11. function: ri

  12. precaution: no

  13. fraction: no

  14. deminsion sho

  15. mention: no

-ful

verb to adjective

  1. misquote: difficult to defeat or overcome

  2. misgender: using a word, especially a pronoun, that does not correctly reflect the gender with which a person identifies.

  3. mistake: an action or judgement that is misguided or wrong

  4. misplace: put in the wrong place (and lost it)

  5. miscalculate: judge incorrectly

  6. misconstrue: to understand or interpret something incorrectly

  7. misdeed: improper or immoral behavior

  8. misgiving: a doubt or uncertainty that you have about something, usually something that you are about to do.

  9. miscount: count wrongly

hatred of something:

  1. misanthrope: someone who hates and mistrusts people.

  2. misogynist: someone who hates women or is highly critical about the female gender.

  3. misanthropy: hatred of mankind

  4. misogamy: hatred of marriage

  5. misogyny: hatred of women

  6. misogamist: a person who hates marriage

-ist

between, among:

  1. interracial “apart” from being similar

  2. interact: draw “apart”

  3. international: ‘between’ nations

  4. interfere: “apart” from orderliness

  5. interconnected: linked ‘between’

  6. internet: networks that exist ‘between’ each other

  7. interoffice: ‘between’ offices

  8. interstate: ‘between’ states

  9. intersection: a cutting ‘between’ two sections

  10. interscholastic: ‘between’ schools

  11. intercept: burst ‘between’

  12. intermission: time sent ‘between’

  13. interrupt: burst ‘between’

  14. interested: be ‘between’

  15. interact: act ‘between’

-less

greater, better, further, longer

  1. outnumber: have a larger number

  2. outgrow: grow too big for something (can be psychically mentally or emotionally)

  3. outlive: live longer than someone or something

  4. outwit: deceive or defeat by greater wits

  5. outside: beyond a limit

  6. out-earn: earn more money than someone

  7. outburst: sudden release of emotion, break out of the silence

  8. out-drink: able to drink more than someone (usually referring to alcoholic beverages)

  9. outcry: to shout, or a strong expression of disapproval or anger

  10. outlaw: someone who has broken the law, outside of the law

  11. outlast: has lasted longer than someone or something

  12. outbreak: violent start of something unwelcome (a war, a disease, etc.)

  13. outlandish: out of the ordinary, looking or sounding bizarre

  14. out-of-the-box: outside of what some may have thought was the limit

  15. outsource: obtain goods from a place other than your own

-ness

extra, more, too much

  1. overestimate: estimate something to be larger or better than it actually is

  2. overweight: over the weight considered healthy or desirable

  3. overexposed: shown too much or too often

  4. overripe: too ripe, past it’s best date

  5. overpass: a bridge with a road or railroad that passes over another road or railroad

  6. overjoyed: extremely happy

  7. overalls: a loose fitting garment worn over other clothes to protect from paint, dirt, etc.

  8. overdose: to take more than the recommended amount of a drug

  9. overdrive: to drive over the top or usual gear, or to perform very well

  10. overstated: express ‘or state’ a thought too strongly

  11. overachiever: someone who achieves more than the standard level

  12. overreact: to respond more forcibly or emotionally than is justified or needed

  13. overflow: excess or surplus not able to be contained

  14. overworked: having to work beyond what is reasonable; worked to exhaustion

  15. overprotective: too protective