| Suffix | Meaning | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| –al | having characteristics of | remedial, denial |
| –ed | past-tense verbs | traveled, talked |
| –en | made of, consisting of | wooden, golden |
| –er, -est | comparative | stronger, strongest |
| –ity | quality of | humility, enormity |
| –less | without | hopeless, homeless |
| –ly | characteristic of | brotherly, lovely |
| –s, -es | more than one | apples, trenches |
| –tion, -ion | state of being, condition | completion, relation |
| -able, -ible | capable of being | edible, fallible, incredible, audible |
| -able | able to, having the quality of | comfortable, portable |
| -acy | state or quality | democracy, accuracy, lunacy |
| -al | relating to | annual comical |
| -al | having the form or character of | fiscal, thermal, herbal, colonial |
| -al | the action or process of | remedial, denial, trial, criminal |
| -ance, -ence | state or quality of | nuisance, ambience, tolerance |
| -ate | become | mediate, collaborate, create |
| -dom | place or state of being | freedom, stardom, boredom |
| -en | become | sharpen, strengthen, loosen |
| -er, -or | person or object that does a specified action | reader, creator, interpreter, inventor, collaborator, teacher |
| -er | comparative | bigger, stronger |
| -esque | in a manner of or resembling | picturesque, burlesque, grotesque |
| -est | superlative | strongest, tiniest |
| -ful | full of | beautiful, grateful |
| -ful | notable for | handful, playful, hopeful, skilful |
| -ible | forming an adjective | reversible, terrible |
| -ic, -ical | having the form or character of | psychological, hypocritical, methodical, nonsensical, musical |
| -ify, -fy | make or become | justify, simplify, magnify, satisfy |
| -ily | forming an adverb | eerily, happily, lazily |
| -ing | denoting an action, a material, or a gerund | acting, showing |
| -ious, -ous | characterised by | pious, jealous, religious, ridiculous |
| -ise, -ize | become | publicise, synthesise, hypnotise |
| -ish | having the quality of | squeamish, sheepish, childish |
| -ism | doctrine, belief | Judaism, scepticism, escapism |
| -ist | person or object that does a specified action | Geologist, protagonist, sexist, scientist, theorist, communist |
| -ity, -ty | quality of | extremity, validity, enormity |
| -ive | having the nature of | inquisitive, informative, attentive |
| -less | without, not affected by | friendless, tireless |
| -less | without | meaningless, hopeless, homeless |
| -ly | forming an adjective | clearly, hourly |
| -ly | related to or quality | softly, slowly, happily, crazily, madly |
| -ment | condition | enchantment, argument |
| -ness | denoting a state or condition | kindness, wilderness |
| -ness | state of being | heaviness, highness, sickness |
| -ship | position held | friendship, hardship, internship |
| -sion, -tion | state of being | position, promotion, cohesion |
| -ward,-wards | direction | towards, afterwards, backwards, inward |
| -wise | in relation to | otherwise, likewise, clockwise |
| -y | full of, denoting a condition, or a diminutive | glory, messy, victory |
| -y | characterised by | dainty, beauty, airy, jealousy |