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English Suffixes List, Meanings and Example Sentences

Suffixes that make NOUNS

Suffix	Meaning	Example
–age	A result	Wreckage
–ance	An action or state	Importance
-ant	A person	Asistant
–ee	A person	Referee
-ence	An action or state	Difference
-er/or	A person	Teacher
–ery	A type or place of work	Bakery
–ess	Makes a feminine form	Waitress
-ful	As much as will fill	Spoonful
–ing	An action or result	Painting
–ion	A process, state orresult	Decoration
–ism	A belief or condition	Judaism
–ist	A person	Florist
–ment	An action or state	Measurement

Suffixes that make ADJECTIVE

Suffix	Meaning	Example
–able	Able to be	Inflatable
-en	Made of	Woolen
-ful	Full of	Beautiful
–ible	Ability	Flexible
–ish	A little	Greenish
–less	Without	Careless
–like	Similar to, like	Lifelike
–ous	Full of	Joyous
–some	A tendency to	Quarrelsome