Suffixes 1-5
-able, -ible
What is is, can be?
collectable, audible
-ed
What are past tense verbs; adjectives?
accomplished, accepted
-est
What is the most of?
coldest, largest
-ing
What are verb forms; present participles
helping, running
-ive, -ative, -itive
What is the adjective form of a noun?
active, comparative, competitive
-ment
What is the state of being; act of?
payment, employment
-age
What is result of an action; collection?
manage, acreage
-en
What is made of?
hydrogen, mistaken
-ful
What is full of?
beautiful, hateful
-ion, -tion, -ation
What is act; process?
confusion, inspection, vibration, donation, decoration
-ize
What is to make; to cause to become?
criticize, apologize, familiarize, customize
-ness
What is the state of; condition of?
sickness, wilderness
-al, ial
What is having characteristics of?
seasonal, circumstantial
-ence, -ance
What are act; condition of?
excellence, importance
-ic
What is having characteristics of?
historic, asymmetric
-ish
What is like; similar?
childish, bookish, stylish
-less
What is without?
helpless, effortless
-ous, -eous, -ious
What is having the qualities of?
courageaous, gracious
-an
What is one having a certain skill; relating/belonging to?
American, electrician
-ent, -ant
What are an action; condition; causing a specific action?
student, contestant
-ies
What is plural, more than one?parties, babies
-ist
What is the person who is ___?
loyalist, nutritionist, artist, tourist
-logy, -ology
What is the science of; study of?
biology, archeology
-s, -es
What is more than one?
books, boxes
-ate
What is to make, have, become?
differentiate, duplicate
-er, -or
What is one who; action or process; more?
teacher, boxer
-ify
What is to make, have, or become?
amplify, justify, beautify
-ity, -ty
-y
What is state of?
responsibility, speciality, publicity, frailty, impurity
What is characterized by?
cloudy, thirsty
-ly
What is how something is?
fluently, briefly, earthly
-ship
What is the state of being something?
friendship, leadership