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Derivational Suffix List

I. Suffix listWith derivational suffixes, the new word has a new meaning, and is usually a different part ofspeech. But the new meaning is related to the old meaning - it is "derived" from the old meaning.

There are several hundred derivational suffixes. The following table lists the all derivationalsuffixes (most common) for Lexical Tools:

Suffix Category Examples

-able adj read|readable;wash|washable,comfort|comfortable;

-ably adv notable|notably

-ade noun lemonade, accolade;

-age noun mile|mileage

marry|marriage-al (see -ality) adj accident|accidental,

profession|professional

-al noun

arrive|arrival,refuse|refusal,appraise|appraisal

-ality noun proportionality

-an adj urban

-an noun amphibia|amphibianrepublican, Roman, veteran

-ance noun govern|governance,annoy|annoyance,defiant|defiance,insure|insurance

-ancy noun vacancy

-ant adj relax|relaxantplease|pleasant

-ant noun triumph|triumphant,assist|assistant,inhabit|inhabitantserve|servant

-ar adj alveola|alveolar, fibula|fibularinsulate|insular, modulate|modularline|linear, module|modularalveous|alveolar

-ar noun beggar, liar

-ard noun drunkard, coward, wizard, steward

-ary adj second|secondary; imagine|imaginary

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-ary noun diction|dictionary, seminar|seminary

-ate adj fortune|fortunate

-ate noun certify|certificate

-ation noun admire|admiration,starve|starvation,hesitate|hesitation,explore|explorationpronounce|pronunciation

-ative noun relate|relative,narrate|narrative

-ative adj talkative, lucrative, affirmative

-atory noun laboratory, conversatory

-cy noun diplomacy, literacy, idiocy

-dom noun freedom, boredom, kingdom

-ed adj bore|bored-en adj golden, wooden, written, frozen

-en verb frighten

-ence noun independent|independence,violent|violence,absent|absence

-ency noun fluent|fluency,frequent|frequency,consistent|consistency

-ent adj differ|different,

fluency|fluent-er noun write|writer,

teach|teacher

-ern adj western, northern

-ery noun slave|slavery,machine|machinery

-ess noun god|goddess,actor|actress,waiter|waitress

-ful adj hope|hopefuluse|usefulhelp|helpful

-gry noun angry, hungry

-holic adj alcoholic, workaholic

-hood noun child|childhood, neighbor|neighborhood,brother|brotherhood, adult|adulthood,

-ial adj colony|colonial,

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-ian adj, noun Italy|Italian Brazil|Brazilian, Christ|Christian

-ian noun politics|politician,library|librarianmusic|musician

-ibly adv incredibly, responsibly, terribly

-ic adj alcohol|alcoholicdemagogy|demagogic

-ical adj critic|critical, economic|economical,phonologic|phonological, historic|historicalanatomy|anatomical

-ier noun cashier, financier, gondolier

-ify, -fy verb clear|clarify

-ious adj ambition|ambitious,religion|religiousglory|glorious

-ing noun doing, acting

-ing noun bedding

-ion noun act|action

-ish adj girl|girlishgreen|greenish

-ish adj, noun Spanish, Turkish, English

-ism noun capital|capitalism,alcohol|alcoholism,criticise|criticism

-ist noun art|artist,social|socialist,violin|violinist

-ity noun normal|normalityformal|formality

-ive adj defense|defensiveaggression|aggressive

-ization, -isation noun organize|organizationcategorize|categorization

-ize, -ise verb vocal|vocalizeterror|terrorize,

material|materialize,idol|idolize,private|privatize

-less adj home|homeless,use|useless,clue|clueless

-ly adj brother|brotherlymonth|monthly

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-ly adv active|actively,quick|quickly,clear|clearly

-man noun fireman, statesman

-ment noun treat|treatment,

move|movement,amaze|amazement

-ness noun sad|sadness, kind|kindness, dark|darkness

-ography noun stenography, geography, photography

-ology study, science biology, psychology, planetology

-onomy noun astronomy

-or noun act|actor, govern|governor, edit|editor,conduct|conductorsense|sensor, fact|factor ?

-or, -our noun candor, fervour, color

ory$ adj auditor|auditory, sensor|sensory

ory$ noun dormitory, historic|history, repositor|repository

ose$ adj verbose; globose

osis$ noun diagnose|diagnosis, osmose|osmosis,ichthyotic|ichthyosis, psychotic|psychosis,mitotic|mitosisostosis

ous$ adj porosity|porouscancer|cancerousanalogy|analogous

dolorousness|dolorous, disaster|disastrous,nerve|nervous

phagy$, phagia$ noun monophagy

philia$ noun hemophilia

phobia$ noun acrophobia, mysophobia

phone$ noun, adj telephone, homophone; Anglophone

physeal$ adj

diaphyseal|diaphysis, physeal|physis

phyte$ noun therophyte, halophyte

polis$ noun Metropolis, Indianapolis

s$ noun patho|pathos

science$ noun omniscience, prescience, conscience

scope$ noun microscope, telescope, kaleidoscope, periscope

script$ noun manuscript, transcript

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ship$ noun friendship, relationship, dictatorship

sion$ noun

provide|provision, decide|decision,

persuade|persuasion, divide|divisiondiffuse|diffusion, illuse|illusiondivert|diversion

obsess|obsession

sis$ noun

aseptic|asepsisgene|genesis

some$ adj tiresome, awesome, fulsome

stan$ noun Afghanistan

ster$ noun youngster, gangster

t$ adj burnt, spoilt

th$, eth$ adj tenth, millionth, twentieth

th$ noun growth, health, depth, strength

tion$ noun evaporation, introduction

tom$, tome$ noun dermatome

tropism$ noun phototropism

ty$ noun certainty, loyalty

uary$ noun sanctuary, mortuary

ular$ adj

table|tabular

nebula|nebular

ulent$ adj turbulent, fraudulent

um$ noun album

uous$ adj tempestuous, unctuous, sensuous

ure$ nounfail|failure, expose|exposure, natural|nature,temperature

us$ noun ulcus

ville$ noun Nashville

vore$, vorous$ noun, adj carnivore, herbivore

ward$, wards$ adj, adv southward, inward, upward

ware$ noun hardware, software, freeware

ways$ adj sideways, longways

wise$ adj clockwise, lengthwise

wright$ noun playwright, wheelwright, shipwright

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y$ adj

bush|bushy, mess|messy, chew|chewybristle|bristlyeasily|easyrun|runny

y$ noun

abundance|abundancybiologic|biology, jealous|jealousy,

victor|victory

y$ verb

clarify|clarification,

apply|application,

certify|certification