suffixes

1. Noun-forming suffixes:
Suffix Meaning Examples
-ance State performance
-ence quality of independence
a person who Employer, programmer, biographer, conductor, actor
-er, -or
a thing which compiler, accumulator, processor, calculator, linker
-ist, -yst a person who typist, novelist, analyst
-ian pertaining to Electrician, musician, magician, politician
-tion, -ation the act of compilation,
-ness condition of readiness, cleanliness, happiness
-ion action/state conversion
-ing Activity Multiplexing, swimming, boxing
-ment state, action measurement, requirement
-ity state, quality Electricity
-ism condition/state magnetism,
-dom domain/condition Freedom, wisdom
-ship condition/state relationship, partnership, friendship
-hood Boyhood, childhood, brotherhood
-ess female Waitress, actress, heiress, countess, tigress
-ster Youngster, gangster, trickster
-let diminutive Booklet, piglet
-ee Trainee, employee
-age Shortage, package
-ful* quantity handful, spoonful

2. Verb-forming suffixes:
Suffix Meaning Examples
-ize/-ise Computerize, scandalize, organise
-ate automate, activate, calculate
to make
-ify Simplify
-en harden, widen, lengthen, shorten

3. Adverb-forming suffix:
Suffix Meaning Examples
electronically, logically, comparably, slowly, quickly,
-ly in the manner of
automatically, carefully
-wards backwards
direction
-wise clockwise

4. Adjective-forming suffixes:
Suffix Meaning Examples
-al computational, logical
-ar circular, rectangular, cellular, regular
-ic having the quality of magnetic, automatic
-ical Electrical, magical
-able/-ible capable of being Comparable, Divisible
-ous like, full of dangerous, insiduous, miraculous
-ful characterized by helpful, careful
-less Without careless, meaningless, helpless, hopeless
-ish Yellowish, childish, foolish
Like
-like child-like

-ese Japanese,
-ed computed, processed , blu-eyed
-ing having the quality of interested/interesting, amazed/amazing
-ive Interactive
-ly* Friendly, lovely, lonely
 Suffixes
Nouns Verbs Adjectives Adverbs
-ance/-ence -ize/-ise -able/-ible -ly
-ment -ate -ful
-ness -fy -less
-er/-or -en -ic
-ist/-yst -ify -(ic)al
-ian -ed/-ing
-(a)(t)ion -ous
-hood -ish
-ism -ive