Suffixes

used with adjectives ending in ‘-able’ to make nouns meaning a particular quality

-able (suffix)

used with many verbs to make adjectives describing something that can be done

-able (suffix)

used with some nouns to make adjectives describing a quality that someone or something has

used with nouns and verbs to make nouns meaning someone who likes something a lot or who is unable to stop doing something

-an (suffix)

used with names of places to make nouns and adjectives meaning relating to a particular place or to someone who comes from a particular place

-an (suffix)

used with nouns to make nouns or adjectives meaning someone who supports something

-athon (suffix)

used with some nouns and verbs to make nouns meaning an event or activity that lasts for a long time. These events are often organized in order to make money to help people

-backed (suffix)

used with some nouns to make adjectives meaning that a group or action is supported by an organization or country, usually a powerful one

-backed (suffix)

used with some adjectives to make adjectives describing what type of back someone or something has

-backed (suffix)

used with some nouns to make adjectives meaning that something has a particular substance or material on the back

-based (suffix)

used with some names of places to make adjectives meaning happening or working in a particular place

-based (suffix)

used with some names to make adjectives describing the main substance in a product

-borne (suffix)

used with some nouns to make adjectives describing how something is carried from one person or place to another

-bound (suffix)

used with some adjectives and nouns, for example place names, to make adjectives describing where someone or something is going

-bound (suffix)

used with some nouns to make adjectives meaning that someone is unable to leave a place

-bound (suffix)

used with some nouns to make adjectives meaning that something prevents travel in a place

-bound (suffix)

used with some nouns to make adjectives meaning that something is preventing people from working or from doing what they want

-buster (suffix)

mainly journalism used with some nouns to make nouns describing someone or something that attacks or removes something bad

-busting (suffix)

mainly journalism used with some nouns to make adjectives describing someone or something that attacks or removes something bad

-celled (suffix)

used with some adjectives to make adjectives describing how many cells a living structure has

-centred (suffix)

used with some nouns to make adjectives describing who or what is considered most important when planning a policy or activity

-centred (suffix)

used with some adjectives to make adjectives describing the centre of something

-clad (suffix)

used with some nouns to make adjectives describing what something is covered in

-coloured (suffix)

used with some adjectives and nouns to make adjectives describing what colour something is

-conscious (suffix)

used with some nouns and adverbs to make adjectives describing a person or organization that gives a lot of attention to a particular subject or thing

-controlled (suffix)

used with some nouns to make adjectives describing who or what controls something

-crazed (suffix)

used with some nouns for saying what makes someone behave in a crazy and uncontrolled way

-crazy (suffix)

used with some nouns for saying what someone is extremely enthusiastic about

diminutive suffix (noun)

a group of letters that are added to the end of a word to show that something is smaller than things of that type usually are, for example ‘-let’ added to ‘drop’ to make ‘droplet’

-driven (suffix)

used with some nouns to make adjectives meaning strongly influenced or caused by something

-ee (suffix)

used with some verbs to make nouns meaning someone who is affected by an action

-ee (suffix)

used with some verbs to make nouns meaning someone who performs an action

-enabled (suffix)

used with some nouns to make adjectives meaning using a particular piece of software

-er (suffix)

used with many verbs to make nouns meaning someone or something that performs an action

-er (suffix)

used with some nouns to make other nouns meaning someone who is involved with something, especially as a job

-er (suffix)

used with the names of some cities to mean someone who comes from a place

-er (suffix)

used with short adjectives and adverbs to make the comparative

-ese (suffix)

showing disapproval used with nouns and adjectives to make nouns that refer to a style of language that is typical of a particular group of people

-esque (suffix)

used with the names of some people to make adjectives describing things relating to that person or their work

-esque (suffix)

used with some nouns to make adjectives describing things that have a particular quality

-ess (suffix)

used with some nouns to make nouns referring to women

-ess (suffix)

used with some nouns to make nouns meaning a female animal

-ette (suffix)

used with some nouns to make nouns describing something small

-ette (suffix)

used with some nouns to make nouns referring to women

-ette (suffix)

used with some nouns to make nouns meaning a substance that looks like something else

-eyed (suffix)

used with some adjectives for describing someone with eyes of a particular colour or shape or a particular expression in their eyes

-faced (suffix)

used with some adjectives to make other adjectives describing the face of someone or something

-fashion (suffix)

used with some nouns to make adverbs meaning ‘in the way that a particular person or thing might do something’

-fest (suffix)

informal used with some nouns to describe an occasion when people do a lot of a particular activity

-fold (suffix)

used with numbers to make adjectives and adverbs describing how much something increases

-framed (suffix)

used with some nouns to make adjectives describing what type of frame something has

-framed (suffix)

used with some adjectives to make adjectives describing the size and shape of someone’s body

-free (suffix)

used with many nouns to make adjectives meaning without a particular thing

-friendly (suffix)

sometimes used with nouns to make a new adjective meaning that something helps or does not harm a particular type of person or thing

-gate (suffix)

mainly journalism sometimes used with nouns to make a name for a political scandal, especially one that affects the president or government of the US

-goer (suffix)

used with some nouns to make nouns meaning someone who regularly goes somewhere

-grained (suffix)

used with some adjectives for describing substances such as wood or stone that have a particular arrangement, pattern, or direction of fibres

-grained (suffix)

used with some adjectives for describing substances that consist of small individual pieces of a particular type

-haired (suffix)

used with some adjectives to make adjectives describing the hair of a person or animal

-happy (suffix)

used with some nouns to make adjectives meaning that someone is too willing to do or use something bad

-headed (suffix)

used with some adjectives to make adjectives describing the colour of someone’s hair

-headed (suffix)

used with some adjectives to make adjectives describing someone’s character

-hearted (suffix)

used with some adjectives to make adjectives describing someone’s character or feelings

-hood (suffix)

used with some nouns to make nouns meaning a particular state, or period in someone’s life

-hungry (suffix)

used with some nouns to make adjectives meaning wanting or needing a particular thing

-ify (suffix)

used with some adjectives and nouns to make verbs meaning ‘to become, or to make someone or something become, something’

-infested (suffix)

used with some nouns to make adjectives meaning ‘full of something harmful or unpleasant’

-ise (suffix)

another spelling of -ize

-ish (suffix)

used with the names of places to make adjectives and nouns meaning relating to a particular place or describing someone who comes from a particular place

-ish (suffix)

used with some nouns to make adjectives describing a quality that someone or something has

-ish (suffix)

used with many adjectives to make other adjectives meaning slightly or fairly

-ish (suffix)

used with many numbers to make adverbs meaning approximately

-ista (suffix)

showing disapproval combines with nouns to form nouns indicating that someone is very enthusiastic or too enthusiastic about something

-ize (suffix)

used with some nouns and adjectives to make verbs meaning to become or make something become something

-ize (suffix)

used with some nouns to make verbs meaning to put someone in a particular place

-led (suffix)

directed, controlled, or influenced by: used with some nouns

-less (suffix)

without: used with many nouns

-let (suffix)

used with some nouns to make nouns meaning something small

-like (suffix)

used with many nouns to make adjectives meaning similar to something

-loving (suffix)

used with some nouns to make adjectives describing the thing that someone enjoys

-ly (suffix)

used with many adjectives to make adverbs meaning in a particular way

-mad (suffix)

British used with some nouns for saying that someone is very interested in a particular thing, and usually not interested in anything else

-made (suffix)

used with some adjectives and nouns to make adjectives describing where or how something was created, or who created it

-mageddon (suffix)

often humorous used to form nouns referring to a situation that is extremely and unusually bad, especially one that is exaggerated by the media. For example, a very bad traffic jam might be referred to as 'carmageddon'.

-mania (suffix)

used with many nouns to make nouns meaning an extremely strong enthusiasm for something

-mania (suffix)

used for making nouns describing a particular type of mental illness

-mannered (suffix)

used with some adjectives and adverbs to make adjectives describing the type of manners that someone has

-meister (suffix)

humorous sometimes used with nouns to make a new word meaning someone who is an expert at doing something, or someone who does something in a very skilful and exciting way

-minded (suffix)

used with some adjectives and adverbs to make adjectives describing the way someone thinks or their attitude to life

-minded (suffix)

used with many nouns to make adjectives meaning believing that something is important or interesting

-most (suffix)

nearest to: used with some nouns to make adjectives

-most (suffix)

used with some adjectives to make adjectives meaning furthest in a particular direction

-necked (suffix)

used with some adjectives and nouns for describing what kind of neck someone has

-necked (suffix)

used with some adjectives for describing the neck of a piece of clothing

-necked (suffix)

used with some adjectives for describing the top part of a bottle or other container

-ness (suffix)

used with many adjectives to make nouns meaning a state or quality

-neutral (suffix)

used with some nouns to make adjectives meaning not affected by a particular thing

-phile (suffix)

used for making nouns and adjectives describing someone who loves or likes something

-philia (suffix)

used for making nouns describing a form of sexual activity that is not considered normal

-philia (suffix)

used for making nouns describing some medical conditions

-phobe (suffix)

used for making nouns meaning someone who dislikes or who is afraid of someone or something

-phobia (suffix)

used for making nouns describing a strong feeling of disliking or being afraid of someone or something

-phobic (suffix)

used for making adjectives meaning disliking or afraid of someone or something very much

-phone (suffix)

used for making nouns meaning something relating to sound or to equipment for producing sounds

-phone (suffix)

used for making nouns and adjectives meaning or describing someone who speaks a particular language

-powered (suffix)

used with some nouns, for saying what provides the power for equipment or machines

-preneur (suffix)

used with some nouns to make nouns meaning a particular kind of person who sets up and runs a business

-proof (suffix)

used with some nouns for describing something that will provide protection against the damaging effects of something else

-related (suffix)

used with some nouns to make adjectives describing what something is connected with

-rich (suffix)

used with some nouns to make adjectives describing what something contains or has in large amounts

-ridden (suffix)

used with some nouns to make adjectives meaning full of something, usually something unpleasant or harmful

-rimmed (suffix)

used with some nouns and adjectives to form adjectives describing the type of rim that something has

-run (suffix)

used with some nouns to make adjectives meaning controlled or organized by someone or something

-’s (suffix)

used with nouns for showing who or what something belongs to

-’s (suffix)

used with nouns to show a connection or relationship

-’s (suffix)

used for talking about the home of a particular person

-’s (suffix)

used for talking about some types of shops

-saving (suffix)

used with some nouns to make adjectives meaning spending less, or using less of something

-scape (suffix)

used with some nouns to make nouns describing a wide view of a particular type

-seeking (suffix)

used with some nouns to make adjectives meaning looking for something or trying to get something

-shaming (suffix)

combines with nouns and adjectives to form nouns that refer to unkind criticism, especially on social media or in the press, of certain kinds of people for their appearance or behaviour

-shaped (suffix)

used with many nouns to make adjectives describing the shape of something

-ship (suffix)

used with some nouns to make nouns meaning a particular job or position

-ship (suffix)

used with some nouns to make a word meaning the period of time someone has a particular job or position

-ship (suffix)

used with some nouns to make nouns meaning an ability or skill

-ship (suffix)

used with some nouns to make nouns meaning all the people in a particular group

-sided (suffix)

used with numbers to make adjectives describing how many sides an object has

-sided (suffix)

used with some adjectives to make adjectives describing the sides of something

-sided (suffix)

used with numbers to make adjectives describing how many people or groups are involved in something

-skinned (suffix)

used with some adjectives to make adjectives describing skin

-sleeved (suffix)

used with some adjectives to make other adjectives describing the type of sleeves that a piece of clothing has

-something (suffix)

used with numbers such as twenty, forty, sixty etc to refer to the age of someone who is between 20 and 29, 40 and 49 etc, or to make nouns meaning someone who is that age

-spattered (suffix)

used with some nouns to make adjectives describing something that has been covered with small drops of a liquid

-speak (suffix)

used with some nouns to make nouns describing the type of language that someone uses. This word often shows that you dislike this type of language

-speaking (suffix)

used with the names of languages to make adjectives meaning speaking a particular language

-speaking (suffix)

used for describing what language is spoken in a particular region

-spoken (suffix)

used with some adverbs to form adjectives that describe the way someone speaks

-storeyed (suffix)

formal used for saying how many levels a building has

-stricken (suffix)

used with some nouns to describe people or things affected by serious problems or unpleasant emotions

-style (suffix)

used with some adjectives and nouns to make adjectives describing someone’s qualities or the way that something is done or designed

-tastic (suffix)

used with some adjectives and nouns to create adjectives and occasionally nouns meaning very good in a particular way

-tion (suffix)

used with verbs to make nouns

-tipped (suffix)

used with some nouns for saying that something has a tip that is made from a particular substance

-to-be (suffix)

used after some nouns to describe the person that someone will soon be or the position that they will soon have

-tongued (suffix)

used with some adjectives to make adjectives describing the way someone speaks or writes

-type (suffix)

used with many nouns and adjectives to make adjectives meaning having the qualities or features of a particular person, thing, or group

-ward (suffix)

in a particular direction, or towards a particular place: used with some nouns and adjectives

-ware (suffix)

used with some nouns to make nouns describing objects made of a particular material

-ware (suffix)

used with some nouns to make nouns describing objects that you use for a particular purpose or in a particular place

-ways (suffix)

in a particular direction: used with some nouns

-wear (suffix)

combines with nouns and adjectives to form nouns that refer to a particular type of clothing

-wise (suffix)

speaking of, or referring to: used with many nouns, verbs, and adjectives

-wise (suffix)

in the direction of: used with some nouns and adjectives

-worthy (suffix)

combines with nouns to form adjectives that mean 'suitable for something'

Synonyms and antonyms of Suffixes in British Thesaurus