| Suffix | Definition | Examples |
| Able | Capable of, worthy of | Workable, respectable, manageable, valuable |
| Acity | Quality of | Capacity, tenacity |
| Acy | Condition of | Lunacy, democracy, accuracy |
| Ade | Furnished with, made from | Colonnade, lemonade |
| Age | Act of | Marriage, breakage, stoppage |
| Al | Relating to | Floral, vital, sentimental, naval |
| An | Relating to | Urban, human, American, comedian |
| Ance | State of Process of | Arrogance, importance, attendance Continuance, resistance |
| Ant | Characterized by One who | Resistant, extravagant, observant Applicant, attendant, supplicant |
| Ar | Related to One who | Circular, popular, solar, lunar Scholar, registrar, exemplar |
| Ard | One who goes to excess | Drunkard, dullard, coward |
| Arium | Place for | Aquarium, sanitarium, solarium |
| Ary | Relating to Place for Connected with | Evolutionary, solitary, monetary Sanctuary, aviary, dictionary Missionary, military, secretary |
| Ate | Make, do Having | Operate, create, appreciate Affectionate, passionate, moderate |
| Ation | Cause to be, act of, state of being | Moderation, creation, beautification, explication |
| Ative | In the nature of | Imitative |
| City | Quality of | Scarcity |
| Cle | Diminutive | Spectacle, particle, cuticle |
| Cule | Diminutive | Molecule, ridicule, miniscule |
| Ee | Receiver | Refugee, payee, employee, referee |
| Eer | One who | Engineer, mountaineer, volunteer |
| En | To make Past tense Made of Plural of | Lengthen, strengthen, widen Driven, eaten, bitten, fallen Earthen, waxen, golden Children, women, men, oxen |
| Ence | State of Quality of | Existence, conscience, science Intelligence, excellence, eminence |
| Ency | State of | Dependency, fluency, competency |
| Ent | That has or does Person that | Confident, insistent, consistent Correspondent, dependent, agent |
| Er | Something that One who More | Binder, stapler, timer, drawer Builder, baker, leader, teacher Finer, larger, whiter, uglier |
| Escence | In process | Convalescence, adolescence |
| Escent | In process | Effervescent, crescent, convalescent |
| Ess | Feminine | Waitress, princess, actress |
| Est | Most | Coldest, meanest, kindest, driest |
| Et | Diminutive | Starlet, piglet |
| Ette | Diminutive | Majorette, cigarette, diskette |
| Ful | Full of | Graceful, harmful, joyful, careful |
| Fy | Make, cause | Beautify, falsify, horrify, certify |
| Hood | Condition of | Childhood, adulthood, likelihood, motherhood |
| Ial | Pertaining to | Initial, partial, official |
| Ian | Follower, doer Belonging to | Christian, seminarian, vegetarian Canadian, Freudian |
| Ible | Capable of | Legible, permissible |
| Ic | Connected with | Scenic, historic, volcanic, graphic |
| Ical | Related to Like | Political, physical, vertical Comical, tropical, whimsical |
| Ine | Characterized by | Saline, divine, feminine, marine |
| Ion | Act of State of | Election, reaction, recreation Condition, suspension, elation |
| Ish | Similar to | Foolish, devilish, feverish, childish |
| Ism | Act, practice Belief Result of | Baptism, egotism, capitalism Communism, socialism, optimism Vandalism, isolationism, fascism |
| Ist | One who | Artist, hypnotist, novelist |
| Ite | Inhabitant Product | Suburbanite, Bryanite Dynamite, cryolite |
| itis | inflammation | Appendicitis, tonsillitis, hepatitis |
| Ity | Condition | Curiosity, verbasity, humidity |
| Ive | Having quality of One who | Creative, sensitive, definitive Executive, native, captive |
| Ize | Cause, make | Publicize, civilize, sterilize |
| Less | Without | Helpless, worthless, careless |
| Logue | Speech, word | Dialogue, prologue, epilogue, monologue |
| Logy | Study of | Geology, psychology, ecology, technology |
| Ly | Like In this manner | Lonely, kindly, elderly, manly Quickly, abruptly, terribly |
| Ment | Result | Argument, management, impeachment |
| Ness | Condition | Sadness, elusiveness, business, happiness |
| Or | One who | Visitor, editor, advisor, actor |
| Ory | Used for | Auditory, sensory, preparatory |
| Ous | Full of | Luxurious, dangerous, treacherous |
| Ry | Place of Result of action Quality of | Bakery, distillery, winery Forgery, bribery, adultery Drudgery, poetry |
| Ship | State of Rank of | Ownership, worship, authorship Kingship |
| Tion | Act of Condition of | Addiction, prescription, creation Duplication, irritation, inflation |
| Tive | In the nature of | Selective, sensitive |
| Tude | State of | Magnitude, attitude, solitude |
| Ty | Quality of State of | Beauty, falsity, brevity Anxiety, liberty, solemnity |
| Ure | Result of action Agent | Exposure, signature, expenditure Legislature, picture |
| Ward | Direction | Forward, homeward, wayward |
| Wise | In this manner | Clockwise, sidewise, otherwise |
| Y | Full of Possessing | Healthy, dirty, windy, tricky, bony Shiny, sticky, weary, buttery |