Common Suffix
Word Ending

Examples & List of Common Suffixes

A

-able
-ad
-ade
-age
-agogy
-al
-al
-ality
-an
-ance
-ancy
-ant
-ant
-ar
-ar
-ard
-ary
-ary
-arch
-archy
-ate
-ate
-ate
-athlon
-ation
-ative
-atory

Comfortable
Triad
Blockade
Garage
Pedagogy
Focal
Appraisal
Sexuality
Urban
Annoyance
Vacancy
Relevant
Assistant
Linear
Liar
Wizard
Military
Dictionary
Monarch
Anarchy
Fortunate
Certificate
Concentrate
Decathlon
Concentration
Lucrative
Laboratory

B

-bound

Outbound

C

-cide
-city
-cy
-cycle

Suicide
Atrocity
Diplomacy
Hydrocycle

D

-dom

Kingdom

E

-ectomy -ed
-ee
-eer -eme
-en
-en
-ence
-ency
-ent
-ent
-eous
-er
-ergy
-ern
-ery
-ese
-esque
-ess
-etic

Vasectomy
Bored
Employee
Privateer
Morpheme
Leukemia
Golden
Independence
Frequency
Different
Resident
Courteous
Writer
Energy
Southern
 Machinery
Chinese
Picturesque
Actress
Sympathetic

F

-fare
-ful

Warfare
Hopeful

G

-gon
-gry

Pentagon
Angry

H

-holic
-hood

 Alcoholic
Brotherhood

I

-ia
-iable
-ial
-ian
-iant
-iate
-ible
-ibly
-ic
-ical
-ics
-id
-ier
–ify
-ile
-illion
-ious
-ing
-ing
-ion
-ish
-ism
-ist
-ite -itive
-itude
-ity
-ium
-ive
-ization / isation
-ize / ise

Mania
Sociable
Special
Italian
Defiant
Deviate
Incredible
Responsibly
Historic
Historical
 Economics
Candid
Cashier
Clarify
Tactile
Million
Ambitious
Playing
Action
Foolish, Tallish
English
Buddhism
Dentist
Socialite Sensitive
Attitude
Formality
Calcium
Aggressive
Organization/Organisation
Idolize/Idolise

L

-land
-less
-like
-ling
-ly

Finland
Careless
Childlike
Duckling
Monthly

M

-man
-ment
-meter
-metry
-mony
-most

Fireman
Government
Thermometer
Geometry
Testimony
Innermost

N

-nesia
-ness

Polynesia
Kindness, Darkness

O

-ocracy
-ography
-ologist
-ology
-onomy
-or
-ory
-ose
-ous

Democracy
Photography
Archaeologist
Biology
Astronomy
Governor
History
Glucose
Nervous

P

-phone

Telephone

S

-scope
-ship
-shire
-sion
-some
-ster

Telescope
Friendship
Oxfordshire
Decision
Awesome
Gangster

T

-t
-th
-tion
-ty

Burnt
Growth
Introduction
Loyalty

U

-uary
-ulent

January
Fraudulent

W

-ward
-wise
-wright

Inward
Clockwise
Playwright

Y

-y

Sunny