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PREFIXE S AND SUFFIXE S

Suffixes REAL W OR L D
A suffix is added to the end of a root— Techno-prefixes
which is either a whole word or part of a
word—and changes its meaning or its part New affixes appear in English all the
of speech. For example, adding the suffix time, largely due to rapidly changing
-ant (meaning a person who performs an technology. For example, the prefix e-
action) to the end of the word account (meaning “electronic”) was created to
results in a new word with a new meaning: form words such as e-mail and e-commerce.
accountant. On the other hand, the verb Similarly, the prefix cyber-, which refers
exist becomes the noun existence when to information technology, is used in the
the suffix -ence (“state of”) is added. words cyberspace and cybercafé.

Suffixes Meaning Examples Suffixes Meaning Examples
-able, -ible able to sustainable, sensible -ic, -tic, having historic, poetic,
-acy state or quality conspiracy -ical characteristics of radical
-age action of advantage -ice state or quality justice
-age collection assemblage -ify make magnify
-al act of denial -ing present participle hopping
-al, -ial having seasonal, controversial -ish having the childish
characteristics of quality of
-ance, -ence state of defiance, competence -ism the belief in modernism
-ant, -ent person who accountant, student -ist one who artist
performs an action -ite one connected socialite
-ate become inflate with
-cian profession of technician -ity, -ty quality of reality, society
-cy state of being accuracy -ive, -ative, tending to passive, superlative,
-dom place or state freedom -itive sensitive
of being -less without useless
-ed past tense stopped -like resembling childlike
-en made of golden -ling small halfling
-en become brighten -ly how something is friendly
-ent state of being different -ment condition of, entertainment
-er, -or person who drummer, investigator act of
performs an action -ness state of happiness
-er more shorter -ous, -eous, having qualities of ridiculous, nauseous,
-ery action of robbery -ious curious
-ery place of bakery -s, -es more than one otters, foxes
-esque reminiscent of picturesque -ship state of friendship
-est the most shortest -sion, state of being intrusion, permission,
-ette small maisonette -ssion, -tion classification
-ful full of cheerful -some tending to cumbersome
-hood state of childhood -ward in a direction backward
-ia, -y state of amnesia, monarchy -y characterized by stormy