Suffixes
-ful full of (wonderful) -most most (topmost) -like like, similar to (childlike) -able, -ible able (memorable, legible) -y indicates description (airy) -ly indicates description (gladly) -ive indicates description (descriptive) -ous indicates description (famous) -ic indicates description (dramatic) -ed indicates description (satisfied) -al indicates description (final) -ical indicates description (musical) -an indicates description (urban) -ish indicates description (owlish) -ile indicates description (juvenile) -ate to make or cause to be (calculate) -ize to make or cause to be (utilize) -ify to make or cause to be (justify) -en to make or cause to be (strengthen)
Doers
-er one who or thing that (teacher, eraser) -or one who or thing that (donor, elevator) -ant one who or thing that (assistant, deodorant) -cy quality or condition (bankruptcy) -ity quality or condition (scarcity) -ent one who or thing that (dissident, deterrent) -an, -ian related to a place, person, group, and so on (Californian) -eer one who (auctioneer) -ee indicates recipient of an action (grantee) -ment indicates result or process (achievement, government) -ion, -tion, -sion, etc. indicates result or process (transition) -ance result or process (performance); quality (importance) -ence result or process (correspondence); quality (permanence)
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