Common Suffixes Noun Suffixes Suffix -acy -al -ance, -ence -dom -er, -or -ism -ist -ity,

-ty -ment -ness -ship -sion, -tion Meaning state or quality act or process of state or quality of place or state of being one who doctrine, belief one who quality of condition of state of being position held state of being Verb Suffixes -ate -en -ify, -fy -ize, -ise become become make or become become eradicate enlighten terrify civilize Example privacy refusal maintenance, eminence freedom, kingdom trainer, protector communism chemist veracity argument heaviness fellowship concession, transition

-able, -ible -al -esque -ful -ic, -ical -ious, -ous -ish -ive -less

Adjective Suffixes capable of being edible, presentable pertaining to regional reminiscent of picturesque notable for fanciful pertaining to musical, mythic characterized by nutritious, portentous having the quality of fiendish having the nature of creative without endless

Common Prefixes Prefix a-, ananteantiautocircumcocom-, concontradedisenexextraheterohomohyperil-, im-, in-, irininterintramacromicromonononomnipostpre-, prosubsyntranstriununiMeaning without before against self around with with against off, away from not put into out of, former beyond, more than different same over, more not, without into between between large small one not, without all, every after before, forward under same time across three not one Example amoral antecedent anticlimax autopilot circumvent copilot companion, contact contradict devalue disappear enclose extract, ex-president extracurricular heterosexual homonym hyperactive illegal, immoral, inconsiderate, irresponsible insert intersect intravenous macroeconomics microscope monocle nonentity omniscient postmortem precede, project submarine synchronize transmit tricycle unfinished unicorn