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Suffix Meanings Sample Words and Definitions - Able - Ac - Acity (-Ocity) - Ade - Age - Aholic (-Oholic) - Al - Algia - An (-Ian) - Ance - Ant
Suffix Meanings Sample Words and Definitions - Able - Ac - Acity (-Ocity) - Ade - Age - Aholic (-Oholic) - Al - Algia - An (-Ian) - Ance - Ant
-aholic (-
one with an obsession for workaholic, shopaholic, alcoholic
oholic)
-fy make, cause (makes the word a verb) amplify, falsify, terrify
childhood, neighborhood,
-hood state, condition, or quality
motherhood
Suffix Meanings Sample Words and Definitions
appendicitis, tonsillitis,
-itis inflammation, preoccupation
frontrunneritis
-ive inclined to; quality of; that which attractive, expensive, repulsive
colonization, fertilization,
-ization act or process of making
modernization
homeopath, naturopath,
-path one who engages in
psychopath
acrophobia, claustrophobia,
-phobia abnormal fear of
xenophobia
paraplegia, quadriplegia,
-plegia paralysis
hemiplegia
paraplegic, technoplegic,
-plegic one who is paralyzed
quadriplegic
arthroscopy, gastroscopy,
-scopy/scope visual exam
microscope
cumbersome, quarrelsome,
-some characterized by, group of
foursome
philosophy, theosophy,
-sophy/sophic wisdom, knowledge
anthroposophic
hysterectomy, epitome,
-tome/tomy to cut
tonsillotome