Learn Common Adjective Suffixes in English with Pictures.
Form adjectives from other word forms with suffixes.
A suffix is a letter/a group of letters attached to the end of a word to form a new word or to change the grammatical function (part of speech) of the original word.
Common Adjective Suffixes in English
-al, -ial, -ical: relating to, having the quality of
- accidental, educational, brutal, historical, regional, social, universal, personal…
-able, -ible: capable or worthy of, tending to
- flammable, discernible, culpable…
-an, -ian: one who is or does, related to
- agrarian, simian…
-ary: relating to quality or place
- customary, momentary, cautionary, dietary…
-full: full of, tending or liable to
- beautiful, wonderful, awful, skillful, successful…
-ic: pertaining or relating to
- athletic, historical, scenic, fantastic…
-ive: performing or tending toward
- cooperative, supportive, sensitive…
-ish: origin, nature
- foolish, childish, selfish, sheepish, pinkish…
-less: without, lacking, unable to act
- powerless, friendless, worthless, useless, homeless…
-like: like
- lifelike, ladylike, warlike, childlike, birdlike…
-y: characterized by, tending to
- rainy, funny, dirty, messy, dirty…
-ous, -ose: full of, relating to
- poisonous, dangerous, nervous, mysterious, victorious, bellicose…
-ant, -ent: performing or being
- important, incessant, independent…
-ile: tending to, capable of
- futile, senile, fragile…
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