Learn Common Noun Suffixes in English with Pictures.
How to use suffixes to create nouns from adjectives and verbs.
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 Noun Suffixes in English
-acy: state or quality
For examples:
- accuracy, conspiracy, intimacy…
-al: act or process of
For examples:
- refusal, arrival, burial, deferral…
-ance, -ence: state or quality of
For examples:
- reliance, insistence…
-dom: state or place of being
For examples:
- freedom, boredom, kingdom…
-er, -or: one who
For examples:
- teacher, worker, director…
-ty: quality of
For examples:
- cruelty, safety…
-ship: position held
For examples:
- fellowship, friendship, partnership…
-sion, -tion: state of being
For examples:
- complication, reduction, population, complexion…
-ing: an act or process, a product or result
For examples:
- drawing, playing…
-logy: study of
For examples:
- technology, pathology…
-ment: result, action, state or condition
For examples:
- amazement, disappointment, parliament…
-ist: one who performs, plays, or operates
For examples:
- violinist, Physicist…
-ity: quality, condition, degree
For examples:
- flexibility, sensitivity…
-hood: state or condition, instance, or state of characters
For examples:
- brotherhood, motherhood, childhood…
-ism: an act, theory, belief or doctrine
For examples:
- journalism, Marxism…
-ness: a state, quality, or condition
For examples:
- happiness, goodness, readiness…
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