ADJECTIVE SUFFIXES


 
Suffix Original word Derived word
-able, -ible

accept

adapt

afford

access

admit

allow

apply

avail

avoid

believe

change

collect

comfort

comprehensive

convert

depend

desire

digest

eat

enjoy

force

notice

present

print

profit

question

recycle

rely

rent

respond

suit

tax

understand

value

acceptable

adaptable

affordable

accessible

admissible

allowable

applicable

available

avoidable

believable

changeable

collectible

comfortable

comprehensible

convertible

dependable

desirable

digestible

edible

enjoyable

forcible

noticeable

presentable

printable

profitable

questionable

recyclable

reliable

rentable

responsible

suitable

taxable

understandable

valuable

-al

accident

benefit

economy

electricity

emotion

environment

ethic

face

fanatic

globe

industry

influence

logic

music

nation

office

origin

politics

part

person

practice

profession

psycology

region

sentiment

tide

toxic

typic

use

accidental

beneficial

economical

electrical

emotional

environmental

ethical

facial

anatical

global

industrial

influential

logical

musica

national

official

original

political

(im)partial

(im)personal

practical

professional

psycological

regional

sentimental

tidal

toxical

typical

(un)usual

-ary

aliment

-

-

imagine

literate

militar

necessity

revolution

second

-

alimentary

auxiliary

contrary

imaginary

literary

military

necessary

revolutionary

secondary

temporary

-esque

-

-

-

burlesque

grotesque

picturesque

-ful

beauty

care

cheer

colour

fancy

forget

-

harm

help

hope

joy

law

pain

peace

power

sin

sorrow

success

thank

thought

use

wonder

beautiful

careful

cheerful

colourful

fanciful

forgetful

grateful

harmful

helpful

hopeful

joyful

lawful

painful

peaceful

powerful

sinful

sorrowful

successful

thankful

thoughtful

useful

wonderful

-ic

academy

air

alcohol

dynamo

economy

electricity

electron

gen

language

mith

toxin

tragedy

academic

aerobic

alcoholic

dynamic

economic

electric

electronic

genetic

linguistic

mythic

toxic

tragic

-ious, -ous

ambition

anxiety

caution

conscience

courtesy

curiosity

danger

delight

fame

fury

generosity

glamour

glory

harmony

infection

jealousy

luxury

miracle

mystery

nerve

-

prestige

-

prodigy

religion

ridicule

seriousness

suspicion (n), suspect (v)

vary (v), variety (n)

vice

ambitious

anxious

cautious

conscious

courteous

curious

dangerous

delicious

famous

furious

generous

glamourous

glorious

harmonious

infectious

jealous

luxurious

miraculous

mysterious

nervous

obvious

prestigious

previous

prodigious

religious

ridiculous

serious

suspicions

various

vicious

-ish

child

England

fiend

new

self

short

childish

English

fiendish

newish

selfish

shortish

-ive

abort

abuse

act

addict

adopt

affirmation

attract

compare

compete

create

decide

description

destroy

education

effect

excess

expend

explode

mass

narration

negation

produce

support

abortive

abusive

active

addictive

adoptive

affirmative

attractive

comparative

competitive

creative

decisive

descriptive

destructive

educative

effective

excessive

expensive

explosive

massive

narrative

negative

productive

supportive

-less

breath

care

colour

end

harm

help

home

hope

pain

power

reck

sleep

smoke

speech

stain

sugar

taste

thought

use

breathless

careless

colourless

endless

harmless

helpless

homeless

hopeless

painless

powerless

reckless

sleepless

smokeless

speechless

stainless

sugarless

tasteless

thoughtless

useless

-ly

alone

body

brother

coward

cost

day

dead

-

elder

friend

ghost

heaven

-

home

hour

joy

kind

-

live

love

month

night

order

sick

-

week

wool

wrink

year

lonely

bodily

brotherly

cowardly

costly

daily

deadly

early

elderly

(un)friendly

ghostly

heavenly

holy

homely

hourly

jolly

kindly

(un)likely

lively

lovely

(bi)montly

night

orderly

sickly

ugly

(bi)weekly

woolly

wrinkly

yearly

-y

bag

cheek

chill

cloud

-

curl

ease

fog

freak

fruit

hill

might

salt

scare

shag

sleep

smell

smoke

sugar

baggy

cheeky

chilly

cloudy

cosy (Br) / cozy (US)

curly

easy

foggy

freaky

fruity

hilly

mighty

salty

scary

shaggy

sleepy

smelly

smoky

sugary