Adjective suffixes ADJECTIVE SUFFIXES

ADJECTIVE SUFFIXES
1. NOUN –ADJECTIVE WORD FORM
SUFFIX

NOUN – ADJ

NOUN – ADJ NOUN – ADJ NOUN – ADJ NOUN – ADJ

relating to

accident –
accidental

origin – original

region –
regional

universe –
universal

-ARY relating to
quality or place

custom –
customary

moment –
momentary

caution –

cautionary

honor – honorary diet – dietary

-FUL full of

beauty –
beautiful

wonder –
wonderful

awe – awful

skill – skillful

success –
successful

-IC having the nature athlete –
of; caused by
athletic

base – basic

history –
historic

electricity –
electronic

science –
scientific

-ICAL having the
nature of

magic –
magical

logic – logical

history –
historical

practice –
practical

statistic –
statistical

-ISH origin, nature

fool – foolish

child – childish self – selfish

sheep – sheepish pink – pinkish

-LESS without

care – careless

friend –
friendless

worth –
worthless

use – useless

-LIKE like

like – lifelike

lady – ladylike

war – warlike

child – childlike bird – birdlike

-LY like

friend – friendly cost – costly

month –
monthly

day – daily

order – orderly

-OUS quality, nature

poison –
poisonous

danger –
dangerous

nerve – nervous

mystery –
mysterious

victory –
victorious

-Y like

rain – rainy

fun – funny

dirt – dirty

mess – messy

VERB – ADJ

VERB – ADJ

-AL

person –
personal

home –
homeless

dirt – dirty

2. VERB – ADJECTIVE WORD FORM
SUFFIX

VERB – ADJ

VERB – ADJ

VERB – ADJ

-ABLE able, can
do

agree –
agreeable

expand –
expandable

laugh –
laughable

-IBLE able, can do

access –
accessible

force – forcible

sense – sensible flex – flexible

-ANT performing please –
agent
pleasant

rely – reliant

ignore –
ignorant

resist – resistant vacate – vacant

-ENT performing excel –
agent
excellent

depend–
dependent

confide –
confident

urge – urgent

pass – passable

reason –
reasonable
permit –
permissible

differ – different


-IVE causing effect

attract –
attractive

create – creative select – selective

possess –
possessive

persuade –
persuasive

-ING causing
effect

amuse –
amusing

excite – exciting

confuse –
confusing

relax –relaxing

surprise –
surprising

-ED receiving
effect

amuse –
amused

excite – excited

confuse –
confused

relax – relaxed

surprise –
surprised

-EN receiving
effect

freeze – frozen

lighten –
lightened

darken –
darkened

widen – widened

shorten –
shortened