Suffixes

Suffixes

Suffix

A morpheme added at the end of a word that often changes a word's meaning.

-ful

Meaning: "full of"

Example: joyful

-less

Meaning: "without"

Example: hopeless

-ness

Meaning: "State of"

Example: brightness

-able

Meaning: "Able to be"

Example: believable

-er

Meaning: "more"

Example: writer

-ology

Meaning: "Study of"

Example: geology