Common Suffix Word Part List
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| Suffix | Meaning | Example |
| able, ible | capable of | applicable, reversible (adj.) |
| age | place, thing, idea | storage (n.) |
| al | pertaining to | instructional (adj.) |
| ance | relating to | reliance (n.) |
| ary | relating to | dictionary (n.) |
| ate | an action of | confiscate (v.) |
| cy | the quality of | democracy (n.) |
| ed | past action | subsided (v.) |
| ence | relating to | confidence (n.) |
| er, or | one who | adviser, actor (n.) |
| ic | pertaining to | democratic (adj.) |
| ing | present action | surmising (v.) |
| ion | the act or state of | radiation (n.) |
| ious | full of | rebellious (adj.) |
| ive | having the quality of | creative (adj.) |
| ize | to make | harmonize (v.) |
| ly | to do with the quality of | carefully (adv.) |
| ment | the result of | amusement (n.) |
| ness | the quality of being | selfishness (n.) |
| ty | condition of being | sanity (n.) |