A suffix is a morpheme added at the end of a word to change its function and/or meaning.

Below are examples of the most common English suffixes and their meanings:

List of Common Suffixes and their Meanings

Suffix Meaning/s Example/s
able/ible capable of portable
ac/ic pertaining to aquatic (pertaining to water)
acious, icious full of avaricious
archy rule or leadership anarchy
cide murder or killing agent genocide
cracy rule, government democracy
ectomy surgical removal vasectomy
ess female stewardess
ful having much of useful
holic addiction, love alcoholic
ize, ise to make a verb criticize
ism practice, doctrine Confucianism
ist person scientist
less lack of homeless
ly added to change adjectives swiftswiftly
to adverbs, some nouns to kingkingly
adjectives & some verbs to abashedabashedly
adverbs
mania an irrational but irresistible kleptomania
force moving one into
action or belief
ography writing, description demography
oid resembling humanoid
ology science biology
onym name, word antonym
osis action or process mitosis
ous full of nauseous
phobia fear acrophobia
phone audio cellphone
scope viewing spaces telescope
ship state of being relationship
stan land, country Uzbekistan
ward direction northward
wise direction clockwise