| suffix | 由何词性 | 变成何词性 | meaning | example | remark | |
| -able | 1 | v. | adj. | 能够的，可以的，适合的 | eatable,payable,adaptable | |
| 2 | n. | adj. | 有…趋向的 | fashionable,seasonable | ||
| -ache | n. | 痛的 | headache | |||
| -age | n. | 集合、身份、动作、费用、住宅 | acreage,bondage,breakage,postage,parsonage | |||
| -al | 1 | n. | adj. | 有…性质的 | central,sensational | |
| 2 | v. | n. | （一般动词要求以字母e结尾） | arrival,proposal,approval | ||
| -an | n. | “...地方的人; 精通...的人; 信奉...的人” | American, historian, Mohammedan | |||
| -ana | n. | n. | （附于人名、地名之后）语录、轶事集、文献 | Shakespearana,Americana | ||
| -ance | n. | 性质、行为 | distance,resemblance | |||
| -ant | 1 | v. | adj. | …的、…性的 | defiant,repentant | |
| 2 | v. | n. | 做…的人、物 | assistant,stimulant,assailant,burglar,familiar,similar | ||
| -ar | 1 | adj. | …的（性质的） | angular,nuclear | ||
| 2 | n. | …的人、物 | examplar,vicar,liar,pedlar,scholar | |||
| -arian | adj.&n | 派的、主义的、岁的 | antiquarian,humantarian | |||
| -ary | 1 | adj. | 表关系、所属之意 | contrary,primary | ||
| 2 | n. | 从事…的人、与…有关的场所 | dictionary | |||
| -ate | 1 | n. | 地位、职务、形成物、（化）盐酸 | curate,condensate,chlorate,electorate | ||
| 2 | adj. | 有…的 | cordate | |||
| 3 | v. | 使… | associate,differentiate | |||
| -ative | imitative,talkative | |||||
| -bility | adj. | n. | …性质 | adaptability,possibility | ||
| -city | electricity,atomicity,implicity,incapacity | |||||
| -cy | n. | n. | 加于词尾t,n的名词之后 | bankruptcy, captaincy | ||
| v. | n. | occupancy(occupy); vacancy(vacate) | ||||
| [使词尾为-ant, -ent,-te,-tic 等的形容词变成名词 | ascendancy (ascendant); expediency (expedient); adequacy (adequate); lunacy (lunatic) | |||||
| -dom | n. | …的地位、领土、状态、群体 | kingdom,freedom,officialdom | |||
| -ee | n. | 动作的接受者、做…的人 | addressee,refugee,employee,payee | 一般重音在最后一个音节。 | ||
| -en | 1 | n. | v. | 变为、使为 | heighten | |
| 2 | adj. | v. | 变为、使为 | deepen,fasten | ||
| 3 | 性质、状态(不规则动词字尾） | given | ||||
| -ence | n. | 性质、行为 | confidence,reference | |||
| -ency | adj. | n. | 性质、状态 | efficiency,fluency | ||
| -ent | 1 | v. | adj. | …的性质的 | different | |
| 2 | v. | n. | 行为者 | president | ||
| -er | n. | 与…有关的人、做…的人、居住于…的人 | auctioner,mountaineer,lover,Londoner,addresser | |||
| -ery | 1 | v. | n. | 表集合物 | drapery,machinery,grocery | |
| 2 | n. | 状态、场所、技术、业务 | slavery,brewery,piggery,cookery,surgery | |||
| -ese | n. | adj. | …语、…人、…的文体 | Japanese,Viennese,Carlylese,officalese | 重音一般在最后一个音节 | |
| -ess | n(阴) | 原名词字尾为er,or时，需去掉母音字母 | actress,paintress | |||
| -ette | n. | 小的、仿制品、代用品、女性 | cigarette,flannelette,suffragette,fossette | 重音通常在最后一个音节。 | ||
| -fold | num. | adj. | …倍的、多少重的 | twofold,sevenfold | ||
| -ful | 1 | adj. | 充满…的，具有…性质的 | beautiful,masterful | ||
| 2 | n | 满…（之量） | spoonful | |||
| -fy | 1 | n | v | 使成、使变成、使化成 | pacify,glorify | |
| 2 | adj. | v. | 使成、使变成、使化成 | dignify,densify,fortify,simplify | ||
| -gen | …素，原，致...物质 | hologen,acrogen,carnogen | ||||
| -graphy | “画法”、“书法”、“写法”“记”、“志” | calligraphy,biography | ||||
| -hood | n. | 条件、状态、性质 | bayhood,falsehood,likelihood | |||
| -ial | “具有...性质的”; “属于...的” | ceremonial,gerundial | ||||
| -ic | n. | adj. | athletic,atmospheric,atomic | 重音通常在倒数第二个音节 | ||
| -ics | 1 | “...学”,“...术” | electronics, mathematics | |||
| 2 | “实践”, “活动”, “性质”, “体系” | heroics, hysterics | ||||
| -ide | 化合物 | carbide, chloride | ||||
| -ie | n. | 小的人或物，“属于...的人或物“...似的” ,“...一样的”“大约...” | birdie,bookie,cutie小的人或物，“属于...的人或物“...似的” ,“...一样的”“大约...” | |||
| -ion | n | 行为的过程、结果、状态 | validation,translation,correction,fusion | |||
| -ish | 1 | adj. | “...民族的”, “...语的” | spanish,babyish,girlish,seventyish | ||
| 2 | v. | punish, establish, impoverish | ||||
| -ism | n. | 主义,行为，状态，特征，病态 | communism,criticism,barbarism,colloquialism,alcoholism | |||
| -ist | …家、…人 | scientist,adventurist | ||||
| -ity | adj. | n. | “性质” 、 “状态” 、 “程度” | acidity,actuality | ||
| -ize(-ise) | v. | computerize,centralize,actualize | 重音通常在倒数第三个音节 | |||
| -less | 1 | n. | adj. | 没有…的 | doubtless,homeless,hopefulless | |
| 2 | v. | adj. | 不会…的，难以…的 | relentless,tireless | ||
| -like | n&adj. | arrowlike,gentemanlike，ganglike,forklike | ||||
| -ly | 1 | n. | adj. | …性质 | kingly,motherly | |
| 2 | n. | adv. | …的 | daily,hourly,scholarly | ||
| 3 | adj. | adv | 情状 | happily,stupidly,hurriedly,kindly | ||
| 4 | num. | adv. | 顺序 | firstly,monthly | ||
| -ment | v. | n. | 动作，结果，状态 | amazement,development | 重音通常在倒数第三个音节。 | |
| -most | adj. | 最… | foremost,inmost,topmost | |||
| -ness | 1 | adj. | n. | 性质、状态 | clearness | |
| 2 | 分词 | n. | 性质、状态 | preparedness | ||
| -or | 1 | v. | n. | 做…的人、物 | actor,governor | |
| 2 | n. | 动作、状态 | favor,labor | |||
| -ory | 1 | n. | …的地方 | dormitory,laboratory | 重音通常在倒数第三个音节。 | |
| 2 | adj. | 像…的 | compulsory,perfunctory | 重音通常在倒数第三个音节。 | ||
| -ous | n. | adj. | 多…的，有…特性的 | mountainous,poisonous,blastous,ambitious,adventruous | ||
| -ship | 1 | adj. | n. | 有特定的性格、职业、技术等 | hardship | |
| 2 | n. | n. | 职业、地位、技能、状态 | courtship,friendship,headship,dealership, | ||
| -ive | “与... 有关的 ”, “具有... 性质的” | progressive,permissive,creative,destructive | 重音通常在倒数第二个音节 | |||
| -some | 1 | adj. | 产生、导致 | turesome,wearisome,loathsome,toothsome | 重音通常在倒数第三个音节 | |
| 2 | num. | n. | …群 | foursome | ||
| -ster | n. | 从事…的人、…的人 | gangster,youngster,heister,monster,gamester,lammister | |||
| -th | 1 | 构成序数词，第... | :fifth, seventieth | |||
| 2 | 构成分母 | five-sixths | ||||
| 3 | 构成抽象名词 | truth,growth | ||||
| -ty | 1 | num. | 表示十 | twenty | ||
| 2 | n. | 性质、状态 | facility,safety | |||
| -tude | n. | 性质、状态(相当于ness) | attitude,solitude,habitude,aptitude,plentitude,magnitude | |||
| -ure | n. | 动作、过程、结果、官署内有关人员的集合体，手段 | failure,judicature,closure | |||
| -ward | backward,moonward,forward | |||||
| -y | 1 | n. | adj. | 绝大多数加在单章节词之后；在以“y,o”结尾的词之后表示“多...的, 有...的, 似...的, 由...构成的” | greedy,guilty,gusty,sticky | |
| 2 | v. | n. | 动作、行为 | inquiry | ||
| 3 | n | n. | 表示小称或爱称（一部分与ie通用） | doggy,daddy,aunty(auntie) | ||
| 4 | adj. | n. | “...的人或物 | fatty,darky,shorty | ||
| 5 | 表示抽象名词:性质、状态 | difficulty,modesty | ||||