100 Examples of Prefixes and Suffixes

-aceous/-aceousForm adjectives that indicate belonging or similarity.greyish, purplish, herbaceous, pinkish, opiate-to theIn adjectives it indicates relationship or belonging, and in nouns it means that what the root expresses abounds.cultural, fruitful, sandy, pyramidal, wealth, autumnal, quagmire, cornfield-in view of-entityThey form adjectives from verbs and express the realization of the root. They also form adjectives that are usually nouns.oppressive, vacationer, crusty, dependent, manager, convenient-arIn adjectives it indicates condition or belonging, and in nouns abundance of what the root expresses.palm grove, pine grove, discipline, circular, tutelary, spectacular-azo/-azaIt has augmentative value and expresses various meanings, including derogatory, affective and ponderative. It also expresses a hit given by bringing the referent of the root.friend, nudge, baldazo, headbutt, madraza, mazazo, cacerolazo, slam-cide/-cideIt refers to the act of killing or the agent that kills.insecticide, parricide, herbicide, ecocide-cracy-cratThey mean government or power, or its supporters.aristocracy, democrat, bureaucrat, plutocracy-dad, -age, -ity, -abilityThey form abstract nouns derived from adjectives.evil, loneliness, levity, society, stability-dor/-doraIt is added to adjectives and verbs and indicates agent, attribute, office, instrument or place.scary, coach, concealer, diner, calculator, accountant-edo/-edaIt forms collective nouns and, depending on the root, can be combined with -to the or with -ar. It also forms nouns that indicate abundance.grove, vineyard, willow grove, polvareda, humareda, robledal, rosaleda, grove-is/-esa, -ano/-ana, -ense-eño/-ñaThey are added to names of cities and countries to form gentile adjectives or to indicate belonging.Irish, Mexican, Canadian, Brazilian, African, Roman-philia-´edgeThey mean hobby, tendency or sympathy, or person who experiences them.paraphilia, anglophilia, bibliophilia, cinephilia, francophile, fancier-very/-veryIt is added to adjectives and some adverbs and indicates superlative degree.very good, very high, very beautiful, very complete, very serious, very late-ismIt forms nouns that allude to a political doctrine, religion, movement or current. It also means attitude, tendency or quality. Designate sports activities.cubism, fascism, christianity, buddhism, communism, mountaineering, socialism, athletics-itisIndicates inflammation.arthritis, gastritis, otitis, hepatitis, pharyngitis, sinusitis-ito/-itaIt is added to nouns to function as a diminutive.grandpa, kid, little friend, moment, warm, soft-lodgeIt means treatise, study or science.psychology, immunology, geology, theology-meterIt means measure or device to measure.decimeter, thermometer, tensiometer, parking meter-I lie-ment, -mentThey form nouns from verbs and signify action and effect.reception, knowledge, entertainment, breakthrough-nte, -in view of, -entity-ientThey form adjectives from verbs and mean “that executes the action expressed by the root”.demanding, student, patient, walker, ruminant-omaIn medicine it is related to the meaning of “tumor” or other pathological alterations.carcinoma, angioma, fibroma, glaucoma, papilloma-on/-oneForm adjectives and nouns with augmentative, intensive, derogatory value. It also designates action or effect of something sudden or violent.big house, cushion, good-natured, sweetish, stain, armchair, nightgown, playful-bear/-bearForm adjectives that indicate abundance of what the root expresses or adjectives derived from adjectives to intensify the meaning.scandalous, lazy, greedy, guilty, boisterous, fearful, studious, unruly-thorium/-thoriumIt forms adjectives and nouns, and denotes a relationship with what the root expresses or means “place”.vaccination, laboratory, claim, accusatory, desk, office-trixIt means agent and forms feminine adjectives and nouns.empress, actress, directress, motive, governess, matrix-ucho/-uchaIndicates a derogatory sense and forms words from adjectives and nouns.hovel, homeless, hawk, weakling, shack-ura-hardThey form nouns from verbs and can mean something concrete linked to the meaning of the root. They also form nouns from adjectives.sanity, zest, height, freshness, wrap, armor, madness, whiteness, mount